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holidays—I shall send him your present address—havn't seen E's portrait yet—I am writing this up in my
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
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
But my doubts being settled a little I can find occupation, and that will cure my sickening laziness—indeed
several new steps are clearly indicated in my farm operations.
My crop is fair—my renters did so well by high, warm land early planted—my own cotton started off in
My instinct has always been against immortality; this a state of probation &c My idea has always been
I've got my old renter the Methodist (local) preacher on Two Rivulets.
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
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 U S America Dec 10 '78 My dear Josiah Child Yours of Nov: 23d duly
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Nov 27 My dear Reid If convenient please send me the pay for the
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
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
My Dearest Friend: I feel as if I didn't a bit deserve the glorious budget you sent me yesterday, for
live amongst anywhere in the world—and in this respect it has been good to give up having a home of my
outdoor life & the entirely simple, unpretending, cordial, friendly ways of Concord & its inhabitants won 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
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
My Dearest Friend: The days are slipping away so pleasantly here that weeks are gone before I know it
Never in my life have I enjoyed outdoor pleasures more—I hardly think, so much—enhanced as they are by
A long letter from my sister in England tells me Per. looks well and happy & is so proud of his little
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 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
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
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Sept 30 My dear Reid Yes—put my name to the piece, if you like it
He work'd worked at my father's, and had done so for two years.
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.
MY DEAREST FRIEND: I had a lingering hope —till Herby went south again—that I should have a letter from
I expect Herby has described our neighbours to you—specially Levi Bryant, the father of my hostess—a
Chadwick, &c., from New York, with whom I have pleasant chats daily when I trudge up to fetch my letters—now
friend Ch: Johnson a few evenings since on the ferry—had quite a talk about you, &c— Nothing very new in 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
saw one of them today, and he asked me if I was coming any more, and I told him that I hat had went my
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
August 24th 1878 My dear Walt Whitman I am not overfond of letter-writing—rather hate it indeed—I am
As to myself I am pretty well for my time of life—sixty nine on the sixth of this month—but somewhat
troubled about my eyes—for I am not only the shortest-sighted man in England—but have a great black island
However my oculist informs me that I shall not go blind, & bids me as much as possible spare my eyes,
My younger son Lionel (whom you inquire about) was married to the daughter of F.
If one's patient has an ache or pain, the nurse whistles for the student (my whistle is 2).
One of my patients has empyema following pleurisy.
Several of my patients (I have all the very sick just now) require very careful watching.
Please give my love to Mrs. Whitman & remember me to Colonel Whitman.
If it were not for records accumulating mountain high I should have time to write to my friends.
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
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
thanks—and if I may impose on your generosity I should be please pleased to have a lett letter for my
Camden New Jersey U S America July 28 '78 — I have to-day today forwarded by mail Two sets of my works—four
My Dear, Dear, Friend, I received the rubarb rhubarb to-day, it came just in time: I have been sick for
thinking for about two months that I would like to be something, and I that than tryed tried to it, my
to-night down here, it hasn't come too soon either things were kneeding needing will make so me improve my
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Camden New Jersey U S America July 26 I have to-day today sent, same address as this card, my Two Volumes—Please
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.
I have to-day today forwarded by mail, to same address as this card, my Two Vols.
are at Northampton, Mass:—all well—(B[eatrice] is at the Woman's Hospital Boston)—This place is still my
The baby is lying on the lounge in my room as I write, I hear him nestle & see that his eyes are open
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
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
New York July 5 Still here—still quite well—sent you a paper yesterday with my "June" letter in —Shall
June 26 P M Dear John & 'Sula I got in all right before sundown—Still keep well, (& all the better for my
have said that I would not write to you any more (until you wrote to me), but I have got some more of my
Monday morning Lucas stoped stopped me as I was coming from the pond with a pail of watter water (on my
Lucas at the in the morning and give him my answer was no, of corse course , I told him that I could
not work for any less than my board he did not think I could earn that I guess for he left me and went
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
I remember I sent you on the 29th of April last some circulars, slips, price-advertisements &c. of my
Camden New Jersey May 27 —I have to-day sent by mail, same address as this card, my Volume Leaves of
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
My winter's work of lecturing is over now; I have had a very pleasant time of it—though living a rather
I made the last my headquarters, and then went once a week to York, twice to Sheffield and gave a lecture
I am staying here now with my friend Cotterill who has just returned from African explorations.
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
(Carpenter recalls this in his My Days and Dreams, Being Autobiographical Notes [London: G.
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
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
me—I am only middling well, but go about—rheumatism not yet subdued—threatens to partially disable my
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
, I wrote you a two-page letter (with scrap codicil ) on August 14 1875, giving you the " theory of my
have prompted me to ask you if it would be necessary for my theory to be abandoned "!
And now seeing how my laziness is growing on me so much, the question comes to me thus— will you let
me resign my commission ?
I tender you my resignation of the Lieutenant .