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My dear Mr. Rossetti, Let me by this introduce to you an old and valued friend of mine, J. B.

My paralysis does not lift—I cannot walk any distance—I still have this baffling, obstinate, apparently

My dear friend, your offers of help, & those of my other British friends, I think I fully appreciate,

During my employment of seven years or more in Washington after the war (1865–'72) I regularly saved

a great part of my wages—& though the sum has now become about exhausted, by my expenses of the last

And that is the way I should prefer to glean my support—In that way I cheerfully accept all the aid my

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

Rossetti: My dear friend, I would ask of you the favor to see, if convenient, whether the enclosed article

My new book wont won't be out yet, publicly, for a month.

It is not in my new book, & is entirely fresh.

My dear Rossetti, The bearer of this note is Col. Richard J.

I am perfectly satisfied with the selections from my poems—and feel grateful to you for your kindness

My address remains the same—Solicitor's Office, Treasury, here. W.W.

These must have been my Selections of American Poems in the series Moxon's Popular Poems. W.M.R."

The delay of the last two months in getting ready my second instalment of the 1876 Edition, has annoyed

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

431 Stevens St—Camden, N Jersey U S America— Sept 1, '76 My dear friend, At last I am beginning to receive

from the bindery the second batch of my late Two Volume edition (I print 600 copies each Vol.) & send

I am now at last also supplying my English subscribers & friends their Vols.

My letter of June 26, speaking of the situation, the delay in printing this second batch, &c.

My dear little baby-nephew, & namesake, is dead, & buried by the side of my mother, a bitter cup to me—Otherwise

Yes, I shall, unless prevented, bring out a volume this summer, partly as my contribution to our National

intended for the lady (if I may be permitted to send it her)—and will you please accept the other with my

but I hope you will not dislike it, for I confess myself to a (perhaps capricious) fondness for it as my

My p. o. address remains the same, here. I am, & have been, quite well & hearty.

My new editions, considerably expanded, with what suggestions &c.

I send my love to Moncure Conway, if you see him. I wish he would write to me, soon & fully.

My impression is that hitherto she has cared very little about poetry.

My dear Mr. Rosetti Rossetti : I suppose Mr.

weeks since, assenting to the substitution of other words, &c. as proposed by you, in your reprint of my

When I have my next edition brought out here, I shall change the title of the piece "When lilacs last

It is quite certain that I shall add to my next edition (carrying out my plan from the first,) a brief

Very likely some of my suggestions have been anticipated.

propose would of course be adopted by me with thanks & without a moment's debate, were it not that my

Rossetti agreed to this change on December 8, 1867: "I had previously given it a title of my own, 'Nocturn

Bergen, of my bill for advertising, ($50) which was presented two weeks ago, and referred to Com. on

My dear Mr. Alden: Would the enclosed be considered opportune—& of use to you for The Citizen ?

Should you print the piece, I wish you to do me the favor to send ten copies by mail to my address here

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

My dear Linton; I want you to have printed very nicely for me 1000 impressions of the cut, my head, to

Camden New Jersey U S America Oct 24 I send you to-day today to same address as this card my Vol.

Feel or fancy I feel, relief already as summer wanes—one of my doctors thinks much of my head trouble

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey May 8 '78 My dear Linton I returned last evening from a jaunt to

half-&-half)—after a bad spell during March & most of April—thought I was going to have a relapse to my

—Since my late sick spell, it is not so likely the programme will be carried out —but I want to go about

My dear Linton: How do you get on with the picture?

I am back here at work at my desk, for the fall & coming winter.

Sunday , March 28 Dear Linton, My note of yesterday, (or day before,) asking for the bill was written

To-day, better, I have just taken up yours to read a second time, (as I generally do with my friends'

My dear Linton, Your kind letter came duly to hand.

Sept 14 My dear Linton, I rec'd a letter to–day from Moncure Conway (just arr'd arrived here from England

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

Dec December 11 '76 My dear Linton I have been for some weeks down in the country—half moping like—yet

I have been waiting for the chance to get from the bindery, or from my stack, (as I unwrap the books)

you want—I have it in mind, & shall get it so, & send it you— Meantime, let this remorseful note be my

apology— —My address here is still the same— Walt Whitman Camden New Jersey Walt Whitman to William

Brooklyn, Thursday forenoon April 11 My dear Linton, I have just been spending an hour looking over "

And it is well for me to get such reminding's— But my own vein is full of hope, promise, faith, certainty—I

My general strength, however, from fair to middling.

Dont feel to leave my anchorage here, just now—but hope yet to take advantage of your affectionate &

Camden New Jersey Sept. 8 noon Thanks, my friend, for your kind invitation—but am not able to accept

good-will & good luck to you, dear friends both—Nothing very new or different with me—I have just finished my

& blessings — I am writing for pub'n a little still—have had a bad spell last week & before—one of my

I am still kept in my sick room, (but no worse)—My book printing goes on smoothly—My "Notes," such as

they are, on E[lias] H[icks] among the rest—the bunch of golden rods on my table as I write— Walt Whitman

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America My dear Wm Harrison Riley Your letter has reach'd me

Riley was an ardent young Englishman who addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" on March 5.

In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."

rec'd received —I have some copies of John Burroughs's Notes on WW as Poet & Person , 2d edition, under my

Of my own works, complete edition, the enclosed circular will give you the particulars.

June 21 —and now a second copy same—write me a line please to say whether they reach you safely—I send my

My dear Dr. Channing: I yesterday received your kind note.

My leave of absence continues for some time yet, & I should probably like to visit you for a few days

I send my best respects & love to Mrs. Channing.

I wish you & wife to read my last piece in The Broadway London Magazine for October.

that the authorization in my letter of November 1st to Mr.

of the full volume of my poems.

I cannot & will not consent of my own volition, to countenance an expurgated edition of my pieces.

I feel it due to myself to write you explicitly thus, my dear Mr.

But I guess you will pick out my meaning. Perhaps, indeed, Mr.

written on November 17, 1867: "I shall always hold it one of the truest & most prized distinctions of my

offer of "friendship": "To be honoured by your friendship is as great a satisfaction & distinction as my

[My ambition is] to give something to our literature which will be our own; with neither foreign spirit

My dear mother I find in unusual health & spirits, for one of her age.

My brother George is well & hearty. Eddy the same. Mother sends her love to you & Nelly.

quite a part of my pleasure here.

I am writing this in my room at Mrs. Prices.

A. said "Give my love to Mrs. O'Connor, she is a woman I like—Mr.

I could convey no idea to you of how it affects my soul.

: "Swinton's discovery of the resemblance in form between Leaves of Grass and Blake's poetry, is in my

good week so far—am either throwing off (or easying) some of the worst bad subjections and grips — My

combined, comprehended at one glance—and here it is—of course I shall send you a copy— I am sitting yet in my

sick room now in my usual big chair by the oak wood fire, & alone.

I have plenty visitors enough & good ones—my appetite & sleep are fair—I have a new helper & nurse, a

I think of you every day—& most all my friends coming here ask ab't you—I rec'd the letter last week

could have wished—though as I get along with them, & versed, I am well satisfied with R W & Co. and my

My L of G plates having been sent on there from Rand & Avery's, Boston—& I shall begin on "Specimen Days

very soon—The Sunday Tribune, (N Y. to-day) has a short notice — Walt Whitman am now sitting alone in my

Camden N J Dec 9 '83 A young workingman & engineer, Edward Doyle, (brother of my dear friend Peter D.

Feb: 8 '89 Am thinking a good deal ab't you to-day—have rec'd the card N[elly] sent & it has rous'd my

tho't's & sympathies greatly—Nothing new or special in my condition— Love to you & N— Walt Whitman Walt

letter came—but I wish it had bro't me better news than that ab't the eyes—I still remain coop'd in my

The worry of Ruskin —he has at various times sent to me for six sets of my ($10, two Vol. volume ) centennial

Leaves of Grass is that they are too personal , too emotional, launched from the fires of myself , my

William, (as you seem to be destin'd destined to defend the banner) I say here once for all you have my

permission to make any extracts, at any time, should you so like from any of my letters— W W Walt Whitman

—Had a good supper, oysters & champagne, at my friends the Harneds in the evn'g—I only eat two meals

I have an article A Memorandum at a Venture 5 or 6 pages signed by my name in the forthcoming June number

although hastily written & eligible to great additions, I consider a sort of rallying point or key note to my

some proof copies, & will send you two or three soon as I get them—(It is a paid for contribution, my

same—am slowly getting on with the new (pocket-book) ed'n L of G. with Annex bits & Backw'd Glance at end—My

fresh lilacs—beautiful—am cogitating of a strong out-door push chair to get out in, to be propell'd by my

Philadelphia , July 6 1882 My dear friend If entirely convenient I wish you would find out whether there

I have written & sent my application to Mr Otto, & also a few lines to Mr Ashton, with a copy of it.

I am most desirous to get the appointment, as enclosing, with the rest of the points, my attentions to

the soldiers & to my poems, as you intimate.

Still Leaves of Grass is dear to me, always dearest to me, as my first born, as daughter of my life's

Not a word for over three months from my brother George —the probabilities are most gloomy.

Monday PM Aug: 6 '88 Hot & sweltering weather here now the sixth day—No good news to send you ab't my

—sitting up —but have not left my room— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William D.

tantalizing me a good deal, as I can just glean enough for a whiff only—Nothing special to write ab't in my