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Dearest Mother, I have grown better the last four or five days, & don't have that pain in my head now
It has got pretty cold here the last two days—I wear my big old overcoat.
be careful of yourselves—it is very healthy here this summer—I havn't been troubled by the heat yet—my
have half a dozen—so you see I am coming out—had quite a clearing out the other day, collected all my
duds & socks, & boots & slippers &c &c. into a great heap—and when Sally, our black girl, brought up my
em all off home—there was nothing but what was all give out, though— There is nothing new with me in my
much—I think he would find it pleasant to come here for a few days, even this season—Well, dear mother, my
I send my love to Jeff & George & Mat & all. Walt.
I was appointed last Wednesday, my new grade & pay commence on Nov. 1st—I haven't got a letter from home
has gone to New York—he is badly afflicted with sore eyes, & has gone there to see the best oculists— My
Then I feel sure it tells the meaning better than any of the former editions—My enemies, & those who
Every thing here with me remains the same—I am free from the distress in my head—Mrs.
Grayson is very sick—she sent my old washerwoman, old Aunt Kitty, around this morning to see if I had
any of "that bread my mother used to send me"—I suppose she meant the sweet Dyer bread—I gave her a
Dearest mother, I suppose you got two letters from me last week, Wednesday & Saturday—My cold still troubles
neuralgia—but I guess I shall get over it—I have good meals, I do not cook for myself, at present—but get my
forming on one of his eyes, & will have to undergo a surgical operation—Mother, I told you all about my
good of them all —I have not had any trouble myself, worth mentioning—the dinner has been got up at my
The puppy thought I suppose that he could get his letter printed, & injure me & my book.
hear from Han, but I suppose she is getting along in the same old way—As I am writing this letter at my
how funny the world is governed—& lots of queer doings that outsiders never dream of— Well, mother, my
Wednesday—I am better than I was last week—not as well as I would like to be, but well enough to keep on with my
It is beautiful weather here to-day—I have got my new trowsers—$20!!—only think of that!
—it is lucky I wear my clothes a long while— Walt.
fight—I carry an umbrella, and if the sun gets to fall on me good & strong, any of the real hot days, my
For the last two days I have felt a good deal better—My head is much better, & I feel more like myself
One of my fellow clerks has taken a seat for me, & made me a present of it—the play is "Queen Elisabeth
I am writing this by my big window, where I can look out on the water—the sun is shining bright as silver
Dear Hinton, The bearer, my friend, Mr.
Dwight, | My dear Sir, Your letter has come to hand, & I have to say in reply, that a new edition of
My hospitals are dwindled down to a small force—but there are plenty of cases to occupy me a couple of
yet—Jeff, I wish I could now & then be home & see you all, even if was only a couple of hours— Give my
Lane, and the Doctor —I send my love to Mat & the little girls.
O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My Gott,
Mason, who "used to be in my party on the Water Works."
According to his letter to Jeff on January 30, 1865, Whitman wrote to "Captain" Mason the same day; on
agents before I return—I shall probably return about the 12th of September— When I arrived here, I found my
I doubt whether the article will be accepted in the Galaxy —don't know who edits it—I send my love to
same to Charles Eldridge —I hope to be able to write to Nelly —I wish you when you write to say I send my
And now for a while, my dear friend, Farewell. Walt. Walt Whitman to William D.
[My ambition is] to give something to our literature which will be our own; with neither foreign spirit
"One doubt nauseous undulating like a snake, crawl'd on the ground before me, Continually preceding my
and near, (rousing, even in dreams, a devilish exultation, and all the old mad joy, in the depths of my