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Isaac v Joseph Stephen & Jesse (my grandfather) sons of Nehemiah Whitman Phebe daughters Hannah Brush
Dear Father, As I always wish to fulfill my promises I will enjoy this afternoon in writing a letter
in order to let you know how I got home and how my health is So I left Washington that evening at 5 Oc
I went to the Soldiers Home and got my supper and took a good sleep I left Pittsburg a little after 2
to the door whar I had a grand interunion with my friends I found all of them in good health they were
If my friend is in the Hospital yet tell him I got home all right I guess I will close by biding you
Whitman asks Brown to allow Livensparger to read his letter and to tell him "that I sent him my love.
things that troubled me formerly will have power to vex me no longer, I will be at ease, with you for my
Whitman My sister Bessie & I both thank you very warmly for the present you sent us of your book.
It is postmarked: Sheffield | 14 6 | MY 14 | 91; PAID | K | ; New York | May | ; Camden, N.J. | May |
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
Two of his poems ("O Captain! My Captain!"
Finally, the newspaper Ha'arets (11 October 95) printed Whitman's poem on Lincoln's assassination, "O Captain
My Captain!," as a tribute to Yitzhak Rabin's memory after his assassination.
"What is Yours is Mine, My Father: On One Poem by Walt Whitman."
The clearest relation is to the line: "A minute and a drop of me settle my brain" (1855, p. 33), but
Henceforth After this day, A touch shall henceforth be small Little things is shall be are henceforth my
my tongue proof and argument It They shall tell s for me that people In them, the smallest least of
over all, and what we thought death is but life brought to a finer parturition.— An inch's contact My
The clearest relation is to the line: "A minute and a drop of me settle my brain" (1855, p. 33), but
"It is wicked," says she, "to run the cars on Sunday, and I don't want anybody in my class that will
Antonio Troiano, O capitano mio capitano (Crocetti 1990), betrays the influence had on this volume ("O Captain
My Captain!"
to the oppressive factory conditions created by the capitalist factory owners that he called "The Captains
to the oppressive factory conditions created by the capitalist factory owners that he called "The Captains
Commemoration Ode," which has often, since its publication, been contrasted with Whitman's own tribute, "O Captain
My Captain!" For further information on Whitman's views of Lowell, see William A.
able to see you while at your house last thursday I concludet concluded to write and state to you that my
Camden N.J My dear Sir As all has been completed about the vault and all works first class in every respect
you also will bring all the particulars of its constructing &c. wich which you have asked me for at my
for naval purposes, I have to inform you that, the title to this property having been passed upon by my
Acting Assistant Secretary of State: My dear sir: I have received and read the letter of Mr.
Sir: My attention has been called by the Secretary of the Treasury to the probable fact of the custody
Sir: Referring to my letter of the 3rd instant, enclosing a telegram from the United States Marshal for
were obstructed on the occasion mentioned, which give full particulars of the occurrences mentioned in my
chase them round the school till they leave go or else tumble off i have not got a tumble yet thanks to my
are right at home i think you better settle down in canada in this letter isend i send you you one of my
boats with the man of war out at the zulu war and fetched always to england now i hope you will excuse my
bad writing and spelling for my sister give me a tallking talking to for my spelling the last time she
wrote i got a letter from mother to day and she told me that my brother had broke his arm but it is
"There spake my brother; (Lord Bacon) There my father's grave Did utter forth a voice!"
My Dear Sir On the 3d of Dec '81 I wrote you a letter kindly asking if you would not oblige me with your
Studio 2 W. 14 th st New York Febr. 12 90 My dear sir I have delivered your book to Mr. Bancroft.
I take the pleasure to mail to you some proofs of my drawings and ask you to accept them with my kindest
Thanking you for your kindness at the occasion of my visit to you, and wishing you good health I am most
delighted to offer you $10 not so much as compensation for the service rendered—as an expression of my
Not having heard from you in any way I fear lest my letter may have gone astray. My friend Col.
If needful I could I think get a note of introduction to you from my friend John Burroughs — With great
Harper's Fifth Reader (1889) reprinted Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!
Leet Let this be my apology for speaking to you with my heart laid bare—I tried very hard to secure a
copy of your "Leaves", and at last in New York did so, I took the book up and ran my eyes over detached
dear sir, I cannot analyze my feelings, had any one told me that my blood would leap, my soul cry out
I do not know if you will read anything I say, whether my name is a familiar or unfamiliar one to you
I have taken "from your lips" the kiss, and with all my heart and soul return it to you.
have satisfied myself that no copy was delivered here—had such been the case it would have come under my
notice—I therefore sent your order to Mr Gray and have received from him a copy for which you have my
For the month of July my address is as above.
winter Were you pleased with the article and portrait of yourself which appeared in the sixth volume of my
not happen to have seen the work, I will take pleasure in sending you the sketch and illustration on my
My dear Mr Whitman: Am glad to see by a morning journal that you are well enough to undertake a visit
If you have no better place to go, I shall be happy to give you shelter under my roof no 15, East Seventy-fourth
In any event, I hope to hear your address, and to see you at my office.
I am anxious to have one or more contributions from you for my Cyclopedia for which we pay ten dollars
Just as he was about to recite 'My Captain,' a little girl, the granddaughter of Edmund Clarence Stedman
May 19 th 1887 My Dear Sir I greatly regret being unable to avail myself of the Poem "November Boughs
Feb 21st 1890 To / Walt man Eq My Dear Sir I apologize heartily for my delay in replying to your kind
the page of "poemets" 'old age echoes' —which you were so good as to offer me at the price of £20— My
—& secondly my unwillingness to do the unwelcome & ungracious thing implied in my being unable to avail
I am so extremely sorry not to see my way to utilizing them for my Review & I accordingly return herewith
of four short poems, appeared in Lippincott's Magazine in March 1891 and were reprinted in Goodbye My
./89 My dear Mr Whitman Among other precious things from Camden which greeted me this morning is the
And now our summer "loaf" is over, & glad I am of it, for loafing does not agree either with my health
Accept my dear Mr Whitman the assurances of our sincerest affection.
I doubt not that you will have been informed by his friends, or by the press, but as it was my lot to
not seen you, Walt Whitman, but it is not necessary to see you in order to know you, and I send you my
Camden NJ 5th 12th 85 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Walt: I fear you do not fully appreciate my relations to
deal of writing about it, between them & me—and about two weeks ago I sent on a red-hot interview of my
And I want you to go at it or let me have my MSS . so I can get it off by next Saturday night.
10 AM Monday My Dear Walt If it were not so hot I w'd come down this morning.
Truth and Fiction: Relating to my Life [New York: John D. Williams, 1882], 1:219).
you will be dined and wined on your next May-day (Birthday—) We are all reasonably well save Marrie (my
Whitman found the visitor interesting but too effusive: "My main objection to him, if objection at all
6 th 21 1880 My Dear Walt: I send you my political letter from the Post — Tell me how you like it Johnson
SCOVEL, 113 Arch Street, Camden, N.J., Feby 23, 1878 Walt Whitman Esq My Dear "Old Boy" James M.
Camden NJ 4th 7th 85. 12 midnight Walt Whitman My Dear Walt Your letter did not reach me: till tonight
God knows & Walt knows that I am as slow as the wrath of God—to take offense especially at what my friends
(2) To start right again I think you had better send me my MSS—and let me do as I d—m please with it
OFFICE OF Special Agent Treasury Department, Camden NJ 5.7., 1885. 10 am My Dear Walt.
Camden Monday 9 AM My Dear Walt As I feared the "Repub" is not bursting with Liberality—as you see by
My sister the wife of Rev Dr Shields of Bristol is very very ill— She is one of the noblest and best
It is my sister Sallie. W m R.
Dear W Whitman Your letter of May 8 reached here during my absence.
My notion would be that we should sell an Edition there, if possible, printed here from our own plates
My Dear Sir : On my return, a few days since, from a long Western journey, I found your note respecting
go to-day to Montreal to be gone a week, and I have found quite tyrannical necessities at home for my
Of the O'Connors, Thomas Jefferson Whitman wrote on June 13, 1863: "I am real glad, my dear Walt, that
So my dear old friend I have protected your interests to the best of my judgement and if you want me
I also would like you to answer my letters.
Whitman: I got your letter when I was in Washington and fully expected to stay over and see you on my
Now, my dear Walt Whitman, won't you go to work at once because Rice is chained lightning in a dress
stands in the way won't you please state what you will ask for it, and then I shall have the matter off my
My Dear Walt Whitman: I am very, very sorry to learn that your physical condition is so low and that
But I take back my promise. For if you are not sane what will writing avail?
It is a waste of breath for my friend to tell me I am healthy when my pulse records the circumstance
the one you propose—to stereotype, advertise and push it—implies an expenditure that may be beyond my
I will call on you on my way back to New York.
But I write now to tell you why, because my visit will be on business I believe you have never met Mr