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My sister Martha at St. Louis was not in good health at last accounts.

will tell you further—Beulah asked much about you & William, and Jeannie— Nothing special with me or my

As it turns out, my death by railroad smash permeated the lower orders, (I suppose at second & third

My true love to you both—Jeannie, my darling, a kiss for you—good bye, Nelly dear— Walt The following

Pete, I am sitting in my room home, finishing this—have just had a bath, & dressed myself to go over

Foul Play" —if not, I have one here I will send you— Dear son, I believe that is all this time—I send my

love, dear son, & a good loving kiss—I think of you every day—Give my best regards to all enquiring

friends, & inform them I expect to be back in about three weeks— Good bye, my darling boy—from your comrade

bit of pathos—indubitably human—in my eye, confess now am I not a man and a brother?"

place, with my own day, here."

my dwell- dwelling .)"

'O the life of my senses and flesh, transcending my senses and flesh.'

my South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! good and evil! O all dear to me!"

my South!O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! good and evil! O all dear to me!"

see that you too are jogging along about the same, on your car, with an occasional let up—Often in my

My own sympathy (far unlike that of most Englishmen) was very strongly with the Commune—i.e. with extreme

My dear Sir: Mr.

that he had brought your books with him from America, a gift from you, and that they were lying in my

London chambers; Whereupon I wrote back to him, begging him to bring them himself to me at my country

I have now just called at my London lodgings, and found them on the table.

I had previously met with several of your works and read them with interest and had made up my mind that

Brooklyn, Friday, July 14. 1867 or '8 Dear Pete, It is pretty much the same with me, as when I wrote my

former letters—still home here with my mother, not busy at any thing particular but taking a good deal

letters that every thing goes on right with you on the road—give my best regards to my friends among

the drivers & conductors—Dear son, I shall now soon be coming back, & we will be together again, as my

Love to you, my dearest boy, & good bye for this time Walt.

For some days past my mother has been ill—some of the time very ill—and I have been nurse & doctor too

, as none of my sisters are home at present—But to-day she seems over it, if the favorable symptoms continue

they are now hanging up in mother's front room—& are the delight & ever-increasing gratification of my

I too wish to be with you once more—though it will be but so briefly — Much love to you, my dear friend

attack of illness, somewhat severe, the last few days—& I have been sort of nurse & doctor—(as none of my

character of democratic art & poetic literature, as discriminated from aristocratic—quotes freely from all my

Vinnie Ream, My dear friend, I would like to call on you, with an acquaintance of mine, John Swinton,

I could convey no idea to you of how it affects my soul.

I got it, looked into it with wonder, and felt that here was something that touched on depths of my humanity

My dear sir, You can get any or all my Books at J. S. Redfield, 140 Fulton street, upstairs, N. Y.

Montenotte Cork, Ireland July 23 1871 My dear Sir, I wished to send you a copy of the July No of the

removable error fail in their approach to you, or do not approach at all. that I think I am justified in my

My fixed residence is 50 Wellington Road, Dublin, Ireland.

My work there is that of Professor of English Literature in the University of Dublin.

first rate— I spent yesterday down on the sea-shore—was all by myself—had a splendid good day—took my

first part of next week if nothing happens— Well, Pete, I believe that is all this morning—Good bye, my

have been, & are, having a cold easterly rain storm here—I enclose, on loan, the last two photos of my

October 10, 1871, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman wrote to Walt Whitman: "george and loo and Jeff insists on my

I would fain make my own Copy complete to the present times, so would thank you for a line giving me

But why need I ask when I see now before my minds eye several passages in your Poems that answer all

appeared to you, and if it was to you the truth it seems to have been to me in thus sending to you, as my

comrades men and women such as you sing in your Poems. there again you see I find fresh spirit for my

skeleton, faculties good, but voice only a low whisper—I returned last night, after midnight —Well bub, my

time here is short—I have had a good quiet visit—the best in some respects yet—& I feel satisfied —My

Rossetti: Dear Sir & friend; Please accept these copies of my latest edition.

address is still there—(& always, always glad to hear from you, my friend.)

My " Leaves of Grass " I consider substantially finished, as in the copies I send you.

To " Democratic Vistas " it is my plan to add much, if I live.

Indeed, my friend, I wish to hear from you oftener.

After my distinct personal announcement to you that such delinquencies must not be repeated, this conduct

to take this step until the present moment, in the hope that your course would enable me to gratify my

My Dear friend Walt Whitman I have written so many letters to you dictated by Charles that I feel a painful

although I thought he was likely to die any time, still I find I was unprepared for his departure & my

I look at my three children & think what a work I have got left to perform.

My Mother from Massachusetts is with me for a few days and it is a great comfort.

New Haven, Conn see notes Dec 18 1888 from Mrs Hine | ab't my dear friend C.H. Mrs.

parties supposed the arrangement to have been effected, I have not undertaken to form a judgment of my

Howell, & Rice, to which you called my attention. Very respectfully, A. T.

building of the "Grande Admiral," from the year 1853 to 1856, I regret to inform you that it is out of my

I desire, therefore, that you will prepare for my signature the proper papers withdrawing the appeal.

But there may be, in this case, circumstances of justifiable exception to my general rule—and if such

appeal from the Court of Claims, No 2662 on the docket of Court of Claims, and you will prepare for my

writing at a venture to propose to you the publication, in a moderate-priced volume, of a full edition of my

poems, Leaves of Grass, in England under my sanction.

I make this proposition not only to get my poems before the British public, but more because I am annoyed

at the horrible dismemberment of my book there already & possibility of something worse.

Should my proposal suit you, go right on with the book.

investigation to be instituted in the Treasury Department, and if anything should be produced which changes my

Sir: The enclosed copy of a letter addressed by me this day to the Secretary of War, shows my views of

I am sure that if no unexpected business comes to this office, and my health holds out in this hot weather

suit in Baltimore different from the first impression which a verbal statement of the matter made upon my

Such things are very common, and my only advice on the subject is that you pay no attention to them.

Willard, would in any degree affect my official action in that matter.

Perhaps it is not possible for one in your circumstances to view such cases as they appear to one in my

so disproportioned a share of attention given to it, and which was cheerfully given, (on account of my

But this was only a passing impulse on my part, and I desire you to feel that I retain no unkindness

or the mere addition of respectable names to the list of petitioners, will not produce a change in my

judson Judson came with her poor woman i felt great sympathy for her if i had had 5 doller dollars in my

paper concerning you and they thought so strange they hear from you i feel pretty smart only quite lame my

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman originally wrote, "my sympathy for her strong."

She then canceled the word "my" and the phrase "for her strong."

She inserted "i felt great" above the canceled word "my."

My dear Ramsdell , Perhaps it may hardly be necessary, but I feel to write you a line of caution about

You might do well to put in about my intended appearance before the American Institute, at its 40th opening

, Sept. 7th in New York, and that the curiosity of both my friends & foes is extremely piqued, &c &c.

even more than I should otherwise have done, to feel myself obliged to say at once that I do not see my

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

Superintendent of Mail Depredations, Post Office Department, enclosing for my information copies of correspondence

Department, enclosing for my information copies of correspondence in relation to James Gilmore, an escaped

Sir: I have received your letter of the 23d instant, asking whether my attention had been called to the

Sir: Referring to my letter to you of July 19, 1871, in reference to the Internal Revenue Compromise

Sir: There is no fund under my control appropriated for paying such services as are described in your

Sir: The case of John Pierce, brought to my notice by your letter of the 23d inst. shall receive immediate

Cochran, of the 28th inst. with my certificate, as required by law. Very respectfully, &c. A. T.

Sir: I have just returned from Philadelphia, and find your letter of the 16th instant upon my desk. salary

The company is dissatisfied with my opinion, and asks a rehearing.

Louisiana, for falsely personating one Brown, a soldier to whom bounty money was due—and requesting my

8 Montenotte Cork, Ireland , Sept. 5, 1871 My dear Sir, It was very kind of you to send me the photographs

There is my brother (a clergyman) who finds his truth halved between John H.

M. for the War Dept., and requesting my views as to the reasonableness of the same.

Sir: On the 6th day of Aug. 1871, you requested my opinion upon the question whether Henry S.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th inst., inviting my attention

of the assets of the bank for ratable distribution, or is the property of the Government, should, in my