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Camden Evn'g Jan 31 '89 Have had a favorable day in my condition—fine sunny pleasantly cool weather—hope
fresh lilacs—beautiful—am cogitating of a strong out-door push chair to get out in, to be propell'd by my
big books by this time—I can hardly tell why, but feel very positively that if any thing can justify my
—weather rainy wh' we wanted—temperature mild—I have a big bunch of lilacs on the table near, (from my
B[ucke] is well & busy—I was out driving to-day, 11 to 1—Nothing definite done to my "November Boughs
Jersey Evn'g Oct: 3 1890 Y'rs asking me to write piece for Review &c: rec'd —Yes, (and thanks)—Just now my
me the 10 (by Horace ) bowel action this forenoon—a little afraid I got a chill yesterday (worse for my
better—get out almost daily in the open air, push'd on a wheel'd chair by a stout Canadian friend, my
Just finish'd my supper—mutton chop, &c.
—the fellows are aroused—Horace especially—McKay has just sent me $44.80 for royalty for my two books
vault proper—the stone quarried at Quincy Mass: will be a month yet—Splendid day yesterday enjoy'd my
but I am prostrated with a weak & gone-in condition to day worse than ever, hardly strength to hold my
431 Stevens street Camden N J Jan: January 25 '83 My dear friends Would "the Bible as Poetry" suit you
to write special letters of thanks &c. to you & T[alcott] W[illiams] for your kindness & labors in my
The let up & somewhat favorable condition mentioned in my letter of Sunday still continues.
Am so fixed that it is very convenient for my friends to call—Love to you.
Y'rs of 28th rec'd—Symonds' letter is here somewhere am'ng my stuff & I will send it you soon as I get
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
My canary is singing loud & fast, as I write—Cloudy half-dripping weather, promising cold—clear skies
fire—the silence; Like a phantom far or near an occasional figure moving; The shrubs and trees, (as I left my
Camden Monday Evng Evening Feb 26 '83 At the breakfast table this morning we all agreed—my sister most
He admits: "Out-of-doors is my savior this winter."
And turning the pages of the Weekly—"This is my despair—all this sumptuousness, elegance.
Then—on my asking what he had clipped from the Tribune extract (I noticed it was cut): "There were two
And again, "That reminds me: what do you think of my new portrait?"
"Carey sent me this—sent me a number for my name.
date it is sent.I had brought in "Where Meadows Meet the Sea" and the Bucke volume he had marked for my
My dear friend:Your letters and telegram received. Mr.
Baker will go over on Wednesday, and bring you my idea as to date and subject, etc.I care nothing about
They were my special favorites. I have every cause to remember Mrs.
I know he will do it magnificently—that it will all be fine, strong—but my curiosity is for this: what
And to my affirmative he responded, "I have wished to know: it is always a curious point to me.
My own preference is for the 'Walt Whitman' in full." When he met the "M.
me pick it up inquisitively, he remarked: "It was a young fellow I met up there at the time I paid my
It confirms my own observation. And there is Kossuth, too—living still—nearly 90!
But as you say—using my old story—I suppose the whole secret is that there is no secret—that he is natural—that
account of a wondrous and important discovery, a treatise upon which would fill up the principal part of my
Some years ago, when my judgement was in the bud, I thought riches were very desirable things.
But I have altered my mind. Light has flowed in upon me. I am not quite so green as I was.
Louis— Apl 24th 1873 My dear Mother— Your letter was handed me just as I was leaving the city to go to
My health, and that of the Children continues first-rate we get along nicely at Mrs Bulkley['s] and
I am ashamed that I have not been more thoughtful in this respect—but what with Mat's sickness and my
From my own personal observations I think that the newspapers would give one the most perverted kind
My idea is this, to make a certain portion of the city, say certain wards that make a district, not too
My theory is that before the people found out the thing drafting would be over, and like the fellow that
Dear Walt: I have been so ill, and so burdened with the office charge, being scarcely able to hold my
of Bacon's Promus —a strong anti- Shakespere Shakespeare document—which hurt the book immensely, and my
Walt Whitman (Don't forget to return my Times article sometime.) William D.
New York 7th June 1879 My recollection of what Miss — told me on the Friday evening, just one week after
well, & recollect asking Miss — at what point in it the tragedy occurred, but her answer has escaped my
part of the stories told I knew from competent & trustworthy sources & also, in a small measure, from my
"My poor Rebecca, my dear sister, I am going to see thee! I am indeed happy!"
"'Behold, Lord. the agony of Thy handmaid: pity her sufferings; shorten her pains, my God, and let those
My dear Walt: I am enraged and ashamed with myself to have never sent you a word responsive to your letters
It was such rain as we have often seen here from my windows, only this time I saw it all alone.
The rascally Congress taxes me in September fifty dollars in a lump, besides my usual income tax, so
Ellen O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My
I am now at work in the "Crescent" office at five dollars per week, and my work is done by three o'clock
To My Dear Mother I do want to hear from you very, very much, do write to Walter or me and tell us how
Dear Sister you must also write to me (but please pay the postage) Among the others I must not forget my
put the entire essay together from segments of four previously published essays—"A Backward Glance on My
Own Road," "How 'Leaves of Grass' Was Made," "How I Made a Book," and "My Book and I"—"A Backward Glance
the essay, his approach: "I round and finish little, if anything; and could not, consistently with my
Sir: In accordance with your request, I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of my letter of January
Ohio, enclosing a copy of Governor Tod's letter to you, I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of my
I regret that other occupations have prevented my giving earlier attention to the application.
appeal from the Court of Claims, No 2662 on the docket of Court of Claims, and you will prepare for my
Cochran, of the 28th inst. with my certificate, as required by law. Very respectfully, &c. A. T.
My dispatch of yesterday was written in the Supreme Court Room while I was engaged in the argument of
instructions from this Department to the District Attorney of Dakota, I have the honor to enclose a copy of my
I have to inform you that the clerkships under my control have either been filled or promised.
the Pacific Railroad to pay interest on bonds, &c. has not been printed, and therefore it is not in my
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
request in your letter of this date, the leave of absence granted to you for the month of June next in my
a letter from me to the District Attorney of the Western District of Arkansas, will disclose to you my
Sir: I have received your letter of the 24th ult. and the accompanying papers, submitting for my consideration