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22 Oct. 1867 22 October Well Walter my dear i have just received your welcome letter with the 10 dollers
says if this medicine dont don't help me he know as any thing will sometimes i think it will help me my
Y., on a visit to my mother."
Sir: A few days since I gave to the Secretary of the Interior my opinion in favor of the payment of your
received the letter I wrote in answer to yours of date "a long time ago" ( very definite ) in reply to my
I have an impression that I can give a reason why you did not answer my last though I perhaps do you
My dear Heaven waitheth waiteth for mortals when earth is departed.
Y. on a visit to my mother, but I am now back here again, and am well as usual, and working in the same
There is nothing very new in my affairs.
—it is quite pleasant—mostly young people, full of life & gayety—then I go to my work at 9, & leave at
I wish you to give my love to your father & mother. They do not seem at all like strangers to me.
And now Alfred I must bid you farewell for the present, my loving boy & comrade.
All I mark as my own, you shall offset it with your own, Else it were time lost listening to me.
I know I am august; I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself, or be understood; I see that the
My foothold is tenon'd and mortis'd in granite; I laugh at what you call dissolution; And I know the
My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs; On every step bunches of ages, and larger bunches
Before I was born out of my mother, generations guided me; My embryo has never been torpid—nothing could
Dear friend, My feeling and attitude about a volume of selections from my Leaves by Mr.
since that seems to be the pivotal affair, & since he has the kindness to shape his action so much by my
The recherché or ethereal sense of the term, as used in my book, arises probably from the actual Calamus
Nov. 1, 1867 My dear Mr. Church: I send herewith the proof of Democracy .
to direct you to take the same course in regard to the Fenian arms at Rouse's Point, as indicated in my
My dear Walt, I introduce to you Mr.
My dear Conway: Mr. Whitman has shown me your letter of October 12, with news of Mr.
But as I have made Leaves of Grass & their author my study for the last seven years, & have had some
These are the points, my dear Conway, that I wish, through you, to submit to Mr. Rosetti.
Whitman my intention of writing him, & he, W., has made no objection.
He observed to Traubel: "It gives my idea of my own book: a man's idea of his own book—his serious idea—is
In reply to your note of some days since, in reference to acting as my agent, for sale of "Leaves of
My dear Sir, Allow me with the deepest reverence & true affection to thank you for the copy of your complete
My selection was settled more than a month ago, & is now going thro' the press .
I shall always hold it one of the truest & most prized distinctions of my writing career to be associated
ever had such a bad coughf cough before i know how i should have got the meals if he had been home my
is somewhat better to day i have had mustard plasters acrost across my chest and i think it has done
me good i feel the soreness of the mustard but the soreness and distress in my side is much better)
last winter for all it was so very cold on the park i had to cover up my head to keep my ears from freezing
old days if i had none i believe i cant can't wr ite any more to night good bie walter dear my love
the 6th inst. relative to proceedings pending in your District "to confiscate the property of the Captain
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
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
of the Metropolitan Police, No. 300 Mulberry Street, N EW Y ORK, Dec 6th, 186 7 Friend Wat Walt At my
I could tell you a long story of my actions, for the relief and assistance of our Soldiers and their
My dear Sir, Your letter of 22 Novr. reached me the other day thro' Mr. Conway .
I think the most convenient course may be for me first to state the facts about my Selection.
publisher told me that he projected bringing out a selection from your poems, & (in consequence of my
My Prefatory Notice explains my principle of selection to exactly the same effect as given in this present
I had previously given it a title of my own, "Nocturn for the Death of Lincoln"; & in my Prefatory Notice
editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My
I should be glad to know whether you are aware of any objections to my complying with the request of
Hartwell, was yesterday advanced by the Supreme Court, on my motion, and that the second Monday in January
wensday Wednesday afternoon my dear walt i have got your letter with the 5 dollars and am oblige obliged
with much pleasure i make no doubt as the evening is so tedious as i cant can't work much if i doo do my
me of the 1st November 1867,— whereupon the whole matter was treated as having been withdrawn from my
consideration, and all the papers relating to it, were, with my letter of 5th Nov. 1867, transmitted
That he acted at the instance of the United States, however, is sufficient to authorize my consent to
My dear Madam: I have received your letter of the 9th instant, and in reply beg to say that if you will
Ohio, enclosing a copy of Governor Tod's letter to you, I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of my
more she is such a mischieveous girl i get up very early and that seems to be the only time i can get my
st Warren St. i think they will make a great deal out of the job in new york New York but it is only my
making Appropriations for the current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Bureau," by which it is made my
examination and to state that what proceedings, &c. relative to said stocks and investments, are in my
would have made me feel miserable were it not that before then the matter had already been set right, & my
My first letter to you was written too much from the impulse of the moment; &, finding soon after from
Not one syllable of any one of your poems, as presented in my selection, will be altered or omitted:
To be by your friendship is as great a satisfaction & distinction as my life has presented or ever can
acquiesce in the express views he takes of late years of particular questions wd be simply to abnegate my
Tracy, My dear Sir: Your note has been received.
On the third point of inquiry, in my opinion, the various law officers now attached to the other Departments
Dec. '67 thursday Thursday 26th My dear Walt i received your letter with the 5 doller dollars all first
This preliminary action was made necessary by my imperfect knowledge of the circumstances.
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
Atlantic Av Your essay on Democracy stirred the depths within me I would say no flatering word to you my
I am unlearned and cannot see the same thoughts so as to form them in my mind yet their power is clear
on Earth and good will to man) was it ( Glory to God in the highest )—perhaps so if I had have put my
What a boon is Life. how glad I am every day that I am priveledged privileged to be one among my fellows
My address is at the Attorney General's office here. (New York house, please forward this to Mr.
My dear sirs: I shall be in New York, & will call upon you, 2d of January.
as my body did its food.
It strengthened my faith, and very curiously wrought upon and contributed to my sense of self, my personality
And again: "My comrade!
O my rapt song, my charm—mock me not!
When it was concluded he added O Captain, My Captain ,and a few other pieces, and joining them to the
O joy of my spirit uncaged—it hops like a bird on the grass mounds of earth.
O joy of my spirit
The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including this line) were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery
A similar line in that poem reads: "O the joy of my spirit! It is uncaged!
original "Inscription" to the 1867 edition, ultimately appearing under the title "Small the Theme of My
has yet to be known; May-be seeming to me what they are (as doubtless they indeed but seem) as from my
driver and met Whitman one stormy night in 1865 when Whitman, looking (as Doyle said) "like an old sea-captain
W. laughed heartily the instant I put my hands on it (I had seen it often before)—Harned mimicked Doyle
, W. retorting: 'Never mind, the expression on my face atones for all that is lacking in his.
Doyle should be a girl'—but W. shook his head, laughing again: 'No—don't be too hard on it: that is my
I have already transmitted to you, with my communication of the 29th November, referred to above, a copy
of my letter of instruction to the District Attorney of this District, which, with the other papers
compliance with request in your name in letter from George Routledge & Sons, New York, of December 28th & my
For my own convenience & to insure correctness I have had the MS. put in type, & thus transmit it to
It is to be distinctly understood that I reserve the right to print it in any future editions of my book
Hoping success to the Magazine, & that my piece may be found acceptable for it, I remain Respectfully
&c yours, Walt Whitman My address is at Attorney General's Office, Washington City, U.S.A.
—Mat has worried about my not giving it to you ever since we came away—you must thank her for it not
My arm has come out in a sore were where one of the balls struck it it is so bad that it gives me much
urge him to give me a posison position I have some recomdation recommendation from Curtain of Pa & my
Captain.
earliest convenience, to return my answers thereto in writing.
Before my appointment to my present office, I was a lawyer.
In my youth, before my first entering the public service, I had not adopted a permanent occupation. 5
I was educated by my parents, and by solitary study. 6.
The law clerk's hours are similar to my own.
lecture last Friday night —I was very much pleased— I pass the time very quietly—some evenings I spend in my
Feb. 1, 68 My dear friend, I have but a moment in which to write to you, if I save the mail.
My object is to ask you, in behalf of Hotten, whether it is consistent with your will that the selection
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
propose would of course be adopted by me with thanks & without a moment's debate, were it not that my
Robert Buchanan's new vol. of "Essays" placed in my hands.
that Court in favor of the State of Georgia, against yourself, General Meade, General Ruger, and Captain
Stanton that he, as well as yourself, wished me to appear in my official capacity to argue the motions
Upon the present motion, I feel no sort of embarrassment in resisting it in consequence of my known opinions