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Dr L[ongaker] is sick, has not been here in a fortnight—my grip runs dominant & riot—How are you getting
Milwaukee, Dec. 23 1888 My dear Jessie A Merry Christmas to you— I enclose a little momento as I could
I have had them put in type for correctness & my private use.
abdomen—cold & sunny weather—have been out at mid day an hour in wheel chair —Sad & gloomy days here—death of my
Dwight, | My dear Sir, Your letter has come to hand, & I have to say in reply, that a new edition of
My dear sir, Having an opportunity to send by Miss Lowe the $20. From H. Lee, & B.
& shall probably make a sort of rally—This is the 6th or 7th whack thro' the last fourteen years of my
Esopus April 29 All goes well—enjoyed my journey up the river that afternoon & evening—10½ when I got
Of course they are hitherto unpublished—(my book in which they go, will not be out for at least three
& sent to Dr Bucke —As I sit early afternoon every thing is quiet & comfortable—I have not yet left my
2316 Pine Street St Louis Oct 27 '79 My dear Mr Harris Thank you for the Magazine & for the newspaper
—If not I tho't you might like to have them—Have had my supper—roast beef & cold slaw—ate with appetite—grip
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
morning (through Gilder ) a check from Andrew Carnegie for $350 for his box last Thursday night—making my
Sir: Upon my return, after an absence of several weeks, I find your letter of the 14th ultimo.
Attorneys during your Congressional term; and for that reason, and no other, I raised the question in my
This picture more than any other to my judgment confirmed Millet—justified his position, heroism—assured
As I have often said, 'This is not my funeral: let the cortege proceed!'"
would do with it, he responded, "For the present, nothing—except perhaps to have a few printed for my
"I must get my copy of 'Mr.
Called my attention to a passage within—this: "The article in 'American' by H.S.
Non-committal as to W., who remarked: "I consider Thomas McKean, who has charge of the Ledger—as not only not my
prosperous, who had as a soldier been nursed by W. and was offering to send money, "with love and out of my
at one of the hospitals last night Miss Lowe just from Boston came to me and handed me the letters—My
Lingered a while and read my mail. Burroughs writes a postal, 22nd.
Very loving and cordial, as always: held my warm hand in his cold palm and remarked its warmth.
s letter and McAlister's last bulletin to Bucke: made the matter up from this and my talk.
Was in the room for ten minutes and more, at one time going up against the bed and even putting my hand
"It was about me—about my affairs.
tone so valorous, so penetrating, so to the marrow of what I am, what I stand for—its loss will be my
At my advice W. will probably pile the folded sheets up in his own room.
Why, I could have lifted my hand and flung him over his bed"—motioning with great energy—"and yet he
When I came in I stood a moment—he did not see me: then seemed to wake to my presence with a start, shook
At my assent, writing therein.
The sky, the river, the sun—they are my curatives."
And it was to my surprise, too, he replied that there was—and when I asked its name, he gave me, Puget
He said: "I hold my negative, to be used if necessary."
it in my memory."
—where we had tea—my brother Lothario (in Government printing office) stopping in while we sat eating
(I engaged with my brother to meet me early tomorrow: we would walk together.)Mrs.
I have enjoyed some for my dinner." I espied a fat letter to Bucke on the table.
Longaker not over, but "things about the same," though afterwards said, "This is one of my mean days,
But in the end still insisted, "My view is, that the Doctor will dismiss it—at least, not like it."
No word of my proof from Stoddart yet. W. getting impatient.
One of my questions was this: "Do you really think Dick Stoddard has personal feeling against you?"
"And yet that, too, has its best of reasons—its best—and I can easily admit it—it belongs with my philosophy
Of This Union, soak'd, welded in blood—of the solemn price paid—of the unnamed lost, ever present in my
passing, departing—of the growth of completer men than any yet, Of myself, soon, perhaps, closing up my
It is I, you women—I make my way, I am stern, acrid, large, undissuadable—but I love you, I do not hurt
babes I beget upon you are to beget babes in their turn, I shall demand perfect men and women out of my
It is I, you women, I make my way, I am stern, acrid, large, undissuadable, but I love you, I do not
babes I beget upon you are to beget babes in their turn, I shall demand perfect men and women out of my
It is I, you women—I make my way, I am stern, acrid, large, undissuadable—but I love you, I do not hurt
babes I beget upon you are to beget babes in their turn, I shall demand perfect men and women out of my
It is I, you women, I make my way, I am stern, acrid, large, undissuadable, but I love you, I do not
babes I beget upon you are to beget babes in their turn, I shall demand perfect men and women out of my
impeachment of Johnson '68 april April 7 My dear walt Walt we are having an awful rain storm and george
i feel better to day than i have for some time i have been troubled with the dissiness dizziness in my
Brooklyn 18 Nov. 68 My dear Walter I got your letter monday Monday with the contents all safe I should
coming poor jeff Jeff I feel sorry for him and sorry for matty Matty and sorry for myself – I have my
wensday Wednesday afternoon my dear walt i have got your letter with the 5 dollars and am oblige obliged
with much pleasure i make no doubt as the evening is so tedious as i cant can't work much if i doo do my
12 April 1873 My dear walt Walt i have just receeved received your letter this stormy morning with the
sombody somebody to talk a little with i should feel releeved relieved so i have to bother you with my
8 Montenotte Cork, Ireland , Sept. 5, 1871 My dear Sir, It was very kind of you to send me the photographs
There is my brother (a clergyman) who finds his truth halved between John H.
As to me & my fortunes I am in pretty good health, thank God—& I am working in the Attorney General's
I send you my love, dear friend & soldier, & I hope this will find you well in health & in good spirits
next to Lewis Brown's in Armory Square Hospital in 1862 and 1863, and recalled Walt Whitman's visits: "My
1873 Saturday Afternoon June 7 My dear Brother I wish I had written to you before, but first I could
here as anywhere and I will like to have you here, it wont won't make a straws straw's difference in my
Camden, 14 th Aug. '89 My dear Walt Whitman, Your welcome p'card of July 23 rd reminds me how the time
has slipped away since my last letter to you.
being quite crushed with the dead heat we have been having, and sick with obstinate bowel trouble and my
My belief in your getting better is invincible, for your stamina is indomitable.
I believe I even blushed a little to find my lines so bravely in evidence.
For my own part, I feel now that concentration is the one thing that I lack.
I took out an agreement for Mothers and my names at $19 33 per month Did you get my letter enclosing
My motive was the necessity of saving you & your relatives from the degradation implied in Mr.
You may remember that I talked to you in my bedroom about your circumstances, after I had conversed with
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
seems such A short time since last winter but time wont won't wait for us well Walt i dident didn't get my
fool as to use all the money i had in the bank and save the other now i want it and wish i had saved my
consist of Washington Georgetown & Alexandria it is supposed that Mr Colfax will address the meeting In my
other letter i wrote you that my mother was sick i am happy to state that she has got entirely well.