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Camden Sunday 2½ P M June 17 '88 I am sitting up for three hours in the big chair—have had a bit of dinner—had
Watson Gilder (see Traubel, Wednesday, March 20, 1889), Josephine Lazarus (see Traubel, Tuesday, April 2,
Have you seen that novel "The Story of an African Farm"?
. | Ju 2 | 6 AM | 88 | Rec'd.
See especially note 2.
Though she wrote a number of political works, she is now probably best known for her novel The Story
Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
On June 2, 1888, photographs of Walt Whitman and drawings of his birthplace, his Camden house, and his
He has done something I don't like—withheld a part of the explanation of the cipher, and moreover expounded
The fragments of the cipher story in the book are quite amazing and have wonderful vraisemblance.
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
the waistcoat if it takes our last cent" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Wednesday, May 2,
Hempstead and Son, [2 May 1888]
Hempstead & Son, see Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Wednesday, May 2, 1888).
Hempstead & Son on the front of a blank envelope (for Whitman's response, see his letter of May 2, 1888
Hempstead & Son, see Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Wednesday, May 2, 1888).
will enclose them also in this— 4/27/88 6½ | 4½ | 10 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 7½ | 43½ 4.3½ | 3.2½ | 161 5 | 2½
Gloucester, has just been here to invite me down to baked shad dinner at his place, Tuesday next, abt 2.
Hempstead & Son, see Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Wednesday, May 2, 1888).
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
Rogers was buried on April 2 (Whitman's Commonplace Book; Charles E.
chestnut burr" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Thursday, May 17, 1888; Monday, October 2,
lately, as you see); C's wife comes home (she was in Chicago) & R. leaves, & goes to the house of Kate
Kate Gannett Wells (1813–1911) was a philanthropist, writer, educational reformer, and anti-suffragist
Kennedy had reported in a letter to Whitman of January 2, 1888 that Frederick W.
See the March 2, 1888, letter from Judah B. Voorhees to Whitman.
Kennedy had reported in a letter to Whitman of January 2, 1888 that Frederick W.
Camden March 21 2 PM The Herald has just come—all right — W W Walt Whitman to William Ingram, 21 March
. | Mar | 21 | 5 P M | Rec'd; Point St-Char | 2 | M | 88 | .
Camden 2 P M March 20 '88 It is a cloudy dark wet day—raining hard outside as I sit here by the window—am
come off in the Grand Opera House two weeks from Monday next—"A Day's life in a Sculptor's Studio." 3 parts—or
I give half the proceeds to the Y.M.C.A. a part of which the Senate is to have for a library.
During the noon interruption between 1st 2nd parts, they will (draped in white with powdered faces &
And much more, but all finally so arranged & compacted that it will run smooth & occupy 2½ hours.
On March 2 Walt Whitman had sent a bill to the New York Herald for $100 for the pieces printed in January
On March 2, 1888, Whitman had sent a bill to the New York Herald; for a draft of this letter, see the
Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts, [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:
sent to Herald March 2 A Prairie sunset.
Surrogate's Office Kings County Brooklyn, March 2 188 8 Walter Whitman Esq Dear Sir I take great pleasure
Voorhees to Walt Whitman, 2 March 1888
I've worked on my story some of late, & have all done but the last 3 chapters.
| Feb 2 (?) | 4 30 PM | 88; Saint Augustine | 2 M | Feb | 28 | 1888 | Fla.
the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., MSS18630, Box 4, Reel 2–
Emerson (who is 85 years old, they tell me,) & Ellen Emerson, formed part of the audience which though
The discussion after my paper, in which Sanborn took a main part, was full of interest, & there was a
general agreement with my position, & that part based on Leaves of Grass in especial.
Camden Feb: 17 '88 2 P M Yours of 15th rec'd —you ought to be getting the MS—package as I sent it by
Kennedy had reported in a letter to Whitman of January 2, 1888 that Frederick W.
Second Cello Concerto and the Fourth Symphony of Brahms (see the Philadelphia Times [February 16, 1888], 2)
. | | FE 2 88 | AC; Philadelphia | | Paid.
He also copies part of Morse's original letter and includes it as an enclosure, which he pastes onto
. | Feb 2 | 6am | 88; | P.O. | 2-2-88 | 10-1A | N.Y.
in the morning sunlight, which streamed upon a carpet of waste paper—letters, journals, pamphlets, story
Whack away at everything pertaining to literary life—mechanical part as well as the rest.
Mr. ston's brother has enquired and can arrange that part. In case anyone should like a copy.
On the back of this letter, Whitman wrote a letter to Richard Maurice Bucke dated February 2–3, 1888.
Camden Jan: 24 '88 Just after 2 P M —Yours of 22d has just come—Have you rec'd a letter from J H Johnston
Kossabone"; February 27, "Mannahatta"; February 29, "Paumanok"; March 1, "From Montauk Point"; March 2,
Broadway"; April 15, "Life"; April 16, "To Get the Final Lilt of Songs"; April 23, "To-day and Thee"; May 2,
. | 1-15-88 | 2–1A | N.Y.
It will probably be $2 ab't— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Robert Pearsall Smith, 11 January 1888
—poor Harry Stafford's throat trouble is the same as ever— Walt Whitman Belmont Jan 2 '88 To Walt Whitman
Dressed as Portia, when a Shakespeare masquerade (in which everyone took some part from the plays) was
Whitman wrote this letter to Bucke on the the back of a January 2, 1889, letter from William Sloane Kennedy
Dressed as Portia, when a Shakespeare masquerade (in which everyone took some part from the plays) was
Belmont Jan 2 '88 To Walt Whitman: Dear Friend:— A letter rec'd from Fredk W.
William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 2 January 1888
On the verso appears part of a letter with Houghton Mifflin Publishers letterhead. The Dead Emperor
Parts of this note would be published in Notes (Such as They Are) Founded on Elias Hicks in November
(See Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, 2: 42.)