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My love to mother, father, & all the children.

Camden N Jersey July 18 '76 My dear Reid, The cheque has reached me $10. as pay for the little poem —

Camden New Jersey U S America I send to-day, to same address as this card, my Vol.

Camden New Jersey U S America Oct 24 I send you to-day today to same address as this card my Vol.

Camden, New Jersey—U S America Sept 7 I send you to-day by mail, to same address as this card, my Volume

Camden New Jersey U S America Oct 23 I send to-day to same address as this card my Vol.

Camden, N Jersey—U S America Sept 7 I send you to-day by mail to same address as this card, my Volume

Camden, New Jersey July 7th, 1876 My dear Reid: I send a piece for the paper, on Custer's death.

I send you to-day by mail, to same address as this card, my volume, "Two Rivulets".

frontispieces prepared for them (see front of the vols)—& send them over again by this boy, & I will put my

Camden, N Jersey—U S America Sept 9 — I to-day send you by mail, a second set , Two Vols. of my Books

Of course they are hitherto unpublished—(my book in which they go, will not be out for at least three

Your subscription for my Book is received—for which hearty thanks.

My motive was the necessity of saving you & your relatives from the degradation implied in Mr.

You may remember that I talked to you in my bedroom about your circumstances, after I had conversed with

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

Stevens street Camden, N Jersey—U S A I have to-day forwarded by mail, to same address as this card, my

Camden N Jersey July 22 '76 A R Spofford Dear Sir The editions of my Leaves of Grass , as within specified

America Sept. 5th I send today, same address as this card my two volumes.

I am having it printed on my own account. None of the publishers will take my writings.

I was telling a friend the other day that I was beginning to grow proud of always having my writings

My only way is to print the things myself or have them printed in the newspapers.

How fortunate to leave to be content with doing nearly nothing —with My soul, for twenty purturbability

My dear Sir:— Your letter of the 5th, with enclosure has just reached me.

Th 187 6 Walt Whitman Respected Sir: I began several years since the collection of the autographs of my

aby] doing well, grows well, hearty & bright—the rest well as usual—E[dward] recovered, & all right—my

431 Stevens st cor West Camden N Jersey U S America April 4 '76 Robert Buchanan— My dear friend— I merely

Sir: Would like to have say a four or five column article for the paper embodying the poems, &c. of my

pretty well—I am miserable—he knew me so well—we had already such good times—& I was counting so much—My

My dear Sir;— Will you kindly favor me with your autograph, to go in company with others famous in word

Please make a bundle of all my books , Burroughs's Notes , As a Strong Bird , 67 Ed'n Edition L of G,

April 23d /76 140 East 38th st New York My dear Mr Whitman: Your note was received and I am only waiting

London Saturday 23 Sept. 1876 Dear Walt Whitman I have received your volume and thank you heartily My

I believe I mentioned in my note at the time that it had also been sent to the London Times and Chicago

depot—it would have done me good, even to have a minute, & a good hold of you once more—Nothing new in my

The books are for my wife "Mary F.

—of the poet that is to me more attractive than his writings, and my earliest recollections of poetry

I never saw my grey haired friend in such royal spirits.

short collar, open and fine beard, frosted poll, but not with age, till I could compare him only to my

Please see that the photograph is given to the School of Art, with my affectionate respects.

large collection to which I earnestly desire to add your name, especially as I am trying to complete my

When you see any thing notable or pungent about me or my affairs, send it to me, as I neither see or

Dec December 20 '76 My dear Johnston Enclosed find check for $35 for which send me on immediately as

enclose twenty Dollars which I hope you will accept in payment for one set of the books & as a token of my

431 Stevens st Camden NJ Thanks my dear friend for your hospitable & affectionate letter, & invitations

Jan. 2, 1876 My dear Mr.

One of his own countrymen (a press correspondent) thus writes of him— The only American prophet to my

He has no respect for artificial barriers to poetic inspiration:— "In my opinion the time has arrived

In my opinion, I say, while admitting that the venerable and heavenly forms of chiming versification

"Yes, my brethren, oh!

And thee, My Soul! Joys, ceaseless exercises, exaltations!

the details of an outrage so sigual in its character and so sinister in its bearings as to become, in my

I rubbed my eyes a little to see if this sunbeam were no illusion; but the solid sense of the book is

I wish to see my benefactor, and have felt much like striking my tasks and visiting New-York to pay you

my respects.

My friend is a great admirer of yours. him and I have lately been reading your "Leaves of Grass" and

not live another day; I cannot can not rest, O God — eat Or drink or sleep, till I put forth myself, My

West, where "In a far-away faraway northern county, in the placid, pas- toral pastoral region, Lives my

farmer-friend farmer friend , the theme of my recitative, a famous Tamer of Oxen ." : This is a worthy

chance of enlisting purchasers at such high prices much diminished, I shd should already have drawn up my

The delay of the last two months in getting ready my second instalment of the 1876 Edition, has annoyed

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

been in frequent written com munication on this subject, &, if I hear from you in terms to warrant, my

If you encourage me to write, and say you will sometimes write to me I will buy me some pens —one of my

Evidently very intelligent and well-bred—very affectionate—held on to my hand, and put it to his face