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be a rehash of what I have already said—still grip —bad head, pains &c:—am sitting here by stove in my

My friend Mr Stedman tells me that he thinks you would allow me to call on you.

Since I left England it has been my greatest wish to have the great pleasure of seeing you that I hope

We are all well here —I send my love to you So long!

get the two big vols: (Complete Works 900 pp) I sent for you in a bundle by International Express to my

same constitutional good spirits (a great factor) holding on, but grip & bladder bother—I enclose you my

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

You perhaps saw my ⅓ col. column of Ingersoll's speech with remarks by me, in last Sat.'

See you must have rec'd all my letters, papers, slips & scraps, & Dr Bucke's book (remember that Dr B

keeps me in bread & meat & shanty-keeping a good time yet—I also send to you printed slip, "Old Poets" my

flatter myself I am giving or trying to give voice to)—I am leisurely cooking up a little 2d annex for my

I enclose you a couple of slips of my last poemet in Dec. Phila.

done me—words by pen & ink are poor perhaps but O how I wish to give you all & each a God bless you & my

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

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

You once brought him to my studio in Brooklyn.

I can imagine or recall him now, as he sat on the extreme end of my lounge—High Priest of Nature!

Give my respects to Miss Wixon —I am sometimes very ill for days & cannot read, write, or talk or be

talked to—& on such occasions answer no letters. . . . am sitting here in my den in great old ratan chair

off to NA Rev. last evn'g— Am not even as well as usual—have the grip & bladder trouble & have eaten my

Walt Whitman, My dear Sir:— Your "Old Poets" in the November Number of the North American Review, I read

Pardon my sending you my thoughts, which, judging from the tone of your article I feel sure you will

good inscription and the little autograph notes which will make it one of the most precious volumes in my

I feel richer than ever now that I have my "Leaves" all back again and these treasures added to them

this past week but now it is dark, dark, and blowing and raining like all possessed—but I sit here in my

And what do you think of my suggestion to write some autobiographical notes, jottings?

Asylum London Ontario London, 11 Nov 18 90 Yours of 8 th came to hand yesterday while I was giving my

could only let union of this continent I think the (political) future of the world would be assured My

(It may not suit them) I saw my ¶ abt the "banditti combine" in paper —I am having bound up 100 more

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

To precede the Ingersoll Lecture Camden New Jersey Nov: 12 1890 My dear friend Horace Traubel: I can

All goes much the same in my affairs—Write me soon & tell me how George gets along—Love to you all God

Nov: 12 '90 Cloudy wet & dark—mild temperature—y'rs of 9th rec'd last evn'g —Horace here—Shall call my

little 2d annex " Good Bye my Fancy " after a little piece in it—Tom Harned's mother is dead 65 y'rs

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

dots shoots of spasms of pain (quite instantaneous) in abdomen—have the pain early morning, bed rising—my

—Dr Thomas came over & Fox subsequently with nice glasses wh' upon trial did not seem to agree with my

eyes—strained them, & less clear than my old ones, wh' I resumed & since prefer to use—but something

Nov 14th 1890 My dear friend Thanks for your kind remembrance of me in your note & enclosure.

I have my youth renewed to me in the extreme delight I take in our country home.

I have caught some of the pantheistic feeling of oneness in my spirit with nature & I have not been so

I am anchored here, but it is at best a foreign port—Pennsylvania has been the home of my family for

over 200 years and it is the place of my affections.

Dear Walt Whitman Accept of my best thanks for your kind letter with the enclosed slips of your article

He also says that he has sent your photo (from my negative) "back to England, to a daughter of Charles

I received a letter form Captain Nowell (from Queenstown) respecting our commission & his visit to you

Say I & my grateful love accompany him always!"—I saw him this morning.

grand organ & looking at the really fine display of gorgeously tinted bloom—quite a pleasant break in my

On October 8, 1890, Horace Traubel notes that Whitman received a letter from Captain Noell [sic] stating

Traubel notes a few days later on October 14: "W. said Captain Noell [sic] had been in with the blanket

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

letter of 12 th came to hand yesterday—Shall we soon have a chance of seeing the "Annex"—"Good bye My

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

still holding out after a fashion)—am writing a little, mentality—(sort o') & good right arm—I sent you my

It is a most valuable item for my collection and will be valued beyond most old newspapers.

and, while I cannot send you anything particularly new, I re-dedicate to you all, as follows, one of my

and, while I cannot send you anything particularly new, I re-dedicate to you all, as follows, one of my

s Purport," "For Us Two, Reader Dear," and "My Task" (?). The cluster was rejected by B. O.

Also you contemplate for some number a full page of my poetic bits with name attached . . . .

quite early in the year and I do not know but this is soon enough—all well and all goes well I send you my

Boston to I N Baker ( with R G Ingersoll) —ask $100 for the whole —No proof or news rec'd by me of my

piece sent to N A Review —probably dont suit—Stoddart (Lippincott's Mag) contemplates a full page of my

whether they may interest you)—send also a little ¶ in "Munyon's Ill: World" —am sitting here as usual in my

earthquake in the financial world just now, as you see in the papers—well the money question is the least of my

s Purport," "For Us Two, Reader Dear," and "My Task" (?).

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

Enclosed two copies my latest f'm Lippincott's Dec —Nothing very new—Cold weather grip & bladder bother

My dear Mr.

Whitman's preface was also included in Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891), 51–53.

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

Will soon send you (soon as I get some) a Phila: mag. with my latest poemet.

It is not so unhappy for me, because for several years all my work has been given to what seems to me

in my memory as a childish recollection.

No, I have never seen you with my physical eyes, but I feel as though I had, and it is my love for your

May this be my excuse for thrusting my small personality into the path of your Kingly one.

Even my Bible is not so bemarked.

Good bye my master and my friend!

My best respects to Mr and Mrs.

Currie — My love to you Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Edward Whitman, 28 November 1890

Camden noon Nov: 28 '90 Gloomy & depressed enough these two or three days—My brother Jeff died Tuesday

By this time you will, I trust, be in possession of my printed notes and of the numbers of Great Thoughts

I feel to him just now as though he were my grandfather or an aged uncle; as though I once knew him but

my remembrances were like an infant's."

A similar occasion last year on my birthday Dec. 8 suggested the enclosed "Snow Thought" It is now a

glistening road & through the keen, frosty air has exhilirated me & sent the warm blood tingling to my

abdomen—cold & sunny weather—have been out at mid day an hour in wheel chair —Sad & gloomy days here—death of my

Camden New Jersey Nov: 30 1890 My dear D L Y'rs of 21st rec'd & welcomed—the Cal[ifornia] papers rec'd

as I get it—Warren Fritzinger is still with me—Mrs: Davis is well—Have had a depressed gloomy week—my

Jeff (T J Whitman) died last Tuesday in St Louis, Mo: was a civil engineer—Hear often f'm Dr Bucke my

I suppose you got my last I sent.

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

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital image of an original

My Dear Mr.

Jeff has been a very great blow to me personally, as for a good many years I looked upon him as one of my

and I have learned to lean upon him in so many ways that I feel as though a prop were taken out of my

I am sorry to have to write you a machine letter now, but my crippled arm makes this a necessity.

Cloudy & rain & dark weather to-day & looks like snow out—has been a rather gloomy week past with me—my

Ingersoll's lect: is being printed in a small book in N Y, & I will send you one—sell my books to purchasers

stronger—write soon & tell me ab't him, & w'd like to send him something for Christmas present—And my

enough for me to have him with me every day—I am getting more helpless than ever in legs and ankles—only my

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

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

Camden pm Dec: 1 '90 Cold & raw & dark feels & looks like snow—nothing very different with me—my bro:

George has got back f'm St Louis—my poor neice niece Jessie (Jeff's daughter) was very sick (alarmingly

My dear Sir: Your esteemed favor containing poems submitted for the Arena received;—and in reply would

Words" has got a decidedly better turn to it than the big Ill: one—a gloomy blue week here—death of my

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

I have connected my stove with hers in bedroom, by adding more pipe and elbow —at a cost of 1 doll ar

keept kept me busy for the past month & I have an old lady staying with me & Jane away so you see that my

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

All well and quiet, am going to town in a few minutes in my cutter first time of using it this season

s Purport," "For Us Two, Reader Dear," and "My Task" (?).

My dear Mr.

Camden Dec: 5 '90 My dear JMS I like y'r plan & feel greatly complimented by it & hope it will be carried

I send you herewith the MS of personal article (must not have my name signed) Of course if you print