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close, but we are having a warm spell here—(now the fourth day of it) —I am ab't as usual in health—my
the stew gravy)—Every thing from you rec'd & welcomed—dull weather, the ground covered with snow—(but my
as usual—took a long drive by myself midday yesterday—basked in the sun & drove slow—Have just had my
am glad you refused the letters for publication—They were strictly private Walt Whitman Don't forget my
My last visit to Camden was early in October, before I went abroad.
An autograph letter of Walt's was sold in this city last Spring for $80 to my knowledge."
My reading for the last two or three days (limited) of the articles in Century about Kearsarge and Alabama
going for two weeks to write special letters of thanks &c to you & T D for your kindness & labors in my
—Glad to hear from you, & would send you my writings, gladly.
to write special letters of thanks &c. to you & T[alcott] W[illiams] for your kindness & labors in my
B[ucke] is well & busy—I was out driving to-day, 11 to 1—Nothing definite done to my "November Boughs
yesterday —Your letter of Nov. 12 has been read & re-read, & quite gone the rounds—much admired—I send you "My
greeting to you, & to Mr C —also to Dr Bucke Best love to your father, mother & Logan I to-day enter on my
half-way to England—I have rec'd John Burroughs' new book —warm sunny day here—I am going out with my
I am not at all afraid of my handwriting appearing on the printer's copy— Walt Whitman to William Sloane
I find on carefully reading the "Quarterly," that I should greatly qualify my first impression of its
, with check for Twenty Dollars, ($20) (herewith returned) was duly rec'd—Thank you most fervently, my
My Dear Friend: The syndicate is dissolved. Mr. Rice furnishes articles for the Star only.
gift—for your letter with the £45 which has just reached me— We have fine weather here, & I am enjoying it—My
knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my
own And I know that the Spirit of God is the brother of my own And that all the men ever born are also
my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers And that a kelson of the creation is love." . . . .
New York, June 14th 188 6 Walt Whitman Esq Trusting that the intelligence conveyed will plead for my
night—She told me many little particulars I was glad to hear, though all is so sad—Nothing special in my
Dear Sir Trusting that the intelligence conveyed will plead for my presumption, I venture to enclose
usual—havn't been anywhere (though several invitations)—I keep good spirits, but grow clumsier & clumsier, & my
New York, Oct 18th 188 6 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Sir On my return to New York agreeable to promise I beg
find in them so much encouragement and hope, and such a great personality, that I write to express my
WSK 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey July 8 '86 Dear W S K I have returned from my jaunt to the Jersey
Oct 21-1886. 48 Rue d'Orsel Montmartre My dear Walt Whitman.
My sleep was very poor while in Ky, but I think of it as the finest country I have yet seen—that is the
April 9th 188 6 My dear Walt Whitman I distributed the papers and magazines you sent me to every body
My dear Madam Kindly send apace—address as asked for on Enclosed sheet.
Wonders will never cease, and after all Houghton consented to publish my little work "Hamlet's Note-Book
At present my brain is just mud—I have a heap of letters unanswered.