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My dear Walt: I duly got your letter of May 5th and was very glad to hear from you.

Part of it is about my coming upon the Times —a sort of hankering treatment of the subject, but no offer

, which of course he couldn't well make, not knowing exactly how useful or available my talent would

Give my loving remembrance to all, especially your mother.

It being my first efforts at publishing, I would make extraordinary efforts to have an extensive sale

One of my reasons for securing your friendship is my appreciation for you as a man, well knowing your

I shall take the liberty of enclosing a card as soon as my arrangement for location is completed.

Dear friend, My brother does not get on quite as well as I had anticipated.

Yet I still hold to the judgment in my previous letter.

(Also the first letter soon after my arrival here.)

If my brother does not get worse, & no crisis takes place, I think, (as at present intending) I shall

Nelly, I send you my true love, my darling. Walt.

—I am yet young but have had more experience for my age than many Desiring to thoroughly understand the

work I have undertaken I make these inquiries—My dearest wish is like Burns'— "That I for poor Columbia's

Simpson My dear Sir: I have been absent in New York & Brooklyn & only returned three days ago.

At present, I can only say that if you are going into publishing & if you feel like taking hold of my

My address is at this office.

…One of my reasons for securing your friendship is my appreciation for you as a man, with knowing your

stiff with them—the Bullards I mean the people that are going to move in—the d—m cusses shant have my

water pipe unless the[y] behave decent—yet I suppose the Park people are mean enough to prevent my taking

I had the Times of Friday while eating my Breakfast on Sunday—that is pretty well isnt it.

stay here long—I begin to like the city better—Yet it dont come up to B[rooklyn] by a long chalk— Give my

much with a "Compound Fracture" of the leg and after laying months and months had it amputated at last My

As to me & my fortunes I am in pretty good health, thank God—& I am working in the Attorney General's

I send you my love, dear friend & soldier, & I hope this will find you well in health & in good spirits

next to Lewis Brown's in Armory Square Hospital in 1862 and 1863, and recalled Walt Whitman's visits: "My

over waves, towards the house of maternity, the land of migrations, look afar, Look off the shores of my

"My days I sing, and the land's:" this is the key-note.

I cannot tell how my ankles bend, nor whence the cause of my faintest wish, Nor the cause of the friendship

That I walk up my stoop!

The little light fades the immense and diaphanous shadows; The air tastes good to my palate.

take great pleasure in writing to you again, and in giving you some of the particular in regard to my

health, limb situation, &c My health at present is very good—better than at any time since I left the

troubled me of any account have worn my artificial nearly all the time since the winter of –'64.

dist) threw me out of my position as doortender.

my not writing let them lay it to my inabilities instead of my inclination Waiting to hear from you

compensation allowed to counsel upon employment by this office, I feel that I am scarcely warranted in giving my

the suggestion that you reduce it to the sum I have indicated, which, being done, I will promptly add my

As a claim against the United States, it is clearly without my official province, & I must therefore

20 June 1867 thursday Thursday 10 oclock o'clock My dear Walt i received your letter yesterday with the

in all of Whitman's poetry, from the second stanza of Leaves of Grass (1855), "I lean and loafe at my

Sir: In accordance with your request, I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of my letter of January

To state the latest: this morning (Sunday) I got up and prepared my own breakfast as usual (and after

having went over my garden (until 10 o'clock, I quietly took a chair and sat down to enjoy a perusal

I threw down the paper indignantly, and seizing my boots and coat retired to the kitchen, and shut the

But I was pursued there, and could not escape without forcing my way; but I came out of the encounter

with the back of my right hand so badly lacerated by her nails, that I am compelled to bandage it.

My Dear Walt: You have, I believe, in your hands certain charges against Judge Kelly of Idaho.

His friends are my friends, and while I do not know much of him personally, I nevertheless know his accuser

I congratulate you, my dear fellow, on the great appreciation which reaches across the greatwater to

My dear Hiram Ramsdell: Mr.

—In respect to Judge Kelly, & his matter, I had already formed my opinion & made out my Report several

I hope it may happen one day that I may have him near at hand, that we get to be friends—such is in my

—There is nothing new in my affrairs—all goes on as usual in the office. I am well.

My Dear Friend, W.H.

Piper , using my name.

My love to the O'Connors.

1870, letter to Trowbridge, Whitman announced that he had "engaged in electrotyping a new edition of my

year or more ago of some Boston publisher, or bookseller, who was willing (or perhaps wished) to sell my

See John Townsend Trowbridge, My Own Story (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 265–67.

My Dear Walt— I got your pleasant letter, and thank you for the attention you paid my note through Mr

I feared over aggressiveness (perhaps my mulishness) on the 20 percent and other mooted questions had

Philp, just starting for London, a copy of my Poems, prepared with care for the printers, with reference

I wish to send you, as also to those other friends & well-wishers whom it seems I have in England, my

Many serious & wonderful things have occurred in our dear country, since you & I last met, my friend.

Philp leaves Washington this evening, & I must hasten my letter.

the Attorney General's Office here, of pay sufficient, & duties entirely agreeable & consistent with my

Y., & remained home quite a long time—one of my brothers, (who had been a soldier & all through the war

My Mother, & the rest of the folks, are all well. I have had good health since I last wrote to you.

I send them my love, & a full share to you, dearest comrade.

My address is the same as you directed your former letters. Well, I must draw to a close.

Farewell, my darling boy, & God bless you, & bless the dear parents also. Walt Whitman.

My dear friend, Will some of you, the first time you go down town, stop at office (or shop) of E.

Arnold—& the last from Arthur, & every thing— So good bye for this time—I send you my love, dear friend

1867 August 1 my dear Walt i will try once more to write A line to say we are all about the same only

Mason, Towanda, Give my regards to Mr & Mrs O'Conner and friends that I met in Washington— I hope you

Y., sought to be acquired for Customs' purposes; and to state that, in my opinion, the proposed conveyance

My dear Mr.

No. 39 PARK ROW, New York, Aug 8 186 7 My dear Sir: I was very much gratified to receive your fine Harvest

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

Oberlin Ohio Aug 9th 1867 Mr Whitman Dr Dear sir I take this opportunity to inform you that I have made my

trip to Wisconsin and returned here yesterday, and will soon be in Washington and hope my orders will

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

Sunday, August 11th/67 My dear Walt I received your letter and was right glad to get it I am in rather

fashionable calls but of course I must submit to it. but what I enjoy most of any thing else is sitting in my

Dear Sir: I have not, as yet, received any proof of the Carol of Harvest I neglected to mention, in my

Published Monthly OFFICE OF THE GALAXY No. 39 Park Row, New York , Aug 13 186 7 My dear Sir: I send the

Grose's membership in the Surrey regiment earned him the title of captain in 1766, which he adopted as

Rider, and that in my opinion, no public object now exists which could be promoted by the proposed attempt

Published Monthly OFFICE OF THE GALAXY No. 39 Park Row, New York , Sept 4 186 7 My dear Sir: I spoke

My dear friend, It gave me much pleasure to hear from you; and now I am quite full of gratitude for the

I shall keep my eyes wide open; and the volume with O'C's introduction shall come out just as it is.

15 th Sunday 18 67 Dear Friend Walt Whitman I know that you will not think I have forgotten you by my

long silence for I have been waiting patiently for more than four months for an answer to my last letter

I spent a week in New York City in June, my Wife was taken sick there while visiting her Sister and they

I am a married man but I am not happy for my disposition is not right.

21, 1867, Wilson acknowledged Whitman's reply of April 12, 1867: "I do not want you to misunderstand my

motives in writing to you of my Situation & feelings as I did in my last letter or else I shall have

to be more guarded in my letters to you.

I wrote so because you wanted me to write how I was situated, and give you my mind without reserve, and

My dear friend, I find my mother in excellent spirits & fair health & strength, considering her age,

Show John this letter—I send him my love—William, I have not yet rec'd any letters—when any come, send

My sister Mat & her children are here. Farewell.

vulgarity and meanness, and described an encounter with her which he came out of with "the back of my

"Henry Clapp," Walt Whitman said to Horace Traubel, "stepped out from the crowd of hooters—was my friend

So I know beforehand that my pamphlet comes to you at a disadvantage" (Charles E.

Brooklyn September 21, 1867 My dear friend, As you see by the date, &c.

I am home, on a visit to my mother & the rest.

My brother George is very well, looks hearty & brown as ever—much like he used to, only more serious—Jeff

My dear friend, I suppose you saw my letter to William O'Connor, a week since, with notice of my safe

Give my best respects to Mrs.

There is nothing specially new or important among my folks—they all wish me to give their best regards

My dear friend, Your letter, & the two accompanying, came safe. I saw F. P.

Nothing new among my folks, or domestic matters.

purchasing property, or rather becoming responsible for the same — William, you needn't send any more of my

I shall return within three or four days—I shall write out & finish there, as my leave extends two weeks

appreciation of your literary genius, & a special request that you write for the John Burroughs, I send you my

18 City Hall Octo. 3d '67 My dear Walt, I have this moment clipped the enclosed paragraphs about Garibaldi

He is not a great captain; as a tactician he is no better than JEANNE D'ARC, but like her he has a familiar

ALEXANDER DUMAS to write my memoirs from.

My dear friend, I regret to say that our hopes of getting out the complete and arranged edition of your

My first feeling at hearing of this arrangement was one of regret.

In the next place it is far better, in my opinion and that of your real friends here, that the introduction

facts together with the assured social and literary position of Rossetti make him of all persons of my

Conway Observe my change of address Moncure D. Conway to Walt Whitman, 12 October 1867

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

editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My

James Gray, Bookbinder 16 Spruce st. 4th floor, is the custodian of the sheets of my Leaves of Grass,

Galaxy Office Oct 15 /67 My dear Sir: I am pleased to hear that your article will be ready by the 21st—a

Oct 17th My dear Walt 1867 the post man has gone bye by and no letters, and its being thursday Thursday

i feel worried very much for fear it is gone as i dident didn't get it yesterday my usuall usual day

letter is gone i have been waching the letter man and he s he's past and no letter i feel real bad my

My dear Sir: I send the article on Democracy. If satisfactory I should like $100 for it.

is sunday Sunday and no word nor letter have i got yet i am very confidant confident you have sent my

would hardly stop long enoughf enough for me to say any thing to him) all he said its it's none of my

fault none of my fault in A quick way and hurried on you have undoubtably undoubtedly got the letter

would get one or two common gowns sh e would stich stitch them for me and i was going to get one out of my

Published Monthly OFFICE OF THE GALAXY No. 39 Park Row, New York , Oct. 21 186 7 My dear Sir: Your ms