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forenoon & fair temperature—warmish—yours of 17th rec'd to-day—I wonder if you are not to be envied there—my
am trying to get the E[lias] H[icks] paper presentable—but hard work—but I keep at it obstinately (my
good last night—no doctor now three or four days—a note from Mrs: Fairchild Boston rec'g the big book—my
be printed Jan: 5—I will send you a copy at once—have been taking some ice cream & a cup of milk for my
Camden Wednesday Evn'g Aug: 22 '88 Am still keeping my room—Sunny & cool day very fine—the booklet slowly
Camden 10 A M Dec: 21 '88 Every thing continues not unfavorable at least—had a fair night & have eaten my
Saturday, P M—Bright and real cold here—as I sit, the great wolf skin is spread on the chair to protect my
bit of dinner—had a big bath this forenoon—Dr Osler has been to-day—his prognosis remains favorable—my
feeling—constipation—then otherways, quite a strong steady pulse & fair appetite, & generally hold my
theories keep favorable sufficiently markedly—pulse good—a fairly movement bowel this forenoon—& eat my
(seven—me at the head) drank health & respects to Queen Victoria—(it was her birth day you know—)— —My
sailors from the ship down stairs Sunday toward noon May 26 A clouded rather rawish day—Am going up to my
friends Mr & Mrs: Harned's in an hour, in my wheel chair—to stay a few minutes & probably get a drink
—Nothing particular to write—my head is a little heavy & thick—no pocket-book copies yet, but I count
. | May 26 | 5 PM | 89; Philadelphia | 6PM | 1889 | Transit; London | AM | MY 28 | 89 | Canada.
this mn'g from NY Herald, from J G B[ennett] himself ask'g me to write for the paper —I have just had my
Kossabone"; February 27, "Mannahatta"; February 29, "Paumanok"; March 1, "From Montauk Point"; March 2, "My
"Life"; April 16, "To Get the Final Lilt of Songs"; April 23, "To-day and Thee"; May 2, "Queries to My
there & show myself—if I do that) is smoothly moving—It is now noon & after, & I thanks to Ed have had my
. | May 20 | 8 PM | 89; London | AM | MY 22 | 89 | Canada.
constipation, & bad kidney tribulation, day & night—but I am up & dressed & sitting here by the fire, & my
Baxter has gone to Arizona, & left bust in my care.
Kennedy My idea is to charge $5. or a guinea for the vol. & print it in good style.
Sometime when you are sending you can return me the article for my collection.
I keep up my spirits as well as I can, but find it all pretty depressing.
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Well, here comes my dinner— W W Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 8 April 1889
Camden April 16 '89 Cloudy raw weather—(may be part of my glum condition)—No word from O'C[onnor] now
It may seem ungracious . . . to say so (for Dick is my friend and means me well) but his piece impresses
like to read—(T B Aldrich's also tho' short is very friendly & eulogistic—not sent here)— Nothing in my
, I have had a notion for, & now put out partly to occupy myself, & partly to commemorate finishing my
For the regard, the affection, which convoyed your noble argosy to this my haven,—believe me, my dear
Well: there is too much taking off of hats, but I certainly should doff my own to the Sun-God.
Pray give my kind regards to M. Traubel. Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, William D.
Camden April 14 '89 Fine sunny weather—nothing special in my health—(if any difference am suffering less
My dear friend, I was glad to hear by your postal that you are getting along without an increase of suffering
My old enemy "melancholia" spreads its vampire wings still over my life and will I presume go with me
Gardner of Paisley, accepting my MS. "Walt Whitman the Poet of Humanity."
suppose his idea is that people will buy L. of G. more if they are not given the passages in question in my
pocket-book style, six or eight portraits, & autograph—$5—(shall probably bring it out to commemorate my
finishing my 70th year)—a little inscription on title — Afternoon —another big book sale—T B Aldrich
Had my breakfast ab't 9, hot oysters & chocolate & Graham bread—McK declines my proposition—I am sitting
noon April 18 '88 All goes as well & monotonously as usual (No news is good news)—I got up late, ate my
angry—they are invented or distorted most horribly—I take it all phlegmatically—Dark, heavy, raw day, & my
dusty—we need rain, & will probably soon have it— Stedman is mad over that Japanee's item in the Herald of my
enc: card rec'd from Mrs: O'C[onnor] to day —New ed'n of L of G. progressing—Horace was here to-day—My
On April 25, 1889, the New-York Tribune reported that Captain Hamilton Murrell of the steamship Missouri
rare egg, fried, Graham b'd and coffee for breakfast—am to have three or four rare stew'd oysters for my
April 28 Well it just looks out like clearing & sunshine—so mote it be—Nothing very different with me—my
exhibits to night—(Ed goes—I am favorable)—& besides Dr Baker "graduates" this afternoon—you know he is my
enclose a slip of title detailedly, as you may want to get one from New York—(but of course you can have my
Fine & sunny here—am rather heavy-headed—& hefty anyhow to-day—nothing specially to particularize—ate my
notice—wh' I send (or will send soon)—Did you get a letter in wh' I asked you to write out & enclose in my
J F Millet —the "cold in the head" still upon me palpably—stew'd chicken, Graham bread & coffee for my
volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My
burr-r-r over the Delaware—the sun is pouring down almost hotly out (O that I could be out & move in it) & my
in W[ashington] may-be unconscious,—may-be passing from life—meanwhile—thought o'ertoppling all else—my
tho't no more definitely of the Baltimore Hospital scheme —am sitting here as usual comfortable enough—my
sister Lou just been here, has been down to see my bro: Eddy —he is all right— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman
If the weather keeps good & no hitch in my condition, I shouldn't wonder if I got out that way, before
however, it never reach'd me—it was but really rec'd two days since)—Am feeling sufficiently easy today—my
arriving my 70th year old terminus—a good dinner, tickets ($5), toasts, speeches, &c.
than decent—tho' the jamboree does not present itself as appropriate, or particularly encouragable to my
again to-day—the weather continues fine, very mild—I sweat quite freely—had some good asparagus for my
breakfast (sent f'm my brother's garden, Burlington)—Harry Stafford was here yesterday, he is pretty
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Nothing new or different—Pretty dull—my cold in the head rampant—I am trying to while the day with the
out clear & inspiriting—y'r letter comes—Ed has been down to the bank to deposit some cheques for me —My
Camden April 7 '89 Y'r letters arrived & welcome—My card yesterday f'm Mrs: O'C speaks of our dear friend
sitting up next forenoon—Nothing new with me—Horace, Tom, Mrs: H. and Mr Morehouse have just call'd—My
yet printed, 7) of his "American Literature" in wh' I appear (with good wood-eng[raving] portrait) —My
Horace and Mr Blake, Unitarian minister f'm Chicago, here this mn'g—pleasant visit—a spell of my currying
the opposition & resentment at L of G. is probably as concentrated & vital & determined in New York (my
known— —I am sitting here all alone to-day—I do not eat dinner these short days—only breakfast & supper—my
appetite fair—had some buckwheat cakes & raw oysters for my breakfast.
is W S K's letter just rec'd —fine & a little warm to–day—has been almost cool here four days—made my
breakfast on bread & canteloupe—still have my supper at 4½—no dinner—fair excretion business—out in
wheel ch'r last evn'g—my grip has call'd in upon me again the last two or three days (probably the great
the weather & stoppage of sweating)—not yet so bad as formerly—bladder botheration—a sister of one of my
war soldiers call'd yesterday—a nice smart old maid—my soldier still lives & flourishes—in California—Anson
yesterday afternoon—Tom Harned last evn'g—Geo: Stafford (the elder) yesterday—Cool weather here—fine sunny—My
printed slip with papers —enclose another in this (copied Boston Transcript ) —papers notice it some—(is my
sometimes I wonder whether J A S don't come under St Paul's famous category )—I am sitting here alone in 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
The "Rejoinder" was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) (See Prose Works 1892, Volume II: Collect
Camden Aug: 18 '90 Frank Sanborn's letter f'm Belgium enc'd —the Transcript copies my "rejoinder" complete
Rainy dark forenoon here—I keep ab't well as usual (has been very hot here again) made my breakfast of
Harned's family have ret'd f'm Cape May—Am on the watch for Symonds's to send you soon as I find it am'g my
Whitman's "Rejoinder" was also reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).
slip is cut f'm Horace's little paper —y'r letters rec'd—am sitting here the same in cane chair in my
Mickle Street den—the big whistle has sounded 1 o'clock—my good nurse Warry has just bro't me some nice
Whitman's "Rejoinder" was also reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect and
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
"A Death-Bouquet" became the last section of Good-Bye My Fancy, which was later reprinted in Complete
Camden 10½ a m Dec: 20 '88 Am getting along—more favorably turning than the other—relish'd my mutton-broth
Dante's filmy ghosts, rushing by with mere gibberish)—yes it is mainly all autobiographic environ'd with my
they are strengthening me & I wish to send you these few words of thanks & gratitude for the sake of my
dead love & my living grief.
Nothing of any acc't in my condition or affairs—the grip has seized me ag'n—headache & sore throat—still
I sit up, eat my meals & get out in wheel chair —Look at the magazine Universal Review 15th Feb. 1890
29 '90 Nothing very new—Am pretty well but have the grip again & sore throat & swell'd head—but ate my
you one of these times soon—have just heard from Dr B[ucke], all well—I am sitting here as usual in my
reverential terms his meeting with Walt Whitman: "The memory of that 'good time' will ever be one of my
most valued possessions and it is associated with my most unique experience.
sold 50 sets in sheets big book $3 each—(I suppose some Londoner, Eng—don't know for certain)—have had my
early supper—out soon in wheel chair —pleasant cool evn'g— Aug: 29, early A M —have had my breakfast—oatmeal
rejoinder" continues to be extracted & criticised & talked ab't—(it is nothing but what I say throughout in my
them, but do not if too ill or stupid wh' happens at times—Sit here the same in the old den—as now—my
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
The "Rejoinder" was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) (see Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect
My Dear friend I am so sorry to hear by Johnny that you are ill, & suffering—I wish I could send you
Brooklyn, New York March 14 My dear Mr.
Linton, I think of wanting this engraved (exactly this size, and general design) for a frontispiece for my
Camden Sunday Sept: 10 Dear Harry Thanks for your good letter—I have had my hands full the last six or
eight weeks getting my new book in shape, seeing to every thing, and watching the proofs day & night
job two or three times a year)—I have had the mighty good luck to keep well this summer all through—my
letter a lady opposite is singing & playing the hymn "Nearer my god to Thee"—how beautiful it sounds
— Love to you my darling young brother W.W.— Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 10 September [1882]
My dear Sir: Your note has been received. —Accept—for yourself, the Citizen , & Gen.
Halpine —My sincere thanks for your kindness. I fully appreciate it.
As I have not at my control, at this moment, any bound copies of Leaves of Grass , would you allow me
For some days past my mother has been ill—some of the time very ill—and I have been nurse & doctor too
, as none of my sisters are home at present—But to-day she seems over it, if the favorable symptoms continue
they are now hanging up in mother's front room—& are the delight & ever-increasing gratification of my
I too wish to be with you once more—though it will be but so briefly — Much love to you, my dear friend
—There are no later or fuller prints of my books than those you have —I contemplate a final compacted
Camden New Jersey April 2 '82 My dear Dana Yes I am willing you should make extracts—Enclosed (suggestions