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He offered to accompany us, & as he was rather lame in one ankle I gave him my seat in the buggy & walked
Here I sit in my favourite seat on a bank overlooking Rivington Lake—(where we sat Sunday afternoon,
I must write to you tonight (my last chance this week) but as it is a beautiful evening I decided to
And now while resting here I may as well draft my letter.
L. of G. is with me & my thoughts are of you .
God bless you, & my heart's best love to you always. J. W. Wallace P.S.
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
August 1891 My dearest Friend, My birthday today. 38.
But you have my dearest love evermore.
From a full heart I pray God to bless my friends, & their chief.
Letters, too, from other friends—swelling my heart with emotions almost painful—my dear old friend Fred
My life becomes more & more intertwined with yours.
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
Love to you always from my heart of hearts J.W. Wallace James W.
Anderton, near Chorley Lancashire, England 10 July 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, Two memorable & happy days—yesterday
—I have been looking forward eagerly to reading it, but it surpasses my best anticipations.
three, indeed, I cannot think of without swelling pride & joy in having such noble manly fellows for my
Feb 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, Just a few lines in acknowledgment of your very kind and affectionate
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
May 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, I can only write a line or two tonight—but wish to send you my loving
Wallace, who has just left me, suggested that I might utilize this space on his letter, to send you my
word of greeting & my best wishes.
Now, all peace & all good & all joy be with you my dear old Master & Friend, is the heartfelt prayer
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 Sir: Mr.
30, 1868, Whitman informed Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Proud Music of the Storm" was "put in type for my
Upon the receipt of his reply, I will give you my views concerning the expediency of complying with the
Louisville, Octo. 17 th 1866 My dear Mr Whitman; Herewith you will three dollars, the price of the copy
I have deeply regretted the fact, that I did not know your place to be temporary till after my resignation—I
Sir: My clerk sent your Commission to you on yesterday, and I requested him to say to you that I would
Your application for a leave of absence has been referred to me by the Secretary of the Interior for my
Your letter would have been more promptly answered, but for my absence from the city.
J., Fey February 7 18 79 My Dear Walt Friday has come & gone —& no report as the dinner with the author
Walt Whitman My Dear "Old Boy" I was so full, Sunday, of the "ample ether, and the divine air" of your
If you want me further, you know how to "whistle" & "I will come to you my lad .
I can, at least, get my old place back again and may get something better.
My most pleasing recollections of Camden are associated with that old House in Arch St., the quiet Sunday
I go early in the morning (Sunday) to see Mary—my wife at Atlantic —but Monday will see you at 7 .
take the present time to write a few lines to you to let you know how I am I am very well at presant my
Dear Friend I take this opportunity to write to you to let you know how I am I am well and my wound is
home but I could not So I had to come back here the Doctor ask me when I came back if I did not want my
told him that I would rather be transfered to newyork and if I could not that I would like to have my
discharge, he said that he would get me transfered or give me my discharge I walk with crutches yet
Dear Friend I take this time to write to you to let you know how I am I am well at presant my wound is
My Dear Friend: The syndicate is dissolved. Mr. Rice furnishes articles for the Star only.
I will call on you on my way back to New York.
But I write now to tell you why, because my visit will be on business I believe you have never met Mr
the one you propose—to stereotype, advertise and push it—implies an expenditure that may be beyond my
But I take back my promise. For if you are not sane what will writing avail?
It is a waste of breath for my friend to tell me I am healthy when my pulse records the circumstance
My Dear Walt Whitman: I am very, very sorry to learn that your physical condition is so low and that
stands in the way won't you please state what you will ask for it, and then I shall have the matter off my
Whitman: I got your letter when I was in Washington and fully expected to stay over and see you on my
Now, my dear Walt Whitman, won't you go to work at once because Rice is chained lightning in a dress
So my dear old friend I have protected your interests to the best of my judgement and if you want me
I also would like you to answer my letters.
My Dear Sir : On my return, a few days since, from a long Western journey, I found your note respecting
go to-day to Montreal to be gone a week, and I have found quite tyrannical necessities at home for my
Of the O'Connors, Thomas Jefferson Whitman wrote on June 13, 1863: "I am real glad, my dear Walt, that
My notion would be that we should sell an Edition there, if possible, printed here from our own plates
Dear W Whitman Your letter of May 8 reached here during my absence.
My sister the wife of Rev Dr Shields of Bristol is very very ill— She is one of the noblest and best
It is my sister Sallie. W m R.
Camden Monday 9 AM My Dear Walt As I feared the "Repub" is not bursting with Liberality—as you see by
OFFICE OF Special Agent Treasury Department, Camden NJ 5.7., 1885. 10 am My Dear Walt.
Camden NJ 4th 7th 85. 12 midnight Walt Whitman My Dear Walt Your letter did not reach me: till tonight
God knows & Walt knows that I am as slow as the wrath of God—to take offense especially at what my friends
(2) To start right again I think you had better send me my MSS—and let me do as I d—m please with it
SCOVEL, 113 Arch Street, Camden, N.J., Feby 23, 1878 Walt Whitman Esq My Dear "Old Boy" James M.
6 th 21 1880 My Dear Walt: I send you my political letter from the Post — Tell me how you like it Johnson
you will be dined and wined on your next May-day (Birthday—) We are all reasonably well save Marrie (my
Whitman found the visitor interesting but too effusive: "My main objection to him, if objection at all
10 AM Monday My Dear Walt If it were not so hot I w'd come down this morning.
Truth and Fiction: Relating to my Life [New York: John D. Williams, 1882], 1:219).
Camden NJ 5th 12th 85 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Walt: I fear you do not fully appreciate my relations to
deal of writing about it, between them & me—and about two weeks ago I sent on a red-hot interview of my
And I want you to go at it or let me have my MSS . so I can get it off by next Saturday night.
I doubt not that you will have been informed by his friends, or by the press, but as it was my lot to
not seen you, Walt Whitman, but it is not necessary to see you in order to know you, and I send you my
./89 My dear Mr Whitman Among other precious things from Camden which greeted me this morning is the
And now our summer "loaf" is over, & glad I am of it, for loafing does not agree either with my health
Accept my dear Mr Whitman the assurances of our sincerest affection.
Feb 21st 1890 To / Walt man Eq My Dear Sir I apologize heartily for my delay in replying to your kind
the page of "poemets" 'old age echoes' —which you were so good as to offer me at the price of £20— My
—& secondly my unwillingness to do the unwelcome & ungracious thing implied in my being unable to avail
I am so extremely sorry not to see my way to utilizing them for my Review & I accordingly return herewith
of four short poems, appeared in Lippincott's Magazine in March 1891 and were reprinted in Goodbye My
May 19 th 1887 My Dear Sir I greatly regret being unable to avail myself of the Poem "November Boughs
My dear Mr Whitman: Am glad to see by a morning journal that you are well enough to undertake a visit
If you have no better place to go, I shall be happy to give you shelter under my roof no 15, East Seventy-fourth
In any event, I hope to hear your address, and to see you at my office.
I am anxious to have one or more contributions from you for my Cyclopedia for which we pay ten dollars
Just as he was about to recite 'My Captain,' a little girl, the granddaughter of Edmund Clarence Stedman
For the month of July my address is as above.
winter Were you pleased with the article and portrait of yourself which appeared in the sixth volume of my
not happen to have seen the work, I will take pleasure in sending you the sketch and illustration on my
have satisfied myself that no copy was delivered here—had such been the case it would have come under my
notice—I therefore sent your order to Mr Gray and have received from him a copy for which you have my
Leet Let this be my apology for speaking to you with my heart laid bare—I tried very hard to secure a
copy of your "Leaves", and at last in New York did so, I took the book up and ran my eyes over detached
dear sir, I cannot analyze my feelings, had any one told me that my blood would leap, my soul cry out
I do not know if you will read anything I say, whether my name is a familiar or unfamiliar one to you
I have taken "from your lips" the kiss, and with all my heart and soul return it to you.
Harper's Fifth Reader (1889) reprinted Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!
delighted to offer you $10 not so much as compensation for the service rendered—as an expression of my
Not having heard from you in any way I fear lest my letter may have gone astray. My friend Col.
If needful I could I think get a note of introduction to you from my friend John Burroughs — With great