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feeling—constipation—then otherways, quite a strong steady pulse & fair appetite, & generally hold my

theories keep favorable sufficiently markedly—pulse good—a fairly movement bowel this forenoon—& eat my

(seven—me at the head) drank health & respects to Queen Victoria—(it was her birth day you know—)— —My

sailors from the ship down stairs Sunday toward noon May 26 A clouded rather rawish day—Am going up to my

friends Mr & Mrs: Harned's in an hour, in my wheel chair—to stay a few minutes & probably get a drink

—Nothing particular to write—my head is a little heavy & thick—no pocket-book copies yet, but I count

. | May 26 | 5 PM | 89; Philadelphia | 6PM | 1889 | Transit; London | AM | MY 28 | 89 | Canada.

this mn'g from NY Herald, from J G B[ennett] himself ask'g me to write for the paper —I have just had my

Kossabone"; February 27, "Mannahatta"; February 29, "Paumanok"; March 1, "From Montauk Point"; March 2, "My

"Life"; April 16, "To Get the Final Lilt of Songs"; April 23, "To-day and Thee"; May 2, "Queries to My

there & show myself—if I do that) is smoothly moving—It is now noon & after, & I thanks to Ed have had my

. | May 20 | 8 PM | 89; London | AM | MY 22 | 89 | Canada.

constipation, & bad kidney tribulation, day & night—but I am up & dressed & sitting here by the fire, & my

Baxter has gone to Arizona, & left bust in my care.

Kennedy My idea is to charge $5. or a guinea for the vol. & print it in good style.

Sometime when you are sending you can return me the article for my collection.

I keep up my spirits as well as I can, but find it all pretty depressing.

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

Well, here comes my dinner— W W Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 8 April 1889

Camden April 16 '89 Cloudy raw weather—(may be part of my glum condition)—No word from O'C[onnor] now

It may seem ungracious . . . to say so (for Dick is my friend and means me well) but his piece impresses

like to read—(T B Aldrich's also tho' short is very friendly & eulogistic—not sent here)— Nothing in my

, I have had a notion for, & now put out partly to occupy myself, & partly to commemorate finishing my

For the regard, the affection, which convoyed your noble argosy to this my haven,—believe me, my dear

Well: there is too much taking off of hats, but I certainly should doff my own to the Sun-God.

Pray give my kind regards to M. Traubel. Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, William D.

Camden April 14 '89 Fine sunny weather—nothing special in my health—(if any difference am suffering less

My dear friend, I was glad to hear by your postal that you are getting along without an increase of suffering

My old enemy "melancholia" spreads its vampire wings still over my life and will I presume go with me

Gardner of Paisley, accepting my MS. "Walt Whitman the Poet of Humanity."

suppose his idea is that people will buy L. of G. more if they are not given the passages in question in my

pocket-book style, six or eight portraits, & autograph—$5—(shall probably bring it out to commemorate my

finishing my 70th year)—a little inscription on title — Afternoon —another big book sale—T B Aldrich

Had my breakfast ab't 9, hot oysters & chocolate & Graham bread—McK declines my proposition—I am sitting

noon April 18 '88 All goes as well & monotonously as usual (No news is good news)—I got up late, ate my

angry—they are invented or distorted most horribly—I take it all phlegmatically—Dark, heavy, raw day, & my

My dear Walt Whitman, I have just been reading your lines in the "Herald" for this morning, which hold

My adventures since leaving you have not been very startling, but they have been full of everyday life

Yesterday my good friend Cyrus Butler, a kind & wealthy old gentleman, took me quite a round of studios

Bucke's place on Wednesday, where I will look to send you a further note on my doings.

I have good news of my brother at last, & so am free to sail for England in a fortnight.

dusty—we need rain, & will probably soon have it— Stedman is mad over that Japanee's item in the Herald of my

enc: card rec'd from Mrs: O'C[onnor] to day —New ed'n of L of G. progressing—Horace was here to-day—My

On April 25, 1889, the New-York Tribune reported that Captain Hamilton Murrell of the steamship Missouri

rare egg, fried, Graham b'd and coffee for breakfast—am to have three or four rare stew'd oysters for my

April 28 Well it just looks out like clearing & sunshine—so mote it be—Nothing very different with me—my

exhibits to night—(Ed goes—I am favorable)—& besides Dr Baker "graduates" this afternoon—you know he is my

enclose a slip of title detailedly, as you may want to get one from New York—(but of course you can have my

Fine & sunny here—am rather heavy-headed—& hefty anyhow to-day—nothing specially to particularize—ate my

notice—wh' I send (or will send soon)—Did you get a letter in wh' I asked you to write out & enclose in my

J F Millet —the "cold in the head" still upon me palpably—stew'd chicken, Graham bread & coffee for my

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

burr-r-r over the Delaware—the sun is pouring down almost hotly out (O that I could be out & move in it) & my

in W[ashington] may-be unconscious,—may-be passing from life—meanwhile—thought o'ertoppling all else—my

tho't no more definitely of the Baltimore Hospital scheme —am sitting here as usual comfortable enough—my

sister Lou just been here, has been down to see my bro: Eddy —he is all right— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman

If the weather keeps good & no hitch in my condition, I shouldn't wonder if I got out that way, before

however, it never reach'd me—it was but really rec'd two days since)—Am feeling sufficiently easy today—my

arriving my 70th year old terminus—a good dinner, tickets ($5), toasts, speeches, &c.

than decent—tho' the jamboree does not present itself as appropriate, or particularly encouragable to my

again to-day—the weather continues fine, very mild—I sweat quite freely—had some good asparagus for my

breakfast (sent f'm my brother's garden, Burlington)—Harry Stafford was here yesterday, he is pretty

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

Nothing new or different—Pretty dull—my cold in the head rampant—I am trying to while the day with the

out clear & inspiriting—y'r letter comes—Ed has been down to the bank to deposit some cheques for me —My

Camden April 7 '89 Y'r letters arrived & welcome—My card yesterday f'm Mrs: O'C speaks of our dear friend

sitting up next forenoon—Nothing new with me—Horace, Tom, Mrs: H. and Mr Morehouse have just call'd—My

yet printed, 7) of his "American Literature" in wh' I appear (with good wood-eng[raving] portrait) —My

Horace and Mr Blake, Unitarian minister f'm Chicago, here this mn'g—pleasant visit—a spell of my currying

the opposition & resentment at L of G. is probably as concentrated & vital & determined in New York (my

known— —I am sitting here all alone to-day—I do not eat dinner these short days—only breakfast & supper—my

appetite fair—had some buckwheat cakes & raw oysters for my breakfast.

is W S K's letter just rec'd —fine & a little warm to–day—has been almost cool here four days—made my

breakfast on bread & canteloupe—still have my supper at 4½—no dinner—fair excretion business—out in

wheel ch'r last evn'g—my grip has call'd in upon me again the last two or three days (probably the great

the weather & stoppage of sweating)—not yet so bad as formerly—bladder botheration—a sister of one of my

war soldiers call'd yesterday—a nice smart old maid—my soldier still lives & flourishes—in California—Anson

yesterday afternoon—Tom Harned last evn'g—Geo: Stafford (the elder) yesterday—Cool weather here—fine sunny—My

printed slip with papers —enclose another in this (copied Boston Transcript ) —papers notice it some—(is my

sometimes I wonder whether J A S don't come under St Paul's famous category )—I am sitting here alone in 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

The "Rejoinder" was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) (See Prose Works 1892, Volume II: Collect

Camden Aug: 18 '90 Frank Sanborn's letter f'm Belgium enc'd —the Transcript copies my "rejoinder" complete

Rainy dark forenoon here—I keep ab't well as usual (has been very hot here again) made my breakfast of

Harned's family have ret'd f'm Cape May—Am on the watch for Symonds's to send you soon as I find it am'g my

Whitman's "Rejoinder" was also reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

slip is cut f'm Horace's little paper —y'r letters rec'd—am sitting here the same in cane chair in my

Mickle Street den—the big whistle has sounded 1 o'clock—my good nurse Warry has just bro't me some nice

Whitman's "Rejoinder" was also reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect and

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

"A Death-Bouquet" became the last section of Good-Bye My Fancy, which was later reprinted in Complete

Camden 10½ a m Dec: 20 '88 Am getting along—more favorably turning than the other—relish'd my mutton-broth

Dante's filmy ghosts, rushing by with mere gibberish)—yes it is mainly all autobiographic environ'd with my

they are strengthening me & I wish to send you these few words of thanks & gratitude for the sake of my

dead love & my living grief.

Nothing of any acc't in my condition or affairs—the grip has seized me ag'n—headache & sore throat—still

I sit up, eat my meals & get out in wheel chair —Look at the magazine Universal Review 15th Feb. 1890

29 '90 Nothing very new—Am pretty well but have the grip again & sore throat & swell'd head—but ate my

you one of these times soon—have just heard from Dr B[ucke], all well—I am sitting here as usual in my

reverential terms his meeting with Walt Whitman: "The memory of that 'good time' will ever be one of my

most valued possessions and it is associated with my most unique experience.

sold 50 sets in sheets big book $3 each—(I suppose some Londoner, Eng—don't know for certain)—have had my

early supper—out soon in wheel chair —pleasant cool evn'g— Aug: 29, early A M —have had my breakfast—oatmeal

rejoinder" continues to be extracted & criticised & talked ab't—(it is nothing but what I say throughout in my

them, but do not if too ill or stupid wh' happens at times—Sit here the same in the old den—as now—my

Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."

The "Rejoinder" was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) (see Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect

Camden 1890 Friday PM Oct: 3 —Have just rec'd another good (pretty long) letter f'm my friends in Australia

antipodes, drives deep into me—The wet & cloudy days have pass'd & it is sunny & fine to-day—I made my

breakfast of oysters brown bread & coffee—have sent my big book, your W W, & John Burroughs' Notes,

with a cluster of my portraits all in a bundle by express to Ingersoll, 45 Wall st N Y (as I heard he

literary—but I find (upon second & more deliberate tho't) I have said it as I wanted to ab't Wm O'C & my

The preface was included in Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891), 51–53.

of the O'C bit—& will give you the copy (a terrible mangle) if it is not destroy'd—the Critic prints my

1890 Camden Sept: 24—noon —Sunny cool day—Warry (my nurse) proposes that we get a horse and wagon & drive

but I dont feel for it somehow—I enclose the O'C preface, such as it is —I wanted to put on record my

rule—prove his splendid freedom & individuality—have rec'd letters f'm J H Johnston —am unshaken in my

Johnston —also letter f'm J H Johnston , advocating New York as place for Ing: speech—you know what 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

The preface was included in Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891), 51–53.

cool—have signed & sent the contract with Rheinhalter Bros: 18 Broad st: Phila: architects &c: for my

burial house in Harleigh Cemetery —Ralph Moore to have control & charge under my name & be my representative

Camden NJ— 1891 Nov: 12 —Sunny fine Nov. day—have pann'd oysters for my meals—continued bowel stoppage—rise

pay same am't more wh' is certainly 1/3d more (altogether) than square—But I wanted much to collect my

parents' & two or three relatives' dead relics with my own—& this is the result—& I am & think I shall

Whitman's preface was also included in Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891), 51–53.

dots shoots of spasms of pain (quite instantaneous) in abdomen—have the pain early morning, bed rising—my

—Dr Thomas came over & Fox subsequently with nice glasses wh' upon trial did not seem to agree with my

eyes—strained them, & less clear than my old ones, wh' I resumed & since prefer to use—but something

Nov: 12 '90 Cloudy wet & dark—mild temperature—y'rs of 9th rec'd last evn'g —Horace here—Shall call my

little 2d annex " Good Bye my Fancy " after a little piece in it—Tom Harned's mother is dead 65 y'rs

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

and, while I cannot send you anything particularly new, I re-dedicate to you all, as follows, one of my

s Purport," "For Us Two, Reader Dear," and "My Task" (?). The cluster was rejected by B. O.

good confabs & good meals there—went to the Ethical Convention &c &c &c —I am sitting here alone—had my

—Sun shining—west wind—snow on ground—some toast & tea for breakfast—sent off proof of obituary of my

"Ingersoll's Speech" of June 2, 1890, was written by Whitman himself and was reprinted in Good-Bye My

to ride out with him & Annie to-morrow—Warry had a good trip to N Y—got back that evn'g to give me 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

Camden N J—U S America noon July 8 '91 Nothing very new or different in my condition—relish'd quite a

small reliefs)—again I inform you the birth-day supper acc't is to be in August Lippincott (it was my

rec'd —thanks—first dribbles of proof begin f'm "Good-Bye" —dark slushy glum weather—just finish'd my

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