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while away the time—but fear being intrusive with them— I am living here in a little wooden house of my

plates of Leaves of Grass now in your charge have been transferred to me, & are henceforth subject to my

train from here—shall get to Camden by or before 8—I am well as usual—nothing new— I have sent George my

Louis, Sept. 11th 188 5 My dear Walt Enclosed please find check for $10—payable to your order  This check

I beat and pound for the dead; I blow through my embouchures my loudest and gayest for them.

white locks at the runaway sun; I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags."

It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life."

"Between my knees my forehead was,— My lips, drawn in, said not, Alas!

My hair was over in the grass, My naked ears heard the day pass."

My stay very brief. I did not desire to do more than get proof.

The unlighted room caught me as I came near the house, aroused my apprehension.

Impressed to hear of my father's growing good opinion of German translation of Leaves of Grass.

There were several of my friends present there—vehement friends—and they thought I had made a great mistake

Called my attention to a letter from McKay. "He enclosed me payment for the three books.

And to my remark: "Australia is more American than English, anyway—" he said: "Yes, it is so: see how

its author, at all points of its meaning—so that things perhaps plain to Doctor are not so plain to my

reading it over lately, and it occurs to me that I might have been raspy—raspy—in the assertion of my

Showed her two letters to W.: "It does my heart good to see her hand again."

He admitted he had been a little twitted by my letter (the first), but I readily made that easy.

(W. says, "That is right: that fixes me right in my average personality.")

And my trip profited, with respect to the task I am to set about and a better acquaintanceship with her

My brother thinks so much of Mr.

I suppose I might have been more suspicious but for my dislike for one of our liveliest American qualities—suspicion

For my own satisfaction I went deliberately through 'Leaves of Grass' several times, but no sign!

Sir: I have the honor to refer you to your letter of the 25th April last, and my reply of 6th May following

Miller, who has been appointed as my successor, has not yet qualified, and I have been informed that

I have not before me a copy of the concurrent resolution—but, if I had, it would not be my official duty

I should be glad to give the Committee any aid in my power, if I had any knowledge or opinion upon the

this Department, I do not feel authorized, under existing laws, to pay for it out of any funds under my

D. of Brighton, Illinois, an old friend of mine, has written to ask my aid in the following matter: Mrs

United States in the injunction suit to restrain the work at Hallett's Point, New York; and asking for my

Prisons on the 3d page of my annual report presented last winter, a copy of which I enclose.

instant, informing me that it will not be in your power to furnish me the information requested in my

Sir: On account of my absence from Washington at the time, your letter of Sept. 21st last, was not immediately

It is not, in my judgment, a suitable employment for a judge to labor at a distance concerning leave

in the Supreme Court, on error to the Circuit Court for your District, for the purpose of preparing my

services rendered and expenses incurred by you while in the performance of official business under my

answer to your letter of the 31st ultimo, requesting me to transmit to the Secretary of the Interior my

I hope I was not understood in my previous letter any suspicion that your conduct had not been dictated

Hannah Brush, (my grandmother Whitman) had only one brother, who died a young man—(the grave-stones from

Isaac v Joseph Stephen & Jesse (my grandfather) sons of Nehemiah Whitman Phebe daughters Hannah Brush

giving others the same chances and rights as myself— As if it were not indis‑ indispensable pensable to my

Me master years a hundred since from my parents sunder'd, A little child, they caught me as the savage

Me master years a hundred since from my parents sunder'd, A little child, they caught me as the savage

My yard is looking finely. 2 doz. hyacinths out. bye bye W. S. K.

off to NA Rev. last evn'g— Am not even as well as usual—have the grip & bladder trouble & have eaten my

Dear Sir Trusting that the intelligence conveyed will plead for my presumption, I venture to enclose

see that you too are jogging along about the same, on your car, with an occasional let up—Often in my

Wall Street New York Dec 29th 91 My Dear Whitman, I am glad that you have lived long enough to know that

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT THE CENTURY MAGAZINE UNION SQUARE NEW YORK Walt Whitman, Esq., My dear Sir: We are

50 yrs years old— Viz: I have rec'd received a draft, endorsed it, deposited it, and forgot to give my

—I have recd a photo proof of my phiz I suppose from the flash light—I don't like it—I send you herewith

morning but did not & now I am to gow tomorrow morning I guess that they wont put it off anny longer my

come home for a short time, & pretty soon—(I will try it two or three days yet, though, & if I find my

What with Stedman —who celebrated my last night in America yesterday by toasting me with mint-juleps

able to see you while at your house last thursday I concludet concluded to write and state to you that my

I am reminded of the matter now by a note from my friend Nugent Robinson of Once a Week .

New York, Oct 18th 188 6 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Sir On my return to New York agreeable to promise I beg

Lancashire, England 17 Feb 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, I have only time at present for a few lines to

Dear W Whitman Your letter of May 8 reached here during my absence.

Louis, Mar 18th 1870 My Dear Mother Mattie arrived all right on Wednesday abt about 3 ocl —in the afternoon—We

My Dear Friend— If I may call you so—I wish you peace and joy, and many more years in which to know and

My heart has been very bad for months.

All goes much the same in my affairs—Write me soon & tell me how George gets along—Love to you all God