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I shall print my College Poem in a small book—it will be small—& is intended as the beginning of a larger
for me—I am writing this in the house in Portland av—we are having a showery afternoon— —Good bye, my
John Burroughs to–day— Mother dear, as soon as I hear from you, I will write more particular about my
Mother, I shall probably send the order in my next.
Brooklyn, Thursday forenoon April 11 My dear Linton, I have just been spending an hour looking over "
And it is well for me to get such reminding's— But my own vein is full of hope, promise, faith, certainty—I
suppose the weather—& Nelly, half-sick, & Jennie about the same (but she will soon spring up)—aroused my
My sister Martha at St.
months ago —she has since no trouble with the cancer, (or supposed cancer)—Jeff & the children well—My
But yet I must exchange my token for yours—brazen for golden gifts, as the Greek poet said.
The misfortune of my poem is that it presupposes much knowledge of antiquity—as for instance that this
My dear Burritt: This article " Walt Whitman in Europe " set close, would make about two-thirds of a
My dear Mr. Curtis, Thanks for your kind contribution & note.
My dear Mr.
Dear Sir: I have been badly pulled by the heat—am sick—(home here with my mother)—& would respectfully
My dear Mr. McGuire, The money you gave me for Mr.
Dear Sir: I received your letter of the 11 inst. instant to-day and take pleasure to enclose herewith my
My dear Linton, Your kind letter came duly to hand.
train from here—shall get to Camden by or before 8—I am well as usual—nothing new— I have sent George my
I am wearing my overcoat—You see, mother, I am likely to prove a true prophet about Greeley —He is not
I am home here in Brooklyn, having the usual sort of a time—Mother is only middling this summer—My brother
English edition of your works—verbatim, without any retrenchments; and I have gone so far as to offer my
New York, May 13 th 187 2 Walt Whitman I now take my pen in hand to let you know how I am getting along
come home, (if nothing happens more than at present known) and stay two months, & then return here to my
Saturday though I have little or nothing to write about—I am sitting here alone in the office, writing by my
Louis, Oct 5th 1872 My dear Mother Mattie has returned from St.
leave without pay—I want to come home for a while, both to be home, & to see about the new edition of my
have any trouble—she would take a car in Philadelphia that comes to within abt a mile and a half of my
agrees with her— We have had this horse disease here —but not as bad as you have had it East I guess—my
her out a great deal and it improves her much Jessie is not behind her they both study hard and it is my