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Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 16 June 1886
from Dowden — W W Your Ruskin book has been rec'd & I have been reading it all day— Walt Whitman to William
Kentucky trip —Dr Bucke will be back from England next week — Love to you Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William
Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 26 May 1886
Take good care of yourself, now, & don't go & have another sun-stroke William Sloane Kennedy to Walt
Kennedy William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 17 June 1886
Best Love as always— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 19 November 1886
afternoon, just come in from his drive—a rather infirm but fine-looking old man, with a long, venerable white
William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [18 August 1886]
William Douglas O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 17 August 1886
acquaintances and friends, including amongst others Mr and Mrs Carlyle, George Eliot, George Henry Lewes, William
Liverpool to New York. first instalment from W M Rossetti free will offering see notes Sept 7 & 9–1888 William
Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 22 January [1886]
Your last letter to William M. Rossetti is to be facsimiled as before.
Kennedy's letter | Feb. 5 '86 William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 5 February 1886
William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 10 December 1886
unfortunate polar bear is always present, which is strangely in keeping with his long-flowing, silky white
new edition of the "Poems of Walt Whitman" (published by Chatto and Windus), selected and edited by William