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Much the same—weak & restless—otherwise fairly— y'r your letter came —2 enc'd enclosed —Geo was here—my
My dear Walt Whitman, As one of the College Boys who feels honored by the hospitable reception given
kind messages of love which you have so frequently sent to us, I wish to send you a word to convey my
I (& the others I am sure) feel very grateful for the act. & I return my best thanks. Dr.
The engraved portrait with your autograph on my mantel reminds me that that is another favor.
Traubel & Warry I send my most cordial regards. WD.
and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain
Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his
My first meeting with Walt Whitman occurred when I was a boy and had occasion to ask for a certain residence
I did not know who or what he was, but on his answering my question I was so struck with the quality
My first visit to him occurred some years later, in the little house on Mickle Street which has been
matter of punctuation, and it was a source of annoyance to find the title of his latest book, "Good Bye My
I made a call upon Captain Green, one of the vice-presidents of the Penn.
calmly: As at thy portals also, death, Entering thy sovereign, dim, illimitable grounds, To memories of my