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My improvement is not much in the head troubles, & hardly any in my left leg, but very perceptible in
my strength & vim generally— & my confidence remains (still unaffected in the main, by all the tediousness
took, at my own price at once & sent me the money)—They are in type, and I have read the proofs.
So they are off my mind.
Nelly, my dear, I received your welcome letter last evening. I am waiting for the photos of my St.
way we talked of, (& I have no doubt we shall,) & satisfaction is felt on both sides, it is certainly my
Whitman observed to Horace Traubel in 1889: "What a sweat I used to be in all the time . . . over getting my
Trübner & Company, Dear Sirs, Please make out acc't account of sales of my books, Leaves of Grass &c.
for the closing year, & remit me am't amount due, by mail here, by draft payable to my order.
close, as we have had real winter here, snow & bad weather, & bad walking—I have been quite alone, as my
off to Delaware on Wednesday on a Christmas visit, to return to-morrow, Saturday—I am about the same—My
strength still keeps quite encouraging—I think is better than any time yet—my walking no better, & still
a good deal of distress in the head—but, as I said in my letter of Monday last, (did you get it Tuesday
is so much complicated machinery about one of these heaters with all the late improvements—give me my
Dear boy Pete, Well, I am sitting here in the parlor again writing my weekly letter—as I write, the rain
feeling pretty bad, but it seems to be mostly from a severe cold in the head—anyhow I am having one of my
bad spells, of which I have gone through so many—had a bad night last night—but have eat my breakfast
week, & I have enjoyed sailing across the Delaware, & the splendid sunsets most every evening—it is my
you scratch down, as I sit here a great deal of the time, (& time is dull & lonesome, at the best)— My
please—the editor consenting—take two impressions, (proofs) similar to this & send me in this envelope for my
So they are off my mind." The poems appeared in the March 1874 issue (524–25).
—I send you some papers to-day— —There is nothing new with me, or my condition—My principal malady is
no worse)—but I have had for three or four days a wretched cold in the head, sore throat, most lost my
nice view for me to sit & look out—the letter carrier comes around in about an hour from now, & takes my
Dear Sir When my friend, Mr.
The "Leaves of of Grass" have become a part of my every-day thought and experience.
Often when I have been alone in the company of one or other of my dearest friends, in the very deliciousness
volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My
Walter Whitman My Dear Friend: After the laps lapse of over 8 years, & to let you know that your memory
is yet fresh in my mind; I am mooved moved to write you this letter—I Came to this state after being
My health is not good & has not been since I was in the army—My family is well, & children going to school
you the Graphic, with piece by me, about the Capitol, which I suppose you rec'd—also same paper with my
& criticism by "Matador" —I have rec'd a letter lately from Eldridge—nothing new at Washington, in my
—Love to both of you—I am writing this up in my room—it is growing dark—I am going out to tea, to an
that's about the best I can say—continue to get out a little every day when the weather will permit—but my
last night) is to wear over—I got the stuff, it is first rate Middlesex flannel, cost $5, (same as my
necessary—must then be washed by some one experienced in washing nice flannels—I sent Graphic with my
portrait —(as they sent me some)—also my Capitol letter —I rec'd your good letter last Tuesday Dear
Nash—give them both my love—(I see just a line in the paper that Mr.
Dear Son Pete, Here I sit again by the heater in the parlor, writing my weekly letter—I have just had
my dinner, some cold turkey & glass of Missouri wine &c.
—had been out to the P.O. some five or six squares distant—but have to take my time—Am still getting
is undoubtedly better, which, I hope will in time bring improvement in my walking, & in my head, &c
November 25, they print a portrait of my beautiful phiz. & a criticism on my books, one of the best &
Dear Son Pete, Nothing very new with me—I continue about the same—my general strength the best it has
—As I write this holding the paper on my lap I am sitting here in the parlor, by the heater—have had
my dinner—drank quite a goblet of wine, which I believe has flown into my head.
I wear my old gray suit, & the old black overcoat,—& when very cold, or stormy my gray shawl—If you should
see me now leaning against Milburn's counter, you wouldn't see any difference from last winter —(but my
Dear Pete, dear son, I am sitting here in my room again writing to you—there is no particular change
in the situation—we are having some pretty cold weather here—I go out a little every day, but my walking
I suppose you got mine last Tuesday— —I have just had my dinner, bean soup, boiled beef, & pumpkin-pie
worse—it is now just after 2, & I am feeling quite comfortable—& hope this will find you all right, my
get it Saturday—which may have made you some uneasy—but you need not be, as I still continue to hold my
proposed Centennial Exposition —I will send you pictures of the buildings soon— I am sitting here in my
& come and call on me, should he come to Philadelphia—Tell Wash Milburn, & Parker also, I send them my
at their bloody tricks till the U.S. (& perhaps England) steps in & kicks them out of Cuba—which in my
My dear Dan Gilette, Your kind letter—with that of your English friend Chrissie Deschamps, (so full of
It seems to be a fluctuating & pretty stout struggle between my general physique & constitution, & my
My best regards & love to you, my friend, & to my English friends the same.
Bielby, & Dear Doctor, I read the letter of Oct. 29, (full of good kindliness & sympathy—My general physique
still [ke]eps up, the battle with my [se]rious special cerebral ailment—& I think the physique will
yet carry the day—& that I shall come back to Washington, & see you all again—though my case is very
50 Marquis Rd Camden London Nov. 3/'73 My dearest Friend, All the papers have reached me—3 separate packets
(with the hand writing on them that makes my heart give a glad bound).
May you be steadily though ever so slowly gaining ground, my Darling!
My children all continue well in the main.
And how that line will gladden my eyes Darling! Love from us all. Goodbye.
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My
October 31 . 1873 1874 or 5 Dear boy Pete, My condition remains about the same—I don't get ahead any
to notice—but I hold my own, as favorable as I have stated in my late letters, & am free yet from the
Besides I think upon the whole, my general strength is the best it has been yet—for an interval every
Eldridge that he had paid Godey, my substitute, the money I sent on for his October pay.— Washington
Good bye for this time, my loving boy. Walt.
Dear Charley, My condition continues favorable—& if I dared to hope this will last & improve in proportion—indicates
Eldridge that he had paid Godey, my substitute, the money I sent on for his October pay."
same way this fragment does: "I am still doing as well as when I last wrote" on October 24, 1873, and "My
My head has some bad spells, & a touch or more nearly every day, & my locomotion is still as clumsy as
am happy in not having any of those spasms of three weeks since, & indeed I have glimpses again of my
Louis, from my brother Jeff—I am very fond of it for breakfast, can eat it every day—(My appetite is
my love to Wash Milburn—I am writing this up in my room, 3 o'clock, pleasant weather, sun shining, window
Good bye for this time, my loving boy. Walt. Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 24 October [1873]
Dear Pete, I want some things taken out of my trunk, & put in a bundle & sent here by express.
you this afternoon, to-morrow , or next will do just as well, as I am in no hurry— —You both go up in my
room & get them—I want My old gray suit , coat vest &, (I think there are two pair of pants) My old
My dear friend I am having quite a good spell to-day, (if it only lasts)—I wish you, in conjunction with
Peter Doyle, would go over to my room at Dr.
White's, & unlock the big trunk, (the one that is strapped) and take out My gray suit , coat, vest, &
My black overcoat , quite heavy—it is the one in the trunk— Black felt hat, (there are two black hats
I will write promptly if there is any marked change in my condition.
Dear friend, I suppose you got my postal card.
try to get around—have better spirits than I could expect—but on trial, the least exertion confuses my
But I am sitting here at present in my room, comparatively comfortable—& feel every hope that I shall
The bad spells in my head continued at short intervals all through Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
ready to have them, and pretty sick and sore and bad, especially in head, confusing me, and affecting my
I have rewritten my Will, with some slight changes and additions, and placed it in the pocket of my trunk
here. … Ate my breakfast like a man this morning.
My eyes gave out before through. . . .
only 5 minutes from Philadelphia ferry, foot of Market st Department of Justice Washington. 187 I send my
Give them my address.—I shall be happy to hear from them. I saw Mrs.
Singing Thrush" (March 15, 1873, later called "Wandering at Morn"), "Spain" (March 24, 1873), "Sea Captains
alone & think, for two hours on a stretch—have not formed a single acquaintance here, any ways intimate—My
in the morning, & keeps me a good bed & room—All of which is very acceptable—(then, for a fellow of my
run foul of any)—Still I generally keep up very good heart—still think I shall get well—When I have my
have got a letter from Charley Towner—I am finishing this by the open window—still in the rooms where my
Dear Sir, I am delighted to please you in so trifling a matter as signing the pictures for your—and my—English
I have a great deal of pain in my head yet—no let up.
Farewell my loving son, till next time. Walt. I send a small bundle of papers.
If you are willing to go into selling my books, I think you ought to have some of the little 30 brochure
makes it just right—I have been out just a little, but was glad to get back—I am feeling tolerable, but my
out, in a few minutes' walk—I have had two or three quite good spells this week,—sufficient to arouse my
My appetite still holds out—& my sister cooks very nice, gets me what I want— Pete your letter of 8.
My brother Jeff has been on here this week from St. Louis—got in a car in St.
desk, from what I hear from my substitute —He writes me now & then—does my work very well, & more work
My brother & I are pleased with your plan, in general—my brother favors the ground story of stone ,—but
—I am not very well to-day —but am up & have been out—am generally about the same as noted in my last
it goes, it will be all right—the little Philadelphia paper piece was about the right statement of my
My brother Jeff has come on from St.
excursion, a week on a yacht voyage—I told him to call on you, if possible—& he will if he can work it—My
her I rec'd received her letter & thank her for it—I have not felt to write to her, or any one but my
I have had—but unspeakable —my physical sickness, bad as it is, is nothing to it— The following are
morning—have something of the kind pretty often—Still it seems certain I am improving, generally,—& that my
rec'd a letter from Chas Eldridge—& another from Walter Godey, the young man who is working for me as my
to-day—nothing particular—send the Herald Did I tell you that a doctor I have talked with here says my
Grier here is confident my principal trouble is cerebral anæmia (blood not properly going to the brain
it arises from a long continued excessive emotional action generally —& thinks it so has arisen in my
moonlight evening—It is bright & clear to-day, & rather hot—It is socially here an utter blank to me—my
dread of being bored by any one is now completely gratified with a vengeance—I look long & long at my
mother's miniature, & at my sister Mat's—I have very good one's of each—& O the wish if I could only
Sept 4–1873 I am entirely satisfied & at peace "my Beloved—no words can say how divine a peace.
My Darling! take comfort & strength & joy from me that you have made so rich & strong.
When my eyes first open in the morning, often such tender thoughts yearning ineffably pitying sorrowful
—my hands want to be so helpful, tending, soothing, serving my whole frame to support the stricken side
My children send their love, their earnest sympathy.
not think hard of me for not writing oftener, especially the last seven months—If you could look into my
his letter to Anne Gilchrist of August 18, 1873, a ring: "The enclosed ring I have just taken from my
finger & send you with my love."
, 1873, she wrote about her children; and on December 18, 1873, she said of his health: "Perhaps if my
I turn my face to the westward sky and before I lie down to sleep, deep & steadfast within me the silent
. … My brother thinks (and I think so, too) that if you have not committed yourself, you could not do
I send you a paper same mail with this, containing a little piece that describes my case.
I have not forgotten you, my loving soldier boy, & never shall. Walt Whitman 322 Stevens st.
August 29 . 75 My dear son, Your letter came all right last Monday, & the papers.
needn't mind the other Sunday papers—I send you Harper's magazine for September—I am still holding my
Dear Charley, All continues to go well with my health &c.
My leg is not much different, & I still have an occasional spell with the head—but I am much better .
I am still about the same as when I last wrote—am no worse, & not much better—though I perceive my general
strength is at least as good as any time since I have been sick—My head still troubles me with pain
thinking that every thing with me might be a great deal worse—I can put up with all but the death of my
mother—that is my great sorrow that sticks—affects me just as much now, or more, than at the time.
cut out the piece below from a Philadelphia paper, thinking it might interest you—As is I sit here in my
am so much afraid you have been worried about me I hope not—for I care as much about your health as my
How is Eddy I send ever & ever so muc much love to you my dear and to all Han Hannah Whitman Heyde to
May 23 d my inexpressibly beloved mother died in Camden.
Though my plans depend on yet uncertain results, my intention, as far as any thing, is, on getting stronger
My post office address continues there, (Solicitor's Office Treasury.)
I send my love to Percy, & all your dear children.
The enclosed ring I have just taken from my finger & send you with my love.
August 12, 1873, Gilchrist, moved by newspaper reports of his continued illness, addressed him as "My
98–101) she wrote about her children; and on December 18, 1873, she said of his health: "Perhaps if my
I turn my face to the westward sky and before I lie down to sleep, deep & steadfast within me the silent
to substitute the services of the bearer Walter Godey , in the office, for the present, instead of my
I would ask you to put him at my desk and give him a trial—on some letters first, before giving him the
Earls Colne Halstead August 12, 1873 My dearest Friend The paper has just been forwarded here which tells
My Darling—let me use that tender caressing word once more, for how can I help it, with heart so full
My darling.
around, returns once more, as I have every summer for five & twenty years, to this old village where my
in fact, the old Priory they have inhabited ceased to be a Priory at the dissolution of monasteries—My
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
Philadelphia—it is hard work, especially as I have no one to go with me—but I put a bold face on, & my
easily do if I would I should like much to go on the trips so handy & cheap, right as you might say from my
is to have every thing wanting—(Pete, dear son, there was $89 coming to you, of the money you put in my
love—also my love to Mr & Mrs.
Nash the next time you go there—so good by for the present my darling son, & you must keep good heart
Since my letter of about three weeks since to Charles Eldridge—in which I wrote to you also —I have not
improved any—the distress in my head has not abated—some spells are very bad indeed—(but it fluctuates
Nor can I walk any better—some of the time, not so well—My saving points are pretty good nights' rest
gradually being pulled, and, though I have not at all given up hope of eventual recovery, I do not shut my
been waiting till I felt stronger, to go to Atlantic City (Jersey sea shore) or Long Island, but in my
I have just written to the Postmaster at Washington, asking him to forward my letters here, as I suppose
In my case there is no notable amendment—& not much change—I have irregular spells of serious distress
the day or night only, with intervals in which, (while I remain still,) I feel comparatively easy—but my
C[lerk] at which I am truly pleased —Nelly, as I suppose you will see this letter, I will send you my
& did he say any thing new about my sickness or symptoms?
employment for you—now I am here, crippled, laid up for God knows how long, unable to help myself, or my
about 3½ squares the other way, has I believe 6 or 7 cars—I get out & take a ride in them sometimes—my