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New York, Nov 18 187 8 My Dear Whitman: I am sorry that the pay for that Gathering the Corn article was
one could fail then [during the War] to admire his zeal and devotion, and I am afraid that at first my
June 26 P M Dear John & 'Sula I got in all right before sundown—Still keep well, (& all the better for my
Camden New Jersey U S America July 26 I have to-day today sent, same address as this card, my Two Volumes—Please
New York July 5 Still here—still quite well—sent you a paper yesterday with my "June" letter in —Shall
Camden New Jersey U S America Oct 1 '78— Dear Sirs Yours of Sept 14 with $14 for Two Sets (4 Vols) of my
to hand —Thank you sincerely— I to-day forward to Wiley & Sons, New York, Twelve Sets (24 Vols) of my
good outdoor days there—Have had a pretty severe attack of what appears to be (mostly) rheumatism in my
right shoulder—more pain to me last night than I have before felt any time, I think, in my whole life—besides
Ed, Harry & Debby, &c. well—Mr S. pretty well— Saturday & Sunday lots of Company —Am writing this in my
with me—Though the rheumatism is not severe—any thing like its first attack—it still keeps its hold—my
Tuesday, (two perfect days) —& expect to be down there next Sunday— —The Staffords are all about as usual—My
Poetry in America"—(it is a Vol: Volume of Bohn's Standard Library)—It is a good collection—he gives my
third story room,—just after 4 p m—my sister down stairs sewing—it is very quiet in the house, almost
lonesome—my brother away far in Pennsylvania at his work—& no, or very few visitors lately—The weather
Camden Sunday afternoon May 19 My dear friend I came up last night from a three days visit to White Horse
will last me a long while—got home about one o'clock, (it has now just struck four)—consequence of my
morning—thanks—Nothing very new with me—I continue well—have had the best summer for several years—My
I think Mrs Stafford is only middling—(I havn't haven't been at White Horse now for a fortnight) —My
me—I am only middling well, but go about—rheumatism not yet subdued—threatens to partially disable my
Camden New Jersey May 27 —I have to-day sent by mail, same address as this card, my Volume Leaves of
Aug 9 '78 431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America My dear Mr Child I rec'd received your kind
Keep cheery, but remain a partial paralytic—I have now an edition of my works in Two Volumes (see Circular
herewith) which I have got out here & job & sell myself —(as the publishers positively wont publish me & my
wish any, the price would be $3.50 a —I send you a copy of Two Rivulets , as a little present, with my
regards—Any thing you meet alluding to me, or criticizing, or that you think will interest me, send me, my
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America Dec 10 '78 My dear Josiah Child Yours of Nov: 23d duly
Let [Joel] Benton have my letters, take as much as possible my point of view, and he might write to me
Of course the letters I write you are for perusal by all my friends—Gilder, Swinton, Benton, &c.
good flesh, appetite & trim generally—Only return'd last night from a long jaunt & absence down at my
Tell me, when you write, about Smith —give him my love—I still keep well & bustling for me—have been
weeks—often think about you all— Got a letter from London from Trübner day before yesterday for six sets of my
Grace) are at 177 Remsen street Brooklyn—Jeannette Gilder has written to me that she is going to write my
left yesterday in the 4 p m train, had a fine run to Phila: Philadelphia & here I am to-day today in my
regular den—all the better for my month's trip— Nothing very new—brother & sister well as usual—my two
I suppose you got the Tribune of July 4 with my letter in.
Walt Whitman I eat my biscuits for supper only—have two or three of them in a bowl soak'd for an hour
(In my last letter among the names proposed was S S Cox, M C— I wish that name cancelled )—I should well
Camden New Jersey U S America July 28 '78 — I have to-day today forwarded by mail Two sets of my works—four
—Change my base a good deal—but this is my centre & p o address W.W. Walt Whitman to George W.
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Nov 27 My dear Reid If convenient please send me the pay for the
I remember I sent you on the 29th of April last some circulars, slips, price-advertisements &c. of my
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey July 12 My dear Reid I forward you same mail with this the little
"Passage to India" we spoke of, with the "Captain" bit in.
If convenient have the pay for my letter of July 4 in Tribune ($20) sent me here.
I am well, for me—All the better for my pleasant NY jaunt.
Whitman mentioned in his Commonplace Book this letter and Passage to India (1871), in which "O Captain
My Captain!" appears (Charles E.
Camden New Jersey U S America April 29 '78 Dear Sir In answer to yours of 14th—I send by mail postpaid my
431 Stevens Street Camden N J Dec 18 a m My dear Sir I want a nice standing ratan work-basket for my
baskets,—such as will probably cost 3½ or $4— Please call soon — Walt Whitman I am well as usual—I send my
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Sept 21 My dear Reid, Won't the herewith do for an editorial these
It was later reprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman, [New York: G.P.
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Sept 30 My dear Reid Yes—put my name to the piece, if you like it
Camden Thursday afternoon March 28 My dear friends I am still grunting & unable to go out Walt Whitman
hospitals of our Secession war—Still I do not smoke or chew myself—Sometimes wish I did smoke now in my
old age & invalidism—but it is too late to learn— But my brothers & all my near friends are smokers,
& I am accustomed to it—live among smokers, & always carry cigars in my pocket to give special friends
Camden New Jersey U S A Oct 23 My dear friend Yours of 19th Oct rec'd received —(I came up yesterday
up this little piece to my mind—let me send it as a souvenir."
Camden New Jersey Dec 20 My dear Jenny Gilder Yours of to-day rec'd received —(The other also—but I thought
write now in haste to say I will help you to any thing on the subject you desire—Will turn it over in my
Gilder wrote to Whitman, in his words, "that she is going to write my life & asking for items &c" (Walt
He work'd worked at my father's, and had done so for two years.
afternoon, down by the creek —Passed between sauntering —the hickory saplings —& " Honor is the subject of my
explanation of the last three lines, ask Herby—) I am glad Bee gets on so well (but I expected it) & my
Very well they look too, in my opinion—not only handsome & open-eyed, and fresh & independent, with wit
noted that Whitman was fond of quoting Cassius's speech to Brutus, "Well, honour is the subject of my
431 Stevens street Camden N J July 11 p m My dear friend I kept staying & staying in N Y (four weeks
altogether)—but took the 4 p m train yesterday & had a fine run to Philadelphia—So here I am to-day today in my
a great accumulation of letters—all those of the past month—so you will understand several things (my
going down to White Horse Saturday —No letter from Bee yet—I suppose you the Tribune of July 4 with my
holidays—I shall send him your present address—havn't seen E's portrait yet—I am writing this up in my
about Herb's picture, he calls September Days —(name not very good, but will do)—Picture itself, in my
treatment no following of any thing Herb has done before — Our folks are well as usual—(it is toward noon)—My
sister is off to church somewhere—brother down stairs balancing his acct's accounts —I up here in my
friend All about as usual— Rec'd received a London letter day before yesterday, purchasing six sets of my
remitting the pay —(come in good for Christmas pocket money)— Spent last evening till midnight with my
her—But you will see them—they return to London, Canada, in a few days—Your & Herby's letters rec'd —My
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Dec 12 My dear friend As the holidays come on I would like to make
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey May 8 '78 My dear Linton I returned last evening from a jaunt to
half-&-half)—after a bad spell during March & most of April—thought I was going to have a relapse to my
—Since my late sick spell, it is not so likely the programme will be carried out —but I want to go about
Aug 9 '78 My dear Tennyson The last letter I sent you was Sept 14 '76, (nearly two years ago) to which
I also sent my Two Vols: new edition—having rec'd received your subscription of 5£ (with an intimation
I have to-day today forwarded by mail, to same address as this card, my Two Vols.
thanks—and if I may impose on your generosity I should be please pleased to have a lett letter for my
are at Northampton, Mass:—all well—(B[eatrice] is at the Woman's Hospital Boston)—This place is still my
friend Ch: Johnson a few evenings since on the ferry—had quite a talk about you, &c— Nothing very new in my
I could convey no idea to you of how it affects my soul.
I got it, looked into it with wonder, and felt that here was something that touched on depths of my humanity
rheumatism (or neuralgia)—I count on its soon passing over, & leaving me about the same possession of my
—I have just got a letter from Johnston, the jeweler, asking me to come on to his house, & make it my
and think, 'Well, this great thing has been, and all that is now left of it is the feeble print upon my
brain, the little th rill which memory will send along my nerves, mine and my neighbours'; as we live
reading them, can be attached to their opinion at page 8 of the report R OBERT S PENCER OBINSON In my
radiation, &c. as to its fitness, appropriateness, advantage (or disadvantage) with reference to me , to my
This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou mightest not lose
Louis, Oct 27th 1878 My dear Walt Tis a long time since I have heard from any of you—but I suppose all
well until we had a "cold wave" about two weeks ago—since that time I have felt the very best—and too my
go and get well as quick as she can—I hope to hear in a day or two that she is all well again Give my
reckon,’ he adds, with quaint colloquial arrogance, ‘I reckon I behave no prouder than the level I plant my
afternoons and sitting by him, and he liked to have me—liked to put out his arm and lay his hand on my
were hurt by being blamed by his officers for something he was entirely innocent of—said ‘I never in my
My dear Sir: A short time ago while on a visit to New York I happened one evening to find your Leaves
Bayard Taylor's library: and taking it with me to my room at the hotel I spent a night of glory and delight
purchase a copy (which please mail to the above address) I cannot resist the temptation to render you also my
the person which your pages so unreservedly make, yet I feel sure that I understand you therein, and my