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Camden Oct 26, '87 early P M —have just had my dinner, (plain boil'd beef, potatoes & a roast apple—all

relish'd well) & am now sitting here in my big chair in the little front room —Cold & cloudy out—looks

fuller details)—The Pall Mall Gaz. letter you speak of appears to have erased a sentence or two (showing my

of home helpers) —but even as it is I hope it doesn't bear the construction you speak of—I enclose my

Street Camden New Jersey Feb. 17 '87 Every thing very much the same with me—quite completely disabled in my

is important, I will put down the lap tablet on which I am writing—& finish afterwards— Well I had my

& performance—was used tip top—Mrs Davis went with me—got back here ab't sunset thro' a snow storm—My

I have to say—Send them flat—if convenient— Hand this note to Mr Cox—I am all right—rec'd $600 for my

Dr Johnston's letter & the pictures & birthday gift have safely reach'd me, & thank you indeed from my

It appeals to my printer-sense too—is a handsome & generous piece of typography & mechanical book making

well—Mont is married —(I went down Sunday to G to take him Harry home, at his request)—I am still here in my

when I saw you last, but not much different—mentally the same—physically a sad wreck—I am reciting my

visit from Chas Rowley of Manchester yesterday—I am well as usual—Love to you—Spring is tardy here—My

it is growing too dark to write— Sunday forenoon early—Oct 23 —The sun is shining bright—I have had my

breakfast (pann'd oysters toast & coffee) & in half an hour I shall start in my light wagon & Nettie

Give my best regards to Ernest Rhys —a synopsis of his "New Poetry" lecture has been published here in

is at its height and bitter cold here now, the earth hard and covered with ice and snow, as I sit by my

God bless my British friends assisters—(from the first they have come in when most wanted)— Walt Whitman

Pall Mall Gazette devoted a great deal of space to Whitman in 1887: January 10, excerpts from "My Book

I hope it is healing all right & will be no more trouble—Nothing new or special with me—Sold one of my

Camden Wednesday 12:40 pm Go to New York this afternoon to deliver my lecture commemorative of "Death

Johnston on September 1, 1887, "He advertises . . . to sell my photo, with autograph.

Johnston on September 1, 1887, "He advertises...to sell my photo, with autograph.

or your own judgment require— I will probably send a short MS to be added on p 199 or p 200 to bring my

87— Yours of March 24 rec'd —also one some 12 days previous—thanks—you ought to have rec'd the MS of my

soon as ready—also two or three printed impr: of the "note" when ready—I am well as usual—delivered my

falsehood —but I have several beloved & staunch friends here in America, men & women—I wish you to give my

here but I am getting along with it pretty well—H Gilchrist is still here—he is well—Still painting my

for nearly a fortnight—John Burroughs has been here for a couple of days —he is well—nothing new in my

friend Yours rec'd & welcomed, as always—I send Vol. of "Specimen Days and Collect," with emendations—My

" by Walt Whitman for title page— making two books — But I leave the thing, (after having expressed my

one made there, if you prefer to have your own as you may—Write me often as you can—I am tied up in my

corner by paralysis, & welcome friends' letters—bad cold raw weather—my bird is singing furiously—I

She is an American, & my best friend— Walt Whitman to Ernest Rhys, 2 February 1887

Camden New Jersey America March 15 1887 My dear Ernest Rhys Here is for your edition, a special concluding

w'd be best—the one in y'r little L of G is bad—I go on to New York (if I can get there) to deliver my

while away the time—but fear being intrusive with them— I am living here in a little wooden house of my

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Dec. 28 '87 Thanks, my dear friend, for your kind letter & (Christmas

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

thank you again, and more specifically, dear E.C., for the help you have so kindly sent me—you and my

I have just had my dinner, (buckwheat cakes, and tea, good).

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

With me & my affairs no great ripple—I am worldlily comfortable & in good physical condition as usual

of late—I went on to New York—was convoyed by my dear old Quaker friend R Pearsall Smith —had a success

at the lecture 14th (netted $600 for my self—Andrew Carnegie gave $350 for his box)—had a stunning reception

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Jan: 25 '87—noon My dear friend Arthur The box (Oranges) has just

different from usual late years, but older, more broken & paralyzed—I have a little old cottage of my

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey June 20 '87 Thank you my friend for the delicious chocolate—I have

it for my breakfast frequently, & enjoy it—Please accept a copy of my little book "Specimen Days" London

new with me—a dark sulky day outside, cold yet not quite cold enough to freeze—no visitors—have had my

thro' a snow storm) just before sunset—So you see I do get around some—(when I am helped—not much of my

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey U S America Sept: 11 '87 My dear Rhys I suppose you got the copy

Finally I give you the same privilege over the putting together of this, as my other volumes.

I shall expect £10:10s (same as my other vols) and also 10 copies of the "Vistas" bound in roan .

which it underwent various changes in content, title, and position until being joined with Now List to My

Milwaukee, Dec 11th 1887 My dear Walt I received your letter the other day—also the papers with the enclosures—and

you again  Probably as Jess has told you I am poking around from place to place spending about 1/3 of my

best of it" I hope, dear Walt, that you will keep in good spirits during the bad weather—I find in my

My dear Mr.

The Herald, Boston, Oct. 8, 188 7 My dear Friend: I have yours of yesterday and enclose a list of the

Office of The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass., June 21, 188 7 My dear friend: Yours of the 18th received

send more in a few days by calling in the amounts already subscribed as speedily as the pressure of my

The Herald, Boston, Aug. 2, 188 7 My dear Friend: I enclose for the cottage $285 in two checks of $50

If the idea pleases you, my friend, Jack Law, the Chelsea tile-maker, would like to send you a handsome

You should see my old mother— spry today, gets about without a stick, not bowed, nor over much wrinkled

They all came down, my brothers, sister, & the three children, & didn't get back to bed again till past

I find my brother a very democratic individual—rather opinionated & too "damn sure" to get on easy with

The first my brother said when I showed him the Hicks picture was—"He's the man who said the blood of

Traubel he later said: "I can see defects; this forehead, for instance, is not quite as it should be; but my

Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher, which was published first in The Cosmopolitan (October 1887) and reprinted in Good-Bye My

Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher, which was published first in The Cosmopolitan (October 1887) and reprinted in Good-Bye My

Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) under the title "Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher.

My dear Whitman, I am delighted that you liked Miss Phelps's story so well.

I send you my love and am always affectionately yours R M Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman

announcing his "positive conviction that some of these birds sing and others fly and flirt about here for my

for me, blew into space a thousand cobwebs of genteel and ethical illusion, and, having thus shaken my

Then he quietly chuckled: "But that's not surprising, not exceptional: my schemes never came to anything

Those fellows have one virtue—they always use good paper: and on that I manage to do a good deal of my

London Aug 5. 87 My dear Friend Walt Whitman I write you from the Reading Room of the British Museum.

I have just laid it down and taken up my pen to tell you of the fresh and vigorous fruit your rattling

My address is No 48 Rue d'Orsel Paris. Very affectionately yours Percy Ives.

leafhandwrittenprinted; Clipping, with handwritten revisions, of a passage from A Backward Glance on My

This passage was incorporated into My Book and I, which was first published in the January 1887 issue

It is unclear whether this manuscript was created in the processes that produced My Book and I or if

"It used to be the delight of my life to ride on a stage coach," said he.

There was my friend Jack Finley.

Oh, yes, I was answering your question as to how I spent my time. Well, it is very monotonous.

brn.00001xxx.00218Whitman, Walt to Hay, JohnO Captain! my Captain!

March 9, 1887poetry1 leafhandwritten; A signed, dated, handwritten copy of "O Captain! My Captain!

O Captain! my Captain!

O Captain! my Captain! O Captain! my Captain!

my Captain!

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse

My Captain!," which was published first in 1865.

O Captain! my Captain!

This manuscript is a signed, dated, handwritten copy of "O Captain! My Captain!

of the verso of this manuscript is currently unavailable.; A signed, dated, handwritten copy of "O Captain

My Captain!," which was published first in 1865.; Transcribed from digital images of the original.