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My regard for you is so great that I am very sorry, not to be able to buy more copies of your books and

I am, everywhere in my teaching and writing, making your claims felt and shall continue to do so.

I do not think a single pupil held out against my arguments supplemented by readings from your work.

than in the American mind ," I have also used in company with Spencer's great law of progress upon my

I hope to be able to please you with my treatment of your great work.

I speak in Philadelphia in the evening but that will not interfere with my attendance at the dinner.

Who said when I invited him to hear my lecture upon your work—"I shall come by all means.

I gave two evenings to your work before my class at New England Conservatory.

My class is composed of about fifty bright young girls studying music.

I shall have "Specimen Days" in my class during Spring term.

Whitman: I talked last night to my Waltham class (of forty ladies) about your work and read to them.

I always advise my pupils so.

Dear friend: I sent my article on you to Walsh some weeks ago—have not heard from him but assume he will

I am now bargaining with Roberts bros. thereto. — I am also writing dramas—my fourth and last is praised

I shall try to bring that out next spring— I send you my photo—it may be of interest to you—I had just

been lecturing upon your prose and the book in my hand is "Specimen Days."

description of the Banquet and so on—The rest of the letter is a free report of what we talked about in my

revision, appeared in the eleventh poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, later titled Who Learns My

when I visited the Asylum and they showed me their most smeared and slobbering idiot, Yet I knew for my

for my consolation, of the great laws that emptied and broke my my brother s Whitman probably drafted

duk.00698xxx.01022Hannah BrushIsaac Joseph Stephen Jesse (my grandfather)...Between 1850 and 1880prosehandwritten1

Hannah Brush, (my grandmother Whitman) had only one brother, who died a young man—(the grave-stones from

My sister, Mrs Charles P.

I inclose you to-day $30, the result of an application to my friends, the Misses Wigglesworth.

Please accept my sincere thanks for your favor. Very gratefully yours Hannah L.

Friday Nov 13 1868 My dear Brother I have & still suffer so much agony I am like a child I have longed

so for a letter I have seen one to Charlie with a few lines to me If I could see one of my own folks

I dont suffer now, only my hand, the fever is gone my head is clear my mind has not wandered only when

Dr Thayer I believe thinks all my thumb wont won't get well I feel very anxious about it. dear brother

Dear broher I suffered dreadfully last night with my hand the Doctor did not come in yesterday I was

Saturday afternoon 14 July '83 My dearest Brother I rec'd received your card and Book, some little time

I took a notion all at once to send my pictures, I have not been very prompt have I Walt about the pictures

And to think my dearest brother you have been out. it It is wonderful good news to me.

I am trying to clean house, Walt dear, I do it all myself, but I take my time I have to.

—my carpets are all taken up down stairs downstairs (done cleaning up stairs upstairs glad to be able

to work even my way) Ime I'm slow enough, but do pretty well glad to stop a little while to write a

will you give my love to them, please.

Burlington Vt 1892 Tuesday Morning March 15 Only write a line my dear darling brother thinking maybe

so good to me.— What does me good or what is a comfort to me is nothing, you, are the one I care for my

not tire you if I could only do a bit of good— want Want to send much much love, & I do feel for you my

Vermont Saturday afternoon June 16 Are you well enough my dear brother for me to send you my love and

am so much afraid you have been worried about me I hope not—for I care as much about your health as my

How is Eddy I send ever & ever so muc much love to you my dear and to all Han Hannah Whitman Heyde to

am Good bye Han tell Mother I am better and want to come home and see you all more than ever, give my

Starting in the New York Militia, Wright was a captain in the 51st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

April 18 Thursday Afternoon 89 I do hope my dearest brother you are feeling a good deal better to day

today I do want you to be. so much. my My greatest comfort is thinking about your being pretty well,

I think of you always my dear brother as I always like to tell you indeed Walt I dont don't think I could

I had not heard you was were sick my dear brother It is right pretty to hear about those wild flowers

.— Walt dear I send love with all my heart.

disagreeable , if he has written & you will mind it, you would understand why if you had Dear Brother in my

hurry I made a mistake, thought this was written on I hope with my whole heart that I have not said

I think a great deal of my home with all my troubles I have only spoke of myself & could not help it

today Good bye Han Give my love to all Hannah Whitman Heyde to Walt Whitman, 2 January [1879]

My dearest Brother How very good you are to send me so much,—It was a great surprise, I dont don't know

know you feel so much interest in me, but Walt dear I shall mind fearfully your spending more money on my

—I have always thought if I was dangerously sick, my greatest wish would be to see you.

I am alone, my being sick has been bad for him I know '84 Hannah Whitman Heyde to Walt Whitman, 20 October

thing everything in the world to me I want so much to write (have so long wanted to) I have no doubt my

cannot know how much I wish I was not I sat here alone last night an hour or two thinking of you—you are my

one great comfort. what What I should do,—or should have done in my sick times—without you to think

of & how it would have been without all the money comforts. youv'e You've been the means of my having

—but all my ailments dear dear brother seem so trivial to what you have to bear—I think of you so much

letter to Hannah dated September 14, 1891, in which he mentions troubles with his eyesight: "one of my

and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

1892 Burlington Vt Jan 24 Only a word my darling to say how precious precious your letter is & how much

I feel your thinking of me now, but But my dearest you will be better & then I may write to you you

have my constant prayers & thoughts always. my dear dear brother only get better. there There is are

for you Want to send you so much love and do feel so thankful that you are better The $5 came s afe my

Vermont Christmas Afternoon My Dear Brother I thank you with all my heart you are so kind I dont don't

Rose one of my near neighbors just, now, came to the window and wants me to come in, to see her Chrs

Burlington Tuesday Morning March 4 1873 My Dear Brother How are you this morning.

little I feel glad when its it's bright pleasant weather I think maybe you will gain faster,—I know my

from him and the dear little girls Do you remember Walt some years ago, what a bad time I had with my

back (I think it was neuralgie neuralgia of the spine) anyway I was well only my back I could not walk

do like that young fellow that is so kind to you, Peter Doyle I shall always remember him Good bye my

1873 Saturday Afternoon June 7 My dear Brother I wish I had written to you before, but first I could

here as anywhere and I will like to have you here, it wont won't make a straws straw's difference in my

—And then I never in all my life had money that done me so much good. I have some of it yet.

.; Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

WalterGraffinHarris, Frank (1856–1931)Harris, Frank (1856–1931) Best known for his unreliable autobiography My

In My Life and Loves, he tells of hearing Whitman's 1877 Philadelphia lecture on Paine and being greatly

My Life and Loves. 1922. Ed. John F. Gallagher. New York: Grove, 1963. Pullar, Philippa.

Whitman: I give to my good friend Horace Traubel the Sarrazin book which I have had so much pleasure

Bucke anent the American articles—all of which Traubel has probably conveyed to you my gratitude for,

I have read the copy of "Good-Bye, My Fancy" you gave me, and I am amazed and delighted with the great

Whitman has about ready what he considers his last book, entitled Good-bye, my Fancy , and a sub-title

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My

John's Wood London N.W. 16 June 1890 My dear Walt Whitman, The second copy of "November Boughs" reached

Miss Louisa Drewry, the lady whose paper I told you of in my last, called here yesterday to see the various

Rome 17 Dec. 1891 The "linked sweetness" of my negociation negotiation , here in the eternal city has

This morning, dear Walt Whitman, Have a letter from my boy Maurice, expressing great delight at the big

He tells how, to my great regret, that that poor young man Balestier whom I was to have seen for you

Thanks many & hearty for your prompt attention to my requests, dear Walt Whitman.

The big Bible for my boy will "go home," I feel certain.

The Sculptor's profile for "Goodbye my Fancy" is very impressive and grand.

The parcels contained 1 Complete Works, 2 "Good-Bye my Fancy," 1 "As a Strong Bird," 1 Burroughs, 1 "

But if I worry you with my minutiae you need not take any notice of me.

The frontispiece for Good-Bye My Fancy is a striking profile photograph of Whitman taken by Samuel Murray

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

London 24 Sept. 1890 Dear Walt Whitman, Accept my thanks for your "rejoinder" and the newspaper that

My dear Sir, Some years ago when I had occasion to address you, you were so good as to say you should

be happy to hear from me again; and as my admiration of your works and interest in whatever concerns

you have rather strengthened than weakened, I feel sure you will not mind my asking one or two questions

As a faithful student of your books, I have made it my business to obtain every edition I could, and

When at my friend Mr W.B.

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

John's Wood London, N.W. 4 June 1890 My dear Walt Whitman, I have received from you lately "The Conservator

" with Bucke's little article, a newspaper with a review of my Keats, your letter of 22 May, and the

you wish to keep a check on the agents—it was 7s/6d (not very dear, I think)—but this is of course my

Now they have made this reissue without my knowledge, & the conclusion of the article on you has been

You might put my name in it & just send a line on a postcard to let me know the cost.

John's Wood London N.W. 7 May 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, At the moment of my departure for Vienna, where

I am to assist at the Postal Union Congress, your birthday comes to my mind.

may easily be prevented from sending a letter so as to arrive on the right day, and must therefore do my

high day also to me as the anniversary of the first and only performance of "The Cenci," I send you my

Robert Browning (1812–1889), known for his dramatic monologues, including "Porphyria's Lover" and "My

My own impression is that if you revised your works finally in few or many details, and the revision

the Cunarder-mail of this morning from Queenstown, I should have written yesterday, if only to send my

The money I'm sending in this letter (about 15 dollars) is chiefly for "Good bye, my Fancy!"

Lastly, my youngest son, Maurice Buxton Forman, is likely to go out into this world soon—most probably

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Conway, the poet's attempt to "celebrate in my own way, the modern engineering masterpieces . . . the

My Dear Sir: I read in the papers that you are sick and in want in your old age. Now Mr.

You have always been my favorite poet, and I think it a shame that you should be left in need.

I am one of these fellows who wish to know what you think of my productions.

perhaps, you being an old veteran at it and knowing what is and what is not, you would kindly grant my

You will find on perusing the verses that I am a little melancholy in my tone, much more so than you.

Life and Death Dance on fair Life, yet a short while Will I allow thee to exist; But soon I'll cast my

that are to come Be they as pure as miry Hell is lewd, Or sunk in sin as black as God is good, Must to my

Whitman's "Scenes on Ferry and River" in Specimen Days lists the day-shift of the Camden ferry as "captains

I have thought of it and cannot get it off my mind, so I have come up to ask your forgiveness.

I know that it is my falt fault and not yours.

give you up, and it makes me feel so bad to think how we have spent the last day or two; and all for my

London Feb 10—84 Dr Dear Old Friend: Am quite well with the exception of the abcess on my neck, it has

Most of my friends appear to have forgotten me or think me of too little importance to drop a line.

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

Captain Vandoren Townsend was married to Patience, George Stafford's sister.

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

I want to get up to see you once a week at least and have a good time, for I cant let my selfe myself

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

London Ont Ontario Canada Dec December 17th 83 1883 My Dear Old Friend: Your postals came "OK" and found

Haven't heard from home directly but once since my arrival.