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Whitman, My dear Sir: The Browning Society of Boston will hold a Memorial Service in honor of the poet

Robert Browning (1812–1889), known for his dramatic monologues, including "Porphyria's Lover" and "My

has a relative—a prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio. he is desirous of obtaining the name of some Captains

, an order to obtain his exchange, by securing the release of the Captains.

Several of my brother officers are desirous of obtaining a copy of "the Reconnysance" by Capt Sim's.

& I would esteem it as a great favor, if you would enclose it, in a letter & send it to my address.

You will please accept a copy of my Ca accounts in exchange for your own.

My dear Mr.

—have a pretty bad cold, the doctor does not call my disease by any particular name—I have considerable

I send you my love.

Singing Thrush" (March 15, 1873; later called "Wandering at Morn"), "Spain" (March 24, 1873), "Sea Captains

Walt Whitman Esq My dear Sir: I ask you to excuse me for neglecting so long to answer your note.

It came to my house instead of the office and was consequently overlooked. It was Mrs.

Robert LeighDavisMemoranda During the War [1875–1876]Memoranda During the War [1875–1876]"My idea is

turning point in his own life, what he later termed "the very centre, circumference, umbilicus, of my

Joe was very sick two or three weeks ago, but is better now; and I am enjoying my usual good health.

Browning Haddonfield With love from Joe and my self Deborah V.

He was a very handsome, healthy, affectionate, smart child, and would sit on my lap or hang on my neck

As his brief sketch "My Boys and Girls" indicates, he considered as his "children" sisters Mary and Hannah

in their midst....Who of my family has gone along with me?

the older brother had assumed: "he learn'd printing, and work'd awhile at it; but eventually (with my

soldiers: he found them "appealing to me most profoundly....Often they seem very near to me, even as my

"If I worship one thing more than another," he proclaims, "it shall be the spread of my own body" ("Song

"Whitman's Image of Voice: To the Tally of my Soul." Walt Whitman. Modern Critical Views. Ed.

My ties and ballasts leave me . . ." ("Song of Myself," section 33).

Advocating civil disobedience, he declares his independence in thinking and acting: "Let me have my own

Thy recognition of my loss goes to my heart.

My parcel and its contents will speak to thee more then I can write thee.

I gaze on the Sea while I eat my food and think of thee in the of summer I gaze on the sea, and in the

eldest Lad is now in Japan is second voyage to Celina and yet only 16 years old—my youngest is also

He I hope someday will visit your Land. my two lads I would like to see settled there on Land, only I

one could fail then [during the War] to admire his zeal and devotion, and I am afraid that at first my

panorama the skepticism of "Calamus" number 7, and thus joins "To a Certain Civilian" and "As I Lay with My

bit of pathos—indubitably human—in my eye, confess now am I not a man and a brother?"

place, with my own day, here."

my dwell- dwelling .)"

'O the life of my senses and flesh, transcending my senses and flesh.'

my South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! good and evil! O all dear to me!"

my South!O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! good and evil! O all dear to me!"

nights—some literary meditations—books, authors examined, Carlyle, Poe, Emerson tried (always under my

cedar-tree, in the open air, and never in the library)—mostly the scenes everybody sees, but some of my

to the spring under the willows—musical as soft-clinking glasses—pouring a sizeable stream, thick as my

for the buoyant and healthy alone, but meant just as well for ailing folk:— "Who knows (I have it in my

fancy, my ambition) but the pages now ensuing may carry ray of sun, or smell of grass or corn, or call

Walt Whitman, My dear Sir; Pardon my recent neglect of your case.

days, to see you again and that, in the meantime, you will steer along cheerfully, hopefully, without my

April 15 1876 My dear sir Please find enclosed my check for $5.—for a copy of "Leaves of Grass."

My delay is because of my intention to canvas canvass my friends and secure additional subscribers and

Apl 18 1876 My dear sir Enclosed please find Money order for Five of 100 Dollars for a copy of Two Rivulets

, which please send to my address & to my name This subscription is from a lady client of mine yours

Seeger Since writing my note I have secured the promise of one subscription & possibly with it 2 more

In my copy, would solicit the pleasure of having your autograph signature on fly leaf.

By this time you will, I trust, be in possession of my printed notes and of the numbers of Great Thoughts

I feel to him just now as though he were my grandfather or an aged uncle; as though I once knew him but

my remembrances were like an infant's."

A similar occasion last year on my birthday Dec. 8 suggested the enclosed "Snow Thought" It is now a

glistening road & through the keen, frosty air has exhilirated me & sent the warm blood tingling to my

Dear Walt Whitman Accept of my best thanks for your kind letter with the enclosed slips of your article

He also says that he has sent your photo (from my negative) "back to England, to a daughter of Charles

I received a letter form Captain Nowell (from Queenstown) respecting our commission & his visit to you

Say I & my grateful love accompany him always!"—I saw him this morning.

grand organ & looking at the really fine display of gorgeously tinted bloom—quite a pleasant break in my

On October 8, 1890, Horace Traubel notes that Whitman received a letter from Captain Noell [sic] stating

Traubel notes a few days later on October 14: "W. said Captain Noell [sic] had been in with the blanket

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

I am glad that you like & endorse my Notes & I thank you cordially for your kindly remarks concerning

them— It may interest you to know that "the boys" gave me a "surprise party" on the evening of Dec. 8 —my

pleasant evening we had at the Bolton Art Club when I gave the members & their friends an account of my

I shall have great pleasure in sending a copy of my Notes to each of the friends whose names & addresses

In his March 9, 1892, letter to Traubel, Greenhalgh wrote that "Walt has taught me 'the glory of my daily

In all the departments of my life Walt entered with his loving personality & I am never alone" (Horace

In his March 9, 1892, letter to Traubel, Greenhalgh wrote that "Walt has taught me 'the glory of my daily

In all the departments of my life Walt entered with his loving personality & I am never alone" (Horace

Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."

volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My

all is well with me but I regret that I did not write to you sooner or cable to you immediately upon my

being and which eludes my senses and baffles my judgment to explain.

save my own, dear, good father could have done.

For all this and more I desire you to accept of my heartfelt thanks.

I am taking the liberty of writing to Dr Bucke to explain my not visiting him as I intended.

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

more before long which I think will interest you I feel very highly honoured by your wish to utilize my

I don't know how this will affect your reproducing my copy of it but you will know best.

Pardon my mentioning it.

I had a visit the other day from Captain Nowell of the S . .

Roose in this months National Review "'My imagination like my heart has always been with the women—I

that he wants to use the photos for his "forthcoming little (2d) annex," which would become Good-Bye My

On October 8, 1890, Horace Traubel notes that Whitman received a letter from Captain Noell [sic] stating

Traubel notes a few days later on October 14: "W. said Captain Noell [sic] had been in with the blanket

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

Johnston is referring to Whitman's Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

Nearly all "the boys" were present with two friends & the reading of my notes &c which took place in

has been commissioned to express this to you by letter which he will do probably by next mail Pardon my

I am prompted to take this liberty by a sense of my indebtedness to you, and I feel sure that you will

It is one of the desires of my life to look upon your venerable face in the flesh, and to be taken by

the hand of my loving Comrade; and I am not without the hope of one day being thus honoured by him who

has done so much to enrich my life and to rescue my Soul from its quagmire of Doubt and Despondency.

My Dear Old Friend, My heartiest thanks to you for your letter with enclosures rec d by last mail.

—thereby endorsing the professor's eulogistic references to me & my "Notes," & enhancing its value a

My best thanks to you for that.

& two surgical operations in addition to a long list of cases) & I have still a letter to write to my

My best love to you now & always & my warmest greeting! God bless you!

June 26 th 1891 My Dear Walt Whitman, Most heartily do I thank you for yr kindness in sending me the

One of these sweet hours I am now enjoying in Raikes Wood—the nearest bit of natural wood to my house

& one of my favourite haunts—where I draft this letter, sitting upon a fallen tree trunk.

glistening rain drops—horsetails & wild rhubarb through which I have had to wade knee deep to get to my

I send you a little souvenir of that visit to my wood.

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

54 Manchester Road Bolton, England July 3rd, 1891 My Dear Old Friend, This afternoon I recd. your kind

p.c. of June 23rd & thank you for it with all my heart.

Please give them & Mrs Davis my kindest regards.

Wallace called here last night, during my absence from town on business, & left one of the "Good Byes

But my time is up. Good night & god bless you Yours affectionately J Johnston Dr.

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

Johnston is referring to Whitman's Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

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

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

54 Manchester Road Bolton England June 11 th 1891 My Dear, Good Old Friend, Yesterday was a real Jubilee

God grant that this may be so, my dearest & best of friends, & my life's Benefactor & Blessing!

My best thanks to you, too, for your kind gift of the "mask" photograph.

I hope you liked the Birthday Letter of the friends & the copy of my "Notes."

I am sending Whittier a copy of your 1890 photo & of my "Notes" JJ Dr.

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

Johnston is referring to Whitman's Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

In his letter of June 10, 1891, Johnston ordered six copies of Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy and a

England June 17 th 1891 Just another word of loving greeting & good cheer, wafted from over sea to you my

be very pleased to supply you I have received a nice letter from Ernest Rhys in which he says that my

Though we are now fast approaching Midsummer Day—my dear, old Mother's Birthday—we have had very little

tassels— Later Since writing the above I have received yr kind pc of June 6 for which I return you my

volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

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

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

54 Manchester Road Bolton Lancashire, England Feb 6 th 1891 My Dear Old Friend Just a few lines to acknowledge

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

54 Manchester Road Bolton Lancashire England Feb 27 91 My Dear Old Friend, Just a few lines to acknowledge

My best thanks to you for all & for your loving benediction & "heart full of good wishes & affectionate

warmest thanks & I should like you to convey my gratitude to him for his dear good letter.

Of my sympathy you are already assured & what can I say but renew the expression of my personal affection

May God grant that it may be so is my heart felt prayer.

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

54 Manchester Road Bolton, England Jan 20 th 1891 My Dear Old Friend, By this mail I send you the current

J.W.W. called at my surgery this morning & read to me the draft of a letter to you concerning Ruskin

has been to me or how much I owe to his good influence; for he has been one of three good genii of my

life—the other two being yourself & my own, dear, good old father.

Pardon my writing thus about my friend but "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." &

Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."

54 Manchester Road Bolton, England Feb 21 st 1891 My Dear Old Friend I was indeed delighted to receive

Hope that he has now quite recovered from it Things are going on with us here much as usual—my time being

chiefly occupied with my professional work, with, as you will see from the Bolton Journal which I send

During the last three weeks my wife has been on the sick list—suffering from a rather severe attack of

At the next exhibition of my American photographic slides—which will be on Mar 5th on the occasion of

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

My best & warmest thanks to you, my dear good old friend, for your kind & most welcome p.c. of Jan 9

Last week I forwarded you a copy of my second one from him which I hope you have received.

The following is the list of friends to whom you wished me to send copies of my "Notes."

Nowell, Mrs Harrison & of course to my relatives & such of my personal friends as I thought likely to

with which you have dowered my life!

that he wants to use the photos for his "forthcoming little (2d) annex," which would become Good-Bye My

This expresses the mere fact, so far as I can read my inner self, though perhaps my own industry in life

, on the lines of author mainly, may not seem to corroborate my statement."

She was a widow and had been married to a sea captain. See Carol J.

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

54 Manchester Road Bolton, England May 13 th 1891 830pm My Dear Walt Whitman I have just finished the

God grant that this may be so, my dear brave old Friend!

It is postmarked: Bolton | 56 | MY 13 | 91; Bolton | 56 | MY 13 | 91; Bolton | 56 | MY 13 | 91; Bolton

| 56 | MY 13 | 91; New York | May | 22, Paid | D | All; A | 91; Camden, N.J.

My Dear Old Friend, Just a line or two to acknowledge the receipt, this morning, of your kind p.c. of

May 8 & to send you my heartfelt thanks for it.

If so will you please convey my kindest regards & best wishes to him?

At noon today my eyes were gladdened by the rec t of a copy of the New England Magazine for May containing

It is a great pleasure to me to see some of my photographs reproduced in an article by such a warm-hearted

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

It connects itself with memories of my mother's like condition—her only companion often a canary too.

54 Manchester Road Bolton, England May 16 th 1891 My Dear Old Friend, My warmest thanks to you for your

All good be with you, my dearest & best of friends & His Peace be yours!

. | May | 28 | 6 AM | 1891 | Rec'd; New York | May 27 | 91; Paid | A | All; Bolton | | MY 16 | 91.

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

My heart's best gratitude to you beloved Master & Friend for your magnificent Letter of march 30th &

"valved voice"; and I seem to live over again those two red letter—nay rather epoch-making—days of my

life which I spent with you , my dear, old Camerado & Elder Brother.

We had another Whitman gathering at The College last night (April 14th) Some of the friends came to my

But I must close as I have other duties awaiting my attention.

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

My Dear Old Friend, Your kind post card of April 20 th arrived here during my absence in Scotland & I

at my own inability to do anything for you!

At Corby—a pretty little Cumberland village where my married sister lives—I saw my first swallows of

But my greatest Heart-joy was at Annan —my native place—with my Father —my life-long Exemplar of Truth

& Righteousness—my Mother —dearest & best of womankind in all the world to me—my dear Brother & my old

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

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

54 Manchester Road Bolton Lancashire England July 10 th 1891 My Dear Good Old Friend.

grateful & appreciative of your bountiful generosity by writing to you as often as possible & doing my

My latest convert to the "brotherhood" is a working-man—a machine fitter—named George Humphries who lives

in a narrow side street, & who has a genuine interest in you personally (through reading my "Notes"

That & O'Connor's favourite are my favourites in the "budget"; but each of them is characteristically

Traubel's "Walt Whitman's Birthday" and "Walt Whitman's Last" (a brief note on his last miscellany Good-Bye 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

not a poem by Whitman but rather "Walt Whitman's Last" (a brief note on his last miscellany Good-Bye My

My Dear Old Friend Again have I to thank you for your kindness in writing to me.

know that this is the anniversary (by the day of the week, tho' it is tomorrow by the calendar) of my

, next morning I ferried the River, booked at the West Jersey Hotel & with a palpitating heart made my

When I think of those two happy, happy days I spent with you & all you have been to me since, my heart

swells with reverential grateful love to you, my Benefactor, my dearest & best friend.

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

Johnston is referring to Whitman's Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

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

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

54 Manchester Rd Bolton England July 15 th , 1891 My Dear Old Friend, This is a sacred day for me—a day

hand, sat & talked with you—a day for ever memorable to me as one of the three supremely Happy Days in my

These are:— I The Day when I was "capped" & received my Degree at the University of Edinburgh— (Aug 1

And yet I seem to have known you all my life!

Give him my love! " Yes little birdie; I will send him your loving message, along with my own.

54 Manchester Rd Bolton England July 18/91 My Dear Walt Whitman Just a few lines to supplement Dr Bucke's

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

It connects itself with memories of my mother's like condition—her only companion often a canary too.

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

My Dear Old Friend, I now take up the thread of my narrative about Dr Bucke & his doings amongst us at

the point where I left off in my last letter Sunday morning (July 19th) he stayed indoors resting, reading

because they contained what was on the whole good news of you After breakfast the Dr, J.W.W. & I drove in my

Forgive my seeming levity. Upon such a grave subject.

Please convey my warmest regards to all & accept the heart love of yours affectionately J.

In his March 9, 1892, letter to Traubel, Greenhalgh wrote that "Walt has taught me 'the glory of my daily

In all the departments of my life Walt entered with his loving personality & I am never alone" (Horace

54, Manchester Road, Bolton England Jan 6th '91 My best thanks to you, my dear, good old friend for your

you help me to do more than I can tell you—and sick folks are numerous at this time of the year—But my

work has its compensations obably, nay, certainly, heightens my enjoyment & appreciation of the beauty

, the mystery & somewhat of the meaning of the shards of External Nature which have opened my eyes to