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Camden March 1 '87 2½ P M Your letter of Sunday has come, & I am glad to get those impromptu well filled
partnership, Glasgow, but sets up by himself— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 1
Camden New Jersey June 3—P M Yours of June 1 rec'd this afternoon—Thanks—best & joyfulest thanks to you
Camden Feb: 1 '88 PM I remain ab't the same as usual—Dr Bucke was here most of yesterday — staid stayed
column —E R[hys] is not here yet—weather more endurable— W W Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 1
Camden Evn'g—April 1 '90 Y'r card rec'd —thanks—fine sunny day & clear evn'g, after snow-storm &c—I have
Love to Mrs K— W W Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 1 April 1890
Camden Saturday Night Sept: 1 '88 Dear W S K Yours came right.
& thank for them—Traubel unspeakably faithful & kind — W W Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 1
should be truly glad to see you—perhaps best to call at Att'y Gen's office, Treasury Building—say from 1/
I did not wish you to send $5, for I do not think it right—it is entirely too much—nor mother $1—I think
I think of sending them by mail, if the postage is not more than $1.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington , Dec. 1, 1866. John S.
Jenks, 1 December 1866
Davis, 1 October 1863
furlough, his folks live I think in Jamaica, he is a noble boy, he may call upon you, (I gave him here $1
you will like to hear it, mother, so I tell you— I am finishing this in Major Hapgood's office, about 1
Washington September 1 1863 Dear Mother, I have been thinking to-day & all yesterday about the draft
write about her—dear mother, good bye for present— Walt Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 1
Well, it is now past midnight, pretty well on to 1 o'clock, & my sheet is most written out—so, my dear
little almost daily to Major Hapgood's, cor 15th & F st., 5th floor, am apt to be there about 12 or 1.
Washington February 1 1865 Dear Mother, I sent Jeff a letter three or four days ago, which I suppose
I send $1 for Nancy, the other for you—I may not write again till about the 12th, or perhaps 10th— Tell
Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 1 February 1865
see notes July 29, '88 | also Aug 1 All right my dear J R —$60 for the Booth article will do, in full
November 1, 1888. Dear Walt: I was so impressed with the letter Mr.
O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 1 November 1888
(if yet to be done) trim them, especially No: 1 and No: 4, leaving a little more white paper at bottom
Camden Monday Evn'g Aug 1 We have had three hot days right in a string but I am getting along with it
was much better—good—I will be down one of these days— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 1
I have got to get out of this house too, & very soon—for the new tenants take possession April 1.
Camden New Jersey Nov: 3 '91 I rec'd a postal money order for 1 pound f'm Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland
Your loving friend, Walt Walt Whitman Storms to Walt Whitman, 1 September 1877
Camden Wednesday Evn'g Evening Dec: December 1— 1880 Dear Hank Nothing very new with me the last two
Love to your father & mother, not forgetting your share dear son— Walt Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 1
the good times I have had, past summers—& show this letter to them, if they wish— It is now nearly 1,
Tuesday afternoon say by 2, (if convenient order it so, specifically) —It will make, I think, from 1½
to 1¾ columns—Can you use it in Wednesday's paper?
Camden N J New Jersey — noon Nov: November 1 '91 Ab't About same with me— tho' though I hear the papers
however well dress'd dressed in crowds going home church— W W Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 1
Camden Dec: December 1 '91 Dear sister, Suppose you have recd received letter f'm from me every week
Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 1 December 1891
Tuesday Evn'g Sept: 1 '91 — Camden Nothing very new—sun shining to day & cool here—have got down stairs
deaf—Love to you & God bless you sister dear Walt Whitman $2 enc'd: Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 1
love to you & and hope this will find you comfortable— y'rs yours rec'd received & welcomed always—$1
Bingham the big book (my complete works) —am sitting here in big chair same—pretty good night last—$1
Bucke is quite sick abed—Love to you, sister dear—$2 enclosed—Sun out shining beautifully—the 1 o'c whistle
for the extension of fourteen years further from expiration & send me certificate of such entry—find $1
Spofford, [1 August 1882]
U S America Boston, Oct October 5 188 1 Trübner & Co : Dear Sirs Osgood & Co: of this city, who have
.— God bless you W Whitman A P Leech | May 4 184 Walt Whitman to Abraham Paul Leech, 4 May 184[1?]
Whitman Whitman has written this letter to Richard Maurice Bucke on the back of Louis Kelley's October 1,
Camden Monday afternoon 1½ July 2 '88 Thanks for your letter this morn'g—the "Sands" is intended (such
is permanently assiduous & helpful & friendly to me all along—the one o'clock big whistle just blows 1½
conclusions to be gathered from a careful perusal of the statistics and facts bearing on this subject are— 1.
Emerson & Co., No 1 Spruce street.
In this lies our safety: AUDITOR'S OFFICE, BROOKLYN, May 1, 1857. John S.
O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 1 November 1865
Washington August 1 1863 Both your letters have been received, Lewy —the second one came this morning
Brown, 1 August 1863
brother & I are pleased with your plan, in general—my brother favors the ground story of stone ,—but the 1½
Camden Aug 1 I send a copy of L of G Leaves of Grass .
Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 1 August [1876]
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey— U S America June 1 '86 — Best love & greeting to you, & to Mr C
window—great bunches of roses, pinks & mignonette near me W W Walt Whitman to Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe, 1
"Leaves of Grass," author's special ed'n—& "Specimen Days" would be £1—s2 (one pound, two shillings [
328 Mickle street Camden New Jersey Dec 1 '86 My dear Gilder If entirely convenient have the magazine
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Watson Gilder, 1 December 1886
Lesley's —say on the 28th, at bet. between 12 and 1.
Nov. 7 1½ p m Mr: and Mrs: Harned Dear friends I send the two tickets for the lecture—Also a little book