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interesting—It looks like winter here, snow 8 inches deep in every direction—but I like it much—a far view from my

My dear Mr. Taylor, I have received your letter of the 12th.

The friendly pages thereof have given me pleasure, & I wish to proffer you my friendship in response.

over here)—very hot indeed here the last four days, & continues still—I am standing it well—I take my

meals at Mrs Wroth's & find it a very good place—it was a good move, my going there—Mrs W is very kind—Tip

afraid something was the matter with him— I am busy five or six hours yet every day with the copy of my

disagreeable item in it, relating to the pub'n of y'r book, has been already written to you ab't by R—My

—I expect to go on to New York to speak my "Death of Lincoln" piece, Thursday afternoon next—Probably

the shake up will do me good—I drove over last evening to spend a couple of hours with my friends Mr

to be borne in mind,(& warmly borne in mind) by a few dear NY friends—Sunny & summery weather here & my

Vistas completed in turn, my cup will be overflowing indeed.

25 Dear John Burroughs I havn't been able to think of any thing worth while in the way of a name—to my

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Dec 12 My dear friend As the holidays come on I would like to make

"A Backward Glance on My Own Road."

New Jersey Dec: December 28 '80 Dear Sir I shall be glad to supply you with a set (Two Volumes) of my

weather (very hot here to-day)—& the babe —When you write direct to Camden—I send Smith a paper, with my

Dear John Burroughs I have got back here after ten weeks' absence, & find myself all the better for my

you papers from here which of course you have rec'd received —I enclose the baby's photo, returned —my

of "the young men referred to," because I spoke mainly of a class, or rather of a leaven & spirit— —My

My permanent address is 431 Stevens street Camden, New Jersey—shall return there about Nov 15— Walt Whitman

Camden N J June 2 '82 Dear Baxter My friend John Sands, a veteran magazine & newspaper writer, has just

431 Stevens street Camden New Jersey March 21 '82 My friends I believe you have in MS one or two clusters

of my Notes — yours —they are paid for—I think I would like to look over them & touch them up to date

Boston, Sept: September 24 1881 Dear Alma Every thing is going on & has gone on satisfactorily—My book

plate-casting, & if things turn out wrong any way I shall have only myself to blame, for I have had my

impressions (proofs) & send me—direct to me, care of J H Johnston Jeweler, 150 Bowery —that will be my

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey June 26 '82 My dear friend — I to-day mail you a copy of "Leaves

328 Mickle street Camden New Jersey May 24 '85 My dear Watson Gilder I am in about my usual general health

(which is nothing to brag of) but my locomotion is worse—had a fall a month ago & turned my ankle in

, & at my age one dont recover from such things—Have no thought of coming to New York—If I did so, I

Walt Whitman Were the artist to visit Philadelphia I would sit to him here in my own room—good place

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey April 27 '85 My dear Dr Knortz What is now the status of the Rolleston

(I dont want the book, but just want to see how it is made up, paged & printed)—My health is about as

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Nov: 25 '85 My dear W R T Thanks for the $5. "remembrance."

My sight is better—walking power slim, almost not at all—spirits buoyant. Glad to get your letters.

85 Camden New Jersey U S America Dear Herbert Gilchrist As I doubt I made some small misfiguring in my

for the copy German rendering " Cradle Endlessly Rocking " & for all the other German renderings of my

you have sent me, & which I carefully keep, & prize—Dr R M Bucke has just published a book about me & my

poems—& having two or three advance copies (in paper) at my disposal I should like to send you one.

never mind, I appreciate them gratefully —I am well as usual this summer—nothing very new ab't about my

books or literary fortunes— I shall make a permanent move from Camden before many months—as my brother's

from you quite a while ago (from Johnstown, Pa: Pennsylvania ) you mention some German translations of my

I have just mailed you my two Volumes, Leaves of Grass and Specimen Days —Won't you kindly send me a

He was living in what my memory pictures as almost a slum, & his bedroom was not exactly tidy.

, wh' of course is the greatest help—Got a card f'm Hannah, & have written to her this evn'g—I send my

Warren —I wish I had something to send them—They are getting printed in a little book the speeches &c at my

328 Mickle Street Camden N J p m Feb: 14 '89 Y'r card came yesterday—Rolleston has rec'd in Ireland my

I hear from Dr Bucke often, he expects to come here next week—my friend O'Connor is very ill at Washington

June 9 '89 Lou, I rec'd the aspargus, strawberries &c, by Charley—have had some of the a[sparagus] for my

least either on the right or left side) with a button at top—I am so in the habit of carrying things in my

dull here muchly—I am sitting up in the 2d story room alone—door & windows open—Did you or George get my

Whitman noted that Louisa "bro't my new blue gown" on June 11, 1889 (The Commonplace-Book, Charles E.

Sidney Morse is in Chicago—I remain in fair spirits & comfortable—am just going to have my dinner (I

& sent to Dr Bucke —As I sit early afternoon every thing is quiet & comfortable—I have not yet left my

Camden noon Nov: 19 '88 Dear Lou I continue getting along pretty well considering—Eat my rations & sleep

for—have not written myself)—Coolish, dark, rainy here to-day—I am sitting here yet by the stove in my

The big book (all my writings collected complete) will be done in ab't a fortnight—I shall send you one

to see them—I wrote to you to write & confer with him (R) —but have no word f'm you—Did you receive my

this time—I have nothing from R. now for a long, long while (with that exception)— I am laid up in my

sick room—essentially the sixth recurrence of my war paralysis—& have been (two or three spells serious

feeble, cannot get across the room without assistance—have a nurse, a good, strong Canadian young man—my

the same as hitherto—have mean time bro't out "November Boughs," 140 pages, & a big Vol. 900 pages, my

summer—the serious attack warded off again—but extreme weakness of legs and body remaining—Keeping me in my

sick room so far—yet my usual mentality & good heart continued— My little new 140 page $1.25 booklet

I am to have all my books printed & bound in one large 900 page Vol. too, ("Walt Whitman Complete") soon

ready—I am sitting in my room writing this, body almost paralyzed— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Karl

Mickle Street Camden New Jersey July 20 '86 Dear Sir I hereby give you permission to include any of my

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey March 26 1886 Dear Sir Yours of 26th rec'd—I send my heartiest thanks

to write special letters of thanks &c. to you & T[alcott] W[illiams] for your kindness & labors in my

of botherings, gastric, catarrhal & bladder—Dr comes—I take medicine—am sitting here at present in my

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Whitman wanted to have two poems from Good-Bye My Fancy (1891)—"On, on the Same, Ye Jocund Twain!"

Camden New Jersey Aug: 1 '90 Dear Sir Herewith find $45:50 to pay my brother Ed's board for Aug:, Sept

weather here (broken)—another letter f'm Symonds (I think there's something first class in him) —One of my

two boys 26 yrs old was married last evn'g —he came yesterday to talk ab't it & hung on my neck & kiss'd

Whitman's housekeeper, took care of both Harry and Warren after the death of their father, the sea captain

Warry wheel'd me up of course in the chair ) to Mr & Mrs: Harned's where we had a first–rate dinner (my

, (he behaved very badly & put on airs) and had a chicken pot pie & I had some of the c[hicken] for my

breakfast this morning—& some new coffee better than the old, (wh' was not good)—My appetite is good

ab't it (I think more of the boy, & I believe he does of me, than we knew)—He kissed me & hung on to my

: 16 —Harry and Becky were married last evn'g, & they came around here afterward a little while, at 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

Whitman's housekeeper, took care of both Harry and Warren after the death of their father, the sea captain

America Nothing very new or different, Alys comes often & is as welcomed as sunshine—I am sitting here in my

den as ever—dark & rainy to-day & yesterday—My Canadian nurse & friend has left me—(he had a good chance

along better than you might imagine—a bad physical brain probably catarrhal—& hopeless locomotion—are my

is at its height and bitter cold here now, the earth hard and covered with ice and snow, as I sit by my

God bless my British friends assisters—(from the first they have come in when most wanted)— Walt Whitman

Pall Mall Gazette devoted a great deal of space to Whitman in 1887: January 10, excerpts from "My Book

Send me a line acknowledging them, as I have a little uncertainty ab't my P O messenger.

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey July 28 '86 My dear Redpath Yours of 26th rec'd—All right & no harm

done—But I mortally hate to have any thing with my name signed go to press without my seeing proof—Also

I wanted the slips—Yes I will furnish you the (ab't) seven page article you request, & soon —My health

ab't me that is to be pub'd in Eng. soon—I am quiescent, but think of pub. in collected & revised form my

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey May 3, '87 Your letter rec'd & welcomed as always—My visit to N Y

was a hasty flash only—I am more & more wretchedly physically disabled, & feel better off here in my

G—but I doubt whether it contains much (or any thing) for you—I can loan you my copy if you wish—I will

certainly keep you posted ab't myself, or any literary movement or change or happening of my work— Walt

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Dec. 28 '87 Thanks, my dear friend, for your kind letter & (Christmas

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

My sister Martha at St. Louis was not in good health at last accounts.

will tell you further—Beulah asked much about you & William, and Jeannie— Nothing special with me or my

As it turns out, my death by railroad smash permeated the lower orders, (I suppose at second & third

My true love to you both—Jeannie, my darling, a kiss for you—good bye, Nelly dear— Walt The following

Understand that, like the new year's Bible, the Photo is a gift, with my best love, to you & William—to

We have had cold & spiteful weather all the time of my visit here—over a month—& I have not had my usual

finds any difficulty—but I guess not—I guess he is getting along well—Is there any thing new among my

I have got out my new edition, from same plates as the last, only all bound in One Vol.

done in green cloth, vellum—looks the best & most ship-shape of any edition yet—have not added any of my