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371886, Apr. 15, "Abraham Lincoln"loc.01762xxx.00531[The subject or text of my]1879–1887prose1 leafhandwrittenprinted
[The subject or text of my]
Richard Maurice Bucke, one of his literary executorsI have found my authority hereabout 1879prose1 leafhandwritten
I have found my authority here
pri.00035xxx.00808[Returned from my four months]1879–1882prose1 leafhandwritten; A short note in which
[Returned from my four months]
gossiping in the candle light" that resonates with the beginning of the second paragraph of the article My
disagreeable , if he has written & you will mind it, you would understand why if you had Dear Brother in my
hurry I made a mistake, thought this was written on I hope with my whole heart that I have not said
I think a great deal of my home with all my troubles I have only spoke of myself & could not help it
today Good bye Han Give my love to all Hannah Whitman Heyde to Walt Whitman, 2 January [1879]
I am spry no longer, but my spirits are as high-flown as ever.
Childs as a man whose hand is open as the day, but I never met him more than twice in all my life.
I could do my work much better with ink-blotches about me and a litter around and with a few broken chairs
My feeling towards him is something more than admiration—it partakes of reverence."
My Dearest Friend: Herby has told you of our difficulties in getting comfortable quarters here—and also
B. was always my friend—that his allusions were always kind—that he quoted 'Leaves of Grass' without
& now I am paying the penalty of the exposure to the severe cold in another attack of neuralgia in my
I have just sent off my MS. to Briton.
If I can devise a better title I shall do so, but I think my readers will understand this one; the great
public does not care for my books anyhow.
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Captain Vandoren Townsend was married to Patience, George Stafford's sister.
Arthur Holland, one of the family who were so very friendly to me & made my stay so pleasant both in
Mistar Mister Whitman I recived received your letter this morning and I return you my most gratful grateful
25 Dear John Burroughs I havn't been able to think of any thing worth while in the way of a name—to my
My Dearest Friend: Are you never coming? I do long & long to see you.
I know that it will please you to hear that I have gained tenfold facility with my brush since the autumn
Three of my pictures are nicely hung at the Water Colour Exhibition Academy of Design, the first time
This morning being Sunday, I took my skates to the Park.
thought—his last letter (Jan 13) just devotes a line to it—& I was in hopes all had passed over Have you seen my
Townsend since —all well yet— Nothing new or different with me—I keep pretty well—My wrist, right arm
for another March attack of that nerve-inflammation & rheumatism—(but I must not cry till I am hurt)—My
1879, letter to "Dear Darling Walt," Herbert mentioned the development of a "tenfold facility with my
Captain Vandoren Townsend was married to Patience, George Stafford's sister.
J., Fey February 7 18 79 My Dear Walt Friday has come & gone —& no report as the dinner with the author
Please remember me to all the Staffords & give my especial love to Mrs. Stafford. Also to Mrs.
Street Camden New Jersey Feb 21 Dear Bee Your letter rec'd received , & we all read it with interest —my
mother yesterday forwarding the enclosed letter of Rossetti's which she wished me to post to you—So far my
should then visit you (sending you word beforehand)—I am writing this in the winter sunshine and send my
My dear Friend and Master, About twelve years since, I was in Boston and looking at the books of an old
In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings.
(My words seem utterly paltry and drivelling, and I am thoroughly ashamed of them.
My dear Master— do write to me—your faithful pupil and lover.
My will not prove my love, but could you have seen my work since I first read your divine Message—you
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America My dear Wm Harrison Riley Your letter has reach'd me
Riley was an ardent young Englishman who addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" on March 5.
In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."
My Dearest Friend: I hope you are enjoying this splendid, sunshiny weather as much as we are—the atmosphere
experience he thinks very highly, to study in Duron's Studio in Paris for a year, that I have made up my
mind to go back, for a time at any rate, this summer; but I shall leave my furniture here, and the question
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
Havn't Haven't heard from you in a long time—My splurge on the Death of Lincoln is all ready to be splurged—I
My Dearest Friend: It seems quite a long while since I wrote, & a very long while since you wrote.
I am beginning to turn my thoughts Philadelphia-wards that we may have some weeks near you before we
Camden New Jersey March 27 p m My dear friend Yours of yesterday rec'd received —Also the previous ones
me—I expect to come on to N Y to lecture (Death of Abraham Lincoln) the middle of April—Do you know of my
he is sort of engineering it—in conjunction [with] John Burroughs, (now in Washington)— My brother &
Camden New Jersey March 27 p m My dear friend I could not conveniently come to the West Phil: Depot—I
nice dinner party, all men, artists, &c, Horace Furness, (a good fellow)—his brother Frank, architect —my
George's Farm, Totley, near Sheffield, England, 2.4.79 My dear Friend and Guide.
What I have in me to say to you on my own account cannot be uttered in any words.
You translated hitherto hidden languages for me; you opened my eyes, which had before been only partly
He addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" in a letter on March 5, 1879.
In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
George's Farm, Totley nr Sheffield, England. 4.4.79 My dear Friend and Guide.
He addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" in a letter on March 5, 1879.
In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
April 13 '79 My dear Sir To break the tedium of my half-invalidism—& as an experiment—I have come on
Monday afternoon April 14 1879. 1309 Fifth av: near 86th st My dear Reid— As you might possibly have
room in the paper—& a full report might hit—I send you a complete copy of my lecture, to take the chances
to-morrow's paper —(As I calculate, it would make about three quarters of a column in your small type) — —My
plan is to break the tedium of my half invalidism from time to time (& also collect a few shekels) by
Esopus April 29 All goes well—enjoyed my journey up the river that afternoon & evening—10½ when I got
1309 Fifth av. near 86th st Thursday afternoon May 8 My Dear Reid Can you use this for Saturday's paper
1309 Fifth av: near 86th street Monday noon May 12 My dear Reid If you put this in type perhaps you could
1309 Fifth av: near 86th st: New York May 24 noon My dear Mr Bloor I have returned the two pamphlets—which
said)—about actors—I remain here till latter part of next week—then to Camden, New Jersey, which is my
On June 9, 2879, Alfred Janson Bloor sent to Whitman "a copy of the selections you made from my journal
1309 Fifth av: near 86th Street May 28 '79 My dear Sir Yours of May 23d has reach'd me here—I am unable
or what office, in Huntington I think, or who keeps them, I can not say—Yes I was born at West Hills—my
father Walter Whitman—I trace the Whitmans there four generations—my grandmother (father's mother) was
Hannah Brush I am here on a visit—go back, last of next week, to Camden New Jersey, my regular p o address
great ship Minnesota , (big enough for a thousand people)—it was all very enjoyable—the officers all my
last letter in Tribune you will see a ¶ about the , my first visit) I got a letter from my sister yesterday
be having royal times there—Beatrice G[ilchrist] is here—she called on me here—Hank, you speak about my
you— let them read this letter if they care to —I shall probably be back last of next week—come up, my
things very easy—am as well as usual—(have some sort o' bad spells, still)—am all tann'd & red—wear my
one could fail then [during the War] to admire his zeal and devotion, and I am afraid that at first my
New York 7th June 1879 My recollection of what Miss — told me on the Friday evening, just one week after
well, & recollect asking Miss — at what point in it the tragedy occurred, but her answer has escaped my
part of the stories told I knew from competent & trustworthy sources & also, in a small measure, from my
June 9 '79 My dear Josiah Child I have only just rec'd received yours of April 22d, with $24.50 from
Fifth av: avenue near 86th st. street : but I return soon to 431 Stevens st: Camden New Jersey—which is my
Holsman Mansion Passaic, New Jersey 9 June '79 My dear Mr Whitman, I got yours of the 24th ult. & also
I enclose a copy of the selections you made from my journal, and also an account of the information Miss
for those loose sheets which I used sometimes to resort to, partly because I was accustomed to write my
, & it strikes me I have in my portfolios much that is better than that, unprinted.
office in the city, as my letters are forwarded every day.
weather (very hot here to-day)—& the babe —When you write direct to Camden—I send Smith a paper, with my
My Dearest Friend: We set foot on dry land again Wednesday morning after a good passage —not a very smooth
Dear John Burroughs I have got back here after ten weeks' absence, & find myself all the better for my
you papers from here which of course you have rec'd received —I enclose the baby's photo, returned —my
three I have been away in New York—return'd only a few days ago—I am well and fat, & have been so, & my
four boys out, & then the four girls—I enjoyed their call—They were going off on a little excursion— My
brother & sister are well as usual—My nieces are now here —have left school—they are grown, tall hearty
favors & attentions)—I rec'd received about a week ago the P O draft for $15.20 from Mr Fraser, for my
I am well, for me—am taking a rest from my three months' visit to New York—our heated term now here.
Traubel Camden, July 3, '79 To W.W My dear friend, I'll write you a few words again—for this warm weather
My curiosity has not abated by one jot and I would esteem it a favor if you would let me know at least
My bias is for Dickens. I like a good aim of pathos in a novel—nothing maudlin but all natural.
I think I referred to it in one of my last letters. Write soon! Yours hastily, H. L. T.
My regards to —— those : Emerson, Whitman, Major Stearns , , and the rest of the good fellows!
couple of months afterwards I heard that she had never received any answer, & after some time I wrote to my
I cannot let this occasion pass without renewing my thanks, sending you again my greeting and love.
I have joined hands with you in it, tried to realize its ideals in my life; and to lead others to do
Dearest Friend: I am sitting in my room with my dear little grandson, the sweetest little fellow you
Giddy and Norah (my 3d third daughter) are gone into Durham to do some shopping.
It is about the only thing I have read since my return.
hardly realized till I left it how dearly I love America—great sunny land of hope and progress—or how my
Give my love to those of our friends whom you know & tell them not to forget us.
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
Have been clearing up my studio, so I can feel a little decent on Sunday.
—my shiping shipping apartments, I mean. I'm staying in one part of my studio for a few weeks.
little plus)— I went down last month to spend a while with the Staffords at their new farm, but I miss'd my
& heaped just now, as I have been down stairs to see what the post man left me— I am sitting up in my
miss them)— I am busy a little leisurely writing—think of printing soon a smallish 100 page book of my