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:New York, Sept 19, 1890 My Dear Traubel:Fire away.
"That was pretty near my first thought, though I went it even worse than that.
And still again, "Not even in my good humor can I altogether get rid of the notion that Holmes felt:
think that Whittier's paper will pass," and he added that he felt he could "thoroughly reciprocate" my
My dear Mr.
John's Wood, London NW1 March 1891Dear Traubel,You were very prompt in getting my small unreasonableness
The Foreign & Colonial business of the Post Office is my "bread & butter" life as you call it; & this
Give him my love, and believe me to beVery sincerely yoursH.
W. said immediately as to my cold hand, "How good that is! How it takes me out of doors.
This hand of yours has become my daily escape from these walls!"
He brought me my proof—there"—pointing to a chair in which I could faintly catch its long line—"and I
You remember my old story—that every woman, every man—has his or her mate, waiting somewhere on the globe
and let one line of my poems contra- dict contradict another!
tain-high mountain-high ; Brazen effrontery, scheming, rolling like ocean's waves around and upon you, O my
my lands!
Let him who is without my poems be assassinated!
better than she had for years before, I hope she will continue to feel so, (I think I mentioned in my
thousand dollars he is comeing north, And I too am saveing all I can get I give Walter five dollars (my
peice a foot square So ended all that Monday April 24th By this mornings mail I received a letter from my
I shall write to you again pretty soon, untill then good bye your son Jefferson Whitman My love to Mary
The questions you ask are not such as, in my opinion, it is his duty to answer.
Since my dispatch of last night, I have seen the President, who directs me to say to you that your immediate
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith my accounts as Disbursing Clerk for the Department of Justice
meet and drawing their love in Never losing old friends, or new ones; and finding new on every day of my
I meant that you should discover me so, by my faint indirections; And I, when I meet you, mean to discover
cheerfully accept, A little sustenance, a hut and garden, a little money —these as I rendezvous with my
Thither every-day life, speech, utensils, politics, per- sons persons , estates, Thither we also, I with my
I meant that you should discover me so, by my faint indirections, And I, when I meet you, mean to discover
August now;) You pallid banner-staves—you pennants valueless—you over- stay'd overstay'd of time, Yet my
. * *The two songs on this page are eked out during an afternoon, June, 1888, in my seventieth year,
frontispieces prepared for them (see front of the vols)—& send them over again by this boy, & I will put my
Camden, N Jersey—U S America Sept 9 — I to-day send you by mail, a second set , Two Vols. of my Books
Rocky Mountains—gave out about two weeks ago & have been quite sick ever since (principal trouble with my
If convenient I sh'd like to have you send this note to E P G. with my thanks and regards— Walt Whitman
still holding out after a fashion)—am writing a little, mentality—(sort o') & good right arm—I sent you my
friends of mine—to you—They are traveling in Europe with their parents—Mary can tell you all about my
fill'd with gratitude & pleasure at the prospect of having a country or perhaps sea shore shanty of my
328 Mickle street Camden New Jersey April 24 '90 My dear Stoddart Can you use this in the magazine?
My dear Whitman, I am delighted that you liked Miss Phelps's story so well.
Dear Hinton, The bearer, my friend, Mr.
—My wife sends her warm regards to you. She desires much to see you. W.W.T.
The copy of "Leaves of Grass" is at my office subject to your order.
1524 Walnut Street Philadelphia My Dear good gray Poet— Ever since I bought the first edition of Leaves
The bearer of this is my son —who inherits his father's admiration for you.
Camden Oct: 19 '91 Dear sister I am fairly to-day sitting here alone as usual—My Bolton, Eng.
Much the same—weak & restless—otherwise fairly— y'r your letter came —2 enc'd enclosed —Geo was here—my
The Morton C Portsmouth, O., J Walt Whitman Esq My Dear Sir Please send me your autograph on enclosed
May 21 - 87 My dear Mr.
Whitman:— Dear Sir:— I am collecting the autographs of famous men and I would like to have yours in my
Philadelphia , June 28 1882 My dear Ben: Benjamin Ticknor I wish you would do me the favor to have the
became acquainted with your writings but your book but I am just out of college, and as yet I can count my
Dear Sir:— I would be highly pleased to receive your autograph to place in my collection, and hope you
My dear Whitman, I have your kind favor of the 11th with the enclosed poem—or series of poems, rather
My dear Sir; The translations of your poems are now ready for the printer and the MS will sail for Europe
Your friend W W Aleck boy here is a copy slip of my little new poem just out in Harpers' Weekly of May
sincerely—I am living here comfortably enough, but a paralytic bodily—As I write I sit by the open window of my
Published Monthly OFFICE OF THE GALAXY No. 39 Park Row, New York , Oct. 21 186 7 My dear Sir: Your ms
I speak in Philadelphia in the evening but that will not interfere with my attendance at the dinner.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT THE CENTURY MAGAZINE UNION SQUARE NEW YORK Marion, Mass My dear Mr.
Camden Wednesday noon April 27 My dear Jeannie Yours just rec'd received here sent on from Boston—Yes
I have to say—Send them flat—if convenient— Hand this note to Mr Cox—I am all right—rec'd $600 for my
evening's readings, skeletonized in the enclosed slip, were given by an ardent lover of both of us—my
Camden Oct 8 '89 Y'rs of 6th rec'd —Did you get the Harper's Weekly Sept. 28 with my little "Bravo, Paris
—have just eaten my supper, stew'd chicken & rice—feel poorly these days & nights— a shade easier this
Camden noon June 23 '89 Sunny, cool, first rate day—Every thing much the same in my condition &c.