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Take good care of yourself, now, & don't go & have another sun-stroke William Sloane Kennedy to Walt
Kentucky trip —Dr Bucke will be back from England next week — Love to you Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William
W W Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 30 July 1886
Kennedy William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1886
book has not arrived yet—I am ab't as usual—Cool & sunny weather as I write— W W Walt Whitman to William
has reach'd me safely—I will read it at once—will carefully have an eye to it— W W Walt Whitman to William
Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 5 August 1886
suggestion–notes— W W This card relates to the ms of my 'Walt Whitman, the Poet of Humanity' Walt Whitman to William
Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 13 August [1886]
or feeling, or knowledge)—you follow the suggestions or not, as you think best — Walt Whitman to William
William Douglas O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 17 August 1886
William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [18 August 1886]
are to appear in time in N A Rev: —Century —& Lippincott's —have been paid for— W W Walt Whitman to William
Review —and Lippincott's —a little bit about Shakspere in last Critic — Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William
& corrected) & shall count on receiving them—All ab't same as usual with me— W W Walt Whitman to William
Love to you— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 24 August [1886]
I am ab't as usual—Fine weather here—(to-day a little warmer)—I send a paper— W W Walt Whitman to William
me much the same—perfect weather here—I have been reading Cowley—well pleased— W W Walt Whitman to William
Yours very truly Wm William S. Walsh W.S. Walsh William S. Walsh to Walt Whitman, 16 September 1886
new edition of the "Poems of Walt Whitman" (published by Chatto and Windus), selected and edited by William
dinner—Cool & raw weather here—my canary is singing blithely, as I write— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William
Your last letter to William M. Rossetti is to be facsimiled as before.
Whiting Care Scammell Bros WI Whiting W. I. Whiting to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1886
See the letter from Whiting to Whitman of June 14, 1886, listing prices obtained at auction for a Whitman
Best Love as always— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 19 November 1886
William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 10 December 1886
ground covered with snow—(but my little bird is singing as I write)— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William
Tipping back in his chair in an easy manner, while he pushed his white locks back from his brow, the
William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 21 December 1886
This morning Doctor Bucke sends me Williams letter.
It makes me groan in spirit to think of Williams condition.
K— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 23 December [1886]
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 28 December 1886
"I have sometimes felt a little vexed that the good William should have failed to see anything in the
; Written in ink on the back of a discarded letter (cancelled by a diagonal strike) from Talcott Williams
s photos: came today & I have written my name on them & sent them back (addressing the package to William
s photos: came today & I have written my name on them & sent them back (addressing the package to William
s photos: came today & I have written my name on them & sent them back (addressing the package to William
s photos: came today & I have written my name on them & sent them back (addressing the package to William
Walt Whitman by Unknown, probably Sophia Williams, 1887 Carolyn Kinder Karr, in "A Friendship and a Photograph
: Sophia Williams, Talcott Williams, and Walt Whitman" (American Art Journal vol. 21, no. 4, 1989, pp
(1850–1928), a writer and the wife of journalist and editor of the Philadelphia Press, Talcott Williams
Talcott Williams.”
Williams took years ago—the one which counterfeits W. at parlor window.”
W W Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 26 January 1887
Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 31 January 1887
Pasadena, California February 11, 1887 Dear Walt, William and I are here at Dr. Channing's home.
I brought William out here from Washington in the hope that the climate might arrest the progress of
William and I received here (forwarded from Washington) letters from Mr.
William was unable to answer, much to his regret, but I did the best I could on my own account.
William Brough, who lives in a costly residence on Farragut Square and is a very pleasant, educated man—evidently
to Southern California—the poor fellow I fear is in a bad way — Write often— W W Walt Whitman to William
Had a drive yesterday thro' a splendid snowstorm— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy
particulars —I am sitting here in the little front room writing this— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William
Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 25 February 1887
Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, John Burroughs, and Richard Maurice Bucke, 25 February 1887
W[ilson] & McC[ormick] partnership, Glasgow, but sets up by himself— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William
way—locomotor ataxia—he is now in Los Angeles County California— It looks like winter out as I write, all white
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 9 March [1887]