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My dear Mr.
I have been looking through the G[ood] G[ray] P[oet] as Dr B sent it in his copy, & it comes to my soul
Camden June 13 '83 Evn'g Evening My dear friend The corrections you specified have been or will be made
I am in great mourning that I can't get my reply to Richard Grant White on the Bacon-Shakespeare matter
Camden March 16 '83 Noon My dear friend Yours of 14th & proofs of 1883 Letter rec'd received —All y'r
I think it would lengthen my days to see you once more.
English—he pays well, when suited—he always paid me well & gave me lots of taffy besides—but balked at my
This is my excuse for profering proffering this request and I entertain the hope that you will graciously
I am still struggling along, striving to say something which, if I can say it to my mind, will be useful—will
Asylum for the Insane, London, 18th March 188 3 My dear Walt I return you today the proof in pages I
The Nation this week (I have just seen it) does not print my reply, which may have come too late, and
United States, in their present devouring relations, controlling and belittling everything else, are, in my