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Gais, Switzerland June 13 1875 My dear Sir I was very much delighted some weeks ago to receive a copy
Time does not diminish my reverential admiration for your work, nor do the unintelligent remarks of the
My permanent address is: Clifton Hill House Clifton, Bristol.
Whitman I was away from England when your volumes reached me, & since my return (during the last six
This must account for my delay in writing to thank you for them & to express the great pleasure which
I intend to put into my envelope a letter to you with some verses from one of your great admirers in
It is my nephew— the second son of my sister who married Sir Edward Strachey, a Somersetshire baronet
see notes Dec 2d 1888 Lapierre House Philad Philadelphia Friday My dear Poet.
the chief figure in a box with Childs Dayton and self on the eve of the 24th inst at the opening of my
My dear friend are you not well enough to come? Longfellow was ith with me at Boston .
March 8 .90 My dear dear .
I am today sending back proof sheets of my new book " To the Czar ." I hope to tear his bowels out.
HOTEL CHATHAM 67 & 69, RUE NEUVE ST AUGUSTIN PARIS My dear Walt Whitman.
this suits me, born democrat as I am, but I trust it will not at all disturb the future of the thee my
My address is the Langhorne Hotel, London. Drop me a line.
Joaquin Miller '75 see notes June 20 1888 Highland Falls Orange Co County New York State Sept. 5, 75 My
Do keep up my dear fellow there is lots in the tomorrows for you and I want you to live to see the Great
My Dear Mr Whitman: I have many messages for you from your friends in Europe which I promised and so
to come to you, but now I shall not see you till I return; for I am tired of towns and tomorrow set my
My address for a time will be San Francisco and since I cannot see you I should be proud of a letter
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
May 27, 75 My dear Walt Whitman Your kind letter is received and the sad news of your ill health makes
However my dear friend as you have lived from within and nor from without I am sure you will be able
request; but I cannot say to day or yet tomorrow for I am in the midst of work and am not altogether my
Till I see you my dear friend and fellow toiler goodbye Yours fitfully Joaquin Miller Joaquin Miller
Ap. 16. 76 My dear Walt Whitman: I met a mutual friend last evening who informed me he had just procured
And so on reflection I have decided to write you that when you receive my order through Mr.
I will only say that my Soul and my sympathy all go out toward you and I often think of you as the one
I am afraid you will think my promise to write to you was not sincere but I have had very little time
to myself for letter writing but now that I have set about to redeem my word I hope it will be welcome
To begin at the beginning of my visit I spent nearly three weeks in New York with Mr. & Mrs.
my visit so far very much.
about and turn my face once more towards Burlington.
Louis Nov. 10 th My Dear Uncle Walt, I have been thinking about you so much lately, that I am going to
I am still at my old quarters and will remain for this Winter, after that is as yet an unsettled problem
was an admirer of the former, I think even more of him, for the good taste in thinking so much of "my
Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Thursday, September 12, 1889 and Saturday, September 14, 1889: "My
A thousand thanks my dear Walt Whitman for all you have written, I shall always be your debtor.
My Brothers James & Joseph are both well and in the Regt and wish me to return thanks for your kind remembrance
We finished our march to this place last Thursday afternoon and as soon as we halted my Regiment were
My heart is to full to write anything about him, for I cannot tell how well he was liked by the Soldiers
I am pained to say that many of my company secretly rejoiced when we received the news of the assasination
There are a large number of my comrades buried there and I should like to have the satisfaction of seeing
know where I am and also that I am in the enjoyment of middling good health I heard from you through my
Father some time ago and I have wanted to visit you but I am sorry to say my health will not admit of
my being out much this cold weather .
If you remember I was wounded through my lung and the ball is now near my right kidney and I am not as
I feel quite well to day I have just received a letter from my Brother in my Regt (15th NJ) he spoke
My Dear Friend, I have been thinking about writing you at Brooklyn but as I did not know for certain
have thought of you very often since I saw you and would have gone to Brooklyn to see you again had my
have not been out much since I saw you as the weather would not admit and when the weather is stormy my
her as you know I have good reason to thank her for many a kind turn which she wrought for me during my
Please tell Mr Woods (if you see him) I am enjoying good health and I send my kind regards to him and
know where I am and also that I am in the enjoyment of middling good health I heard from you through my
Father some time ago and I have wanted to visit you but I am sorry to say my health will not admit of
my being out much this cold weather.
If you remember I was wounded through my lung and the ball is now near my right kidney and I am not as
I feel quite well to day I have just received a letter from my Brother in my Regt (15th nj) he spoke
I have been about sick with a cold on my lungs, and after my days work was done I did not feel like writing
I am going to give up my place the first of Ap r .
My health will not admit of it.
Often when my mind wanders back to the days that I spent in Armory Square, I can but cry.
My Hearts desire is that you may live a long and happy life and when you leave this Earth you may be
If you see Miss H[oward] please tell her I am sorry she did not call at my company the evening she was
Law Offices JEROME BUCK, 206 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, October 16 188 8 My dear Sir, Please accept my lasting
I sought only thro' through Tom Harned a line from your hand to place in my copy of 'Leaves of Grass.
If you ever come my way I know a place hard by, where a bottle of the reddest Burgundy may be found that
I am my dear Mr Whitman Gratefully & faithfully yours Jerome Buck For Walt Whitman Esquire Camden NJ
Hence I consider myself one of your sisters—albeit we may never meet on this planet, and this must be my
Under cover of this envelope I send you copies of my little magazine and hope you will do me the honor
Hoping I have not tired you with my letter and that you have not felt it an intrusion I am Very Sincerely
But my debt of gratitude to you, through your writing, is so great that I could not refuse the opportunity
For you have been literally an inspiration in my life.
Jan. 2, 1876 My dear Mr.
names, sometimes Southerners, sometimes Western or other writers of only one or two pieces,) deserve in my
Friend It is with Pleashure Pleasure I take the oppertunity opportunity of writing you a letter As my
written. they Are Splendid. their There is a Preaspeterian Presbyterian Minister Liveing living with my
My Mother & Father was My Mother Is very old I dont don't Suppose She will Be with us on the 4 day of
In the Comeing coming year Well I hope you will get your Health Better, you Will Please Excuse this My
to my Notes" is written along the top of the page.
Some lines in this manuscript can also be found in [I just spin out my notes], another prose manuscript
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
30, 1868, Whitman informed Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Proud Music of the Storm" was "put in type for my
Distance prevents me from putting my hand in yours in person.
Whitman, I know will receive with kindly heart my sincere greeting.
April 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, This morning's post brought me a note from D r J. with copy of a postcard
It gladdened my heart to note the cheerful hopeful tone in which Traubel refers to your condition, &
But my thoughts have been very full of you of late, & my heart's best love goes out to you always.
Have had a splendid day for my sail down the Hudson, & have enjoyed it from beginning to end.
June 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, Your letter of May 28 th received yesterday morning.
And cordial thanks to you not only for the letter, which I deeply prize, but for its address to my old
Wallace is quoting from Section 47 of Whitman's "Song of Myself," in which the poet writes, "My words
I am almost clear of my "cold" now, only my long confinement to the house has rather taken it out of
I sent a letter as my contribution to the talk.
Horace says that you refer to my American trip sometimes as "a triumph" for me.
It must be my care now to turn it to use. This my main aim & prayer.
Please do give my kindest regards to Warry & to M rs Davis.
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
Oct 1891 7. pm Dear Walt, Here I am in Albany on my way south.
I hope with all my heart that things have gone well with you & that when I do hear, the news will be
My coming to Camden on Monday will be contingent on Ingersoll's lecturing that evening—as I want to hear
For when I saw you, you reminded me strangely & strongly of my dear mother, & I almost felt as though
God bless you for all you have done & been to me & to my friends (lovers of you).
August 1891 My dearest Friend, Yesterday morning I received a long & most kind & affectionate letter
They are my chiefest treasure, the supreme joy & blessing of my life.
May God bless you for all you have done for , & for my friends.
For a long time back now I have not been able to continue my old work in & for "the College."
My best love to you anyway, & best wishes & prayers. Yours filially J.W. Wallace Saturday aftn.
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
yesterday morning to receive your kind post card of Dec br : 23 rd , & I thank you for it with all my
nerves, which is very slow to quit, & which, while it lasts, prevents me from doing any thing beyond my
And I trust that in good time, & by God's help, I shall be able to do so—perhaps all the better for my
Meanwhile, it is my proudest & dearest privilege to write to you, & to shew you something—(if nothing
better) of a love which is as that of a son, & of the gratitude & homage due to my greatest benefactor
February. 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, I was extremely pleased, last evening, to receive the copy of Ingersoll's
lecture you were kind enough to send me, & I thank you for it with all my heart.
And I rejoice, with all my heart, that at last should have heard so strong a public declaration of the
But my rejoicing is greatly disturbed & overclouded by intelligence received at noon today of your relapse
—It has " grown " upon me very much, and authenticates itself, to my mind, more and more, as a true characteristic
I have glanced them over & find much to stir my appetite. But I must not write more now.
Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. 5 Oct 1891 Dear Walt, Just a few lines while I have an opportunity to shew my
you are keeping fairly well, & that when I hear news of you it will be good Will you please to give 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
Anderton, near Chorley Lancashire, England 5 June 1891 My dear Friend, Your most kind letter of May 23
Thank you from my heart.
And yet, my loved friend & master, I know in my heart of hearts that all is well, that "Love like the
God's blessing upon you, & my tenderest love— Wallace James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 5 June 1891
—I got cold on my voyage home, & in the outdoor work I took up soon after my return I got additional
Despite my cold, I am confident that my trip has done me good, & that when I get clear of it, & fairly
He has been my main company. I think of you continually.
Will you give my love to Warry & to M rs Davis ?
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 friend Fred Wild thinks a lot of him & has kept up a steady correspondence with him for the last 17
—And as I have heard so much of him for so many years, it was like meeting an old friend of my own.
August 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, I can only write a line or two tonight—of loving remembrance & good
A P.C. from you arrived at Johnston's on Saturday, but it was sent on to him without my seeing it.
Lancashire, England. 31 July 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, I hope that this will find you in better health
And my supreme love & best wishes to you always. J. W. Wallace Mg. 1.
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 dear old friend, Fred Wild! We are very different in many—perhaps in most respects.
Anderton, near Chorley Lancashire, England. 30 June 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, Last evening I went to
My copy has a few press notices pasted in at the end, & I read some of these again.
I write this in a field on my way to one of our buildings some 7 miles out of Bolton.
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
Magazine did not publish Horace Traubel's "Walt Whitman's Birthday" and Whitman's preface to "Good-Bye My
My dear Walt Whitman, I must content myself tonight with the briefest acknowledgement of receipt of the
Have been pressing on me the desire of the friends that I should come & see you (offering to pay my expenses
) which, however, I do not see my way to do.
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
Johnston, the Bolton physician, increased Wallace's previous order of two copies Whitman's book Good-Bye My
April 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, My best thanks to you for your kind postcard of March 23 rd .
Will you give my affectionate regards to Traubel? James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 3 April 1891
Dear Walt, Just a line or two, while I have an opportunity to convey my daily message of loving good
At one o'clock he drove me down to the Railway Station with my trunk & did one or two errands in town
Am full of thoughts of my old chum Fred Wild. It is on his account that I come out here.
Twelve months ago, he revisited the old places, & he will be delighted to hear of my visit.
Lancashire, England 28 July. 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, A few lines only—of loving greeting and good
I had a walk again round the nearest lake—L. of G. as usual my companion.
D J. is expecting an assistant soon, & I hope that he will be able to share some of my evenings here
If only my letter could convey you a breath of our English air tonight!
But I live in hopes that the circumstances which now prevent my coming will set me at liberty before
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
In his March 9, 1892, letter to Traubel, Greenhalgh wrote that "Walt has taught me 'the glory of my daily
In all the departments of my life Walt entered with his loving personality & I am never alone" (Horace
now D r . hands me a postal from you (which he had thought was addressed to him) Thank you with all my
But my opportunities for observation & enquiry have been too narrow for any remarks of mine to be worth
My own general impressions of the country itself I have already indicated.
In his March 9, 1892, letter to Traubel, Greenhalgh wrote that "Walt has taught me 'the glory of my daily
In all the departments of my life Walt entered with his loving personality & I am never alone" (Horace
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
I caught a little cold on my voyage home, & my outdoor work since my return home has added another to
Of course I have several things to attend to on my return & hardly feel settled down yet into my ordinary
One result of my trip has been—not only to confirm my affection & reverence for yourself—but to give
I thank you for my own lesson.
Love to you, my dearest friend, & best benefactor, from my heart. And may God bless you.