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Johnston on September 1, 1887, "He advertises . . . to sell my photo, with autograph.

.— O my dear sir, I only wish you could know the sentiment of respect and personal good will, toward

I forthwith sat down, and have written my thoughts and advice.

Johnston on September 1, 1887, "He advertises . . . to sell my photo, with autograph.

Brooklyn May 11, 1870 Sir: The hurt on my hand has not healed.

Now along toward the end of third week of grip that holds on by day & night like grim death on top of my

school of the great modern scientists & progressive metaphysicians—Sh'l probably have to give up reading my

Street)—Nothing very new or different—arctic cold here for the last fortnight—best regards to you & my

received —and I send you some thoughts of mine on Burns—(a much belabored subject—but I wanted to have my

dear boy—and though you must now be indeed quite different from the little child I used to lift up in my

In response to your letter I send—not my whole volume of Leaves of Grass —but Drum-Taps , a part of it

published by John Burroughs, who, being a great friend of mine, views every thing relating to me & my

—I send you my love, & I wish you to give my friendliest remembrances to your parents.

I send you a paper same mail with this, containing a little piece that describes my case.

I have not forgotten you, my loving soldier boy, & never shall. Walt Whitman 322 Stevens st.

My health is nearly as usual—Slowly declining— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Elisa Seaman Leggett, 8 June

monotonous & lonesome, as I can hardly get around at all—often remain in the house all day, most of my

time in the big chair by the window—afternoons are the worst & most tedious—happily my spirits keep

too when awake) of Hattie—& of how it must be there with you & Jess —but keep on much the same, with my

havn't haven't heard from you all now in a fortnight— I came on yesterday from Boston —As I told you in my

last every thing went on there satisfactory —& my treatment from Osgood has been of the best—the prospect

contains only some MSS and stuff—also there may come a roll of printed matter for me, to be put up in my

that as the sentence, on that comparatively mild 7th count, was a cruel & heavy one—& that, waiving my

the Attorney General that in any changes in the Solicitor Treasury's office, I be not disturbed in my

position as clerk in that office—all my duties to the government being & having been thoroughly & regularly

performed there, by a substitute, during my illness.

to substitute the services of the bearer Walter Godey , in the office, for the present, instead of my

I would ask you to put him at my desk and give him a trial—on some letters first, before giving him the

Sir: Yours of June 30, informing me of the necessity of terminating my services in the Solicitor's office

Dear Sir: I have been badly pulled by the heat—am sick—(home here with my mother)—& would respectfully

Dear brother, I am here in Brooklyn, New York, spending a few weeks home at my mother's.

I am well & fat, eat my rations regular, & weigh about 200—so you see I am not very delicate.

But the greatest patriot in the family is my old mother.

My room is 456 Sixth street.

But my letters are still addrest care of Major Hapgood, paymaster U S A, Washington D C.

Dear brother, You did not write any answer to my last two letters, now quite a while ago, still I will

I still remain here in Washington, finding just about work enough to pay my expenses.

he has returned from his furlough, he told me a few days ago he had written to you, & had sent you my

best respects—I told him he must never send my respects to you but always my love.

My thoughts are with you often enough, & I make reckoning when we shall one day be together again—yet

a letter was received by me April 28th, (very pretty written)—but I have not heard whether you got my

I enclosed in it an envelope with my address on, in hopes you would write to me.

There is no particular change in my affairs here—I just about manage to pay my way, with newspaper correspondence

My dearest comrade, I cannot, though I attempt it, put in a letter the feelings of my heart—I suppose

have not had a word from George yet—Mother, I have had quite an attack of sore throat & distress in my

a great effect upon him, & although I told the truth this time it did not have as good a result as my

The equipage is rather shabby, horses indeed almost what my friends the Broadway drivers would call old

here, sat in his carriage while Stanton came out & had a 15 minutes interview with him (I can see from my

sixteen, (about ten bugles, the rest cymbals & drums)—I tell you, mother, it made every thing ring—made my

I have told my mother & sister about you all. I send my love to William.

Tell Charles Eldridge too I send him my love.

Nelly, I am writing this from my room at my mother's house.

My sister Martha is untiring, feeding & nursing him.

My brother Jeff is well—he is a noble young man & one to love.

I was sorry you did not come up to my room to get the shirt & other things you promised to accept from

O my dear comrade & brother, I hope it will prove your good luck to come safe through all the engagements

Now, my dearest comrade, I will bid you so long , & hope God will put it in your heart to bear toward

Lew is so good, so affectionate—when I came away, he reached up his face, I put my arm around him, and

As to me, there is nothing new with me, or my affairs.

I manage to pay my way here in Washington, what I make writing letters for the New York papers, &c.

My love you have in life or death forever.

Good bye, my darling comrade, my dear darling brother, for so I will call you, and wish you to call me

However, on April 12, 1863, Sawyer himself had written to Brown: "I want you to give my love to Walter

Whitman and tell him I am very sorry that I could not live up to my Prommice because I came away so

soon that it sliped my mind and I am very sorry for it, tell him that I shall write to him my self in

a few days, give him my love and best wishes for ever" (Henry W. and Albert A.

reply until January 21, 1864: "Dear Brother, I hardly know what to say to you in this letter for it is my

know I got home all safe—I do not feel very well yet, but expect to, or begin to, pretty soon—I send my

I think I never in my life felt so wholly blue and unhappy about any one's going away as I did, and have

My hospital ministrations are very fascinating with all of their sadness.

Brooklyn Tuesday even'g July 5 1864 My dear friend I have had the misfortune to fall back a little since

same as if written to her—I do not write much, nor do any thing hardly, but keep as quiet as possible—my

physician thinks that time, with the change of locality, & my own latent recuperative power, will make

I intend to move heaven & earth to publish my "Drum-Taps" as soon as I am able to go around.

love—also Ashton—I will write should there be any change in my condition— Good bye for present, my dear

Of the O'Connors, Thomas Jefferson Whitman wrote on June 13, 1863: "I am real glad, my dear Walt, that

O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My Gott,

My dear comrade, I have been very sick, and have been brought on home nearly three weeks ago, after being

sick some ten days in Washington—The doctors say my sickness is from having too deeply imbibed poison

into my system from the hospitals—I had spells of deathly faintness, & the disease also attacked my

as soon as I had strength—But I am making too long a story of it—I thought only to write you a line—My

dear comrade, I am now over the worst of it & have been getting better the last three days—my brother

I never think of you but it makes my heart glad to think that I have bin permited to know one so good

Brooklyn Sunday afternoon July 24 1864 My dear friend Since I last wrote to you my illness has been gradually

much the same as usual—I keep pretty old-fashioned hours, rise early, dine at 1, & go to bed before 10—My

head feels clear & comfortable, & my strength has returned almost, but not quite up to what it was.

I rec'd Nelly's letter, I could not get over to New York that afternoon—Nelly, my dear friend, you must

try to bring [it] out myself, stereotype it, & print an edition of 500—I could sell that number by my

328 Mickle Street Camden N J July 10 Noon My dear J R By an announcement in the Phil: Press this morning

I suppose you have used my "How I made a Book" &c for the newspaper syndicate—All right.

somewhat concerned ab't is that I have not seen the proof (which is always an important point with me)—& my

This article, with "A Backward Glance on My Own Road," "How Leaves of Grass Was Made," and "My Book and

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey U S America Aug: 26 '86 My dear Edward Dowden Herbert Gilchrist has

I think of collecting together my prose & verse of the last five years, & printing a little Vol: under

the title of "November Boughs"—also of bringing out a complete budget of all my writing in one book.

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey June 1 '81 My dear Mr Osgood Yours of May 31 just rec'd received

—Thanking you warmly for willingness, promptness, &c. my terms are: 25 cts on every copy sold if the

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America May 30 '81 My dear Edward Carpenter, Yours of May 14

telegraphing— I was on in Boston five weeks since—but I believe I sent you a little printed item of my

you in the loss of the dear mother—I have drunk of that cup—Commend me faithfully in good wishes to my

Sharkland, whose name I have written as you desired, in the Volume— Write to me as often as you can, my

Carpenter wrote from Sheffield what Whitman termed a "good letter": "These friends that I have here and my

Sir Thanks for your kind letter, just rec'd received & read with greatest interest & pleasure—I sell my

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

will be very short—but show you that I am still in the land of the living, & have not forgotten you—My

have traveled several thousand miles—mostly on the Lakes & St Lawrence, very comfortably & I am now on my

I am feeling heartier physically than for years—Camden will be my permanent P O address—Love to you—

Yours rec'd received with Enc: enclosure thanks—I forward to day by mail (to same address as this card) my

211 Tremont St Boston No I cannot consent to leave out the two pieces I am only willing to carry out my

To give you a definitive idea of what I meant in my notes of March 8 and March 19—& of course stick to—I

The whole thing would not involve an expense of more than from 5 to $10— My proposition is that we at

Private 328 Mickle st Camden May 27 My dear friend If convenient & you can print the following, just

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Nov: 30 '85 My dear Wm Rossetti Yours of Nov: 13 with 31 pounds 19

shillings has been received—the third instalment of the "offering" —my thanks are indeed deeper than

been writing to Herbert Gilchrist ab't his mother, & am filled with sadness—nothing new with me, only my

gift—for your letter with the £45 which has just reached me— We have fine weather here, & I am enjoying it—My

William Osler, Whitman went to see Professor Norris "ab't my eyes . . . satisfactory visit & examination—I

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey May 29 '81 My dear Mr Osgood I suppose you rec'd received the copy

You already have my plan—a volume of say 400 pages, (not over 450) handy size, first class (but I know

Camden New Jersey May 20 '81 My dear Mr Osgood Yours rec'd received , & accordingly I am fixing up the

I have to-day today forwarded by mail, to same address as this card, my Two Vols.

are at Northampton, Mass:—all well—(B[eatrice] is at the Woman's Hospital Boston)—This place is still my

Or during my tedious sickness and first paralysis ( '73 1873 ) how you used to come to my solitary garret-room

and make up my bed, and enliven me, and chat for an hour or so—or perhaps go out and get the medicines

Pete, give my love to dear Mrs. and Mr.

Camden N J March 19 '82 Dear Sirs I have been expecting response to my letter sent you some twelve days

I re-affirm my suggestions and disposition of March 8 — Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to James R.