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Camden 11 a m Tuesday My friend J. M. S. | (for so I would have it) Yours just rec'd.
On April 7 Scovel suggested that "to start right again I think you had better send me my MSS—and let
I have had it put in type for my own convenience, and greater exactness. The price is $150.
probably will not any more—as I am ill from breaking out of old war-paralysis—I return the check & take my
My dear Mr. McGuire, The money you gave me for Mr.
Camden New Jersey U S America Oct October 5 — I have to-day today sent by mail same address as this card my
Without any thing very definite at this moment, my idea is of a poem, fitting in not unappropriately
All the pay I would want would be enough to pay my expenses, transportation &c., probably between 30
Ford Yours of Sept: 25th rec'd received —& accordingly I send you (same mail with this—same address) my
O. order — When you see Edward Carpenter tell him I am well & hearty (considering) & send him my love
America Dec. 8 1883 In compliance with your late request & remittance (safely received—thanks) I forward my
Sir Thanks for your kind letter, just rec'd received & read with greatest interest & pleasure—I sell my
My dear Burritt: This article " Walt Whitman in Europe " set close, would make about two-thirds of a
My honest thanks to you, Hugo, for your letter posting me up not only about yourself but about my dear
When I went up to my room that night towards 11 I took a seat by the open window in the splendid soft
moonlit night, and, there alone by myself, (as is my custom sometimes under such circumstances), I devoted
Fred's room, so pleasant, with its effect I remember of pictures, fine color, &c. to have the delight of my
"My own greatest pleasure at Pfaff's was to look on—to see, talk little, absorb," Whitman observed to
Dear comrade, you must be assured that my heart is much with you in New York, & with my other dear friends
Dear comrade, I still live here as a hospital missionary after my own style, & on my own hook—I go every
I have cut my beard short, & hair ditto: (all my acquaintances are in anger & despair & go about wringing
My face is all tanned & red.
Then around my majestic brow, around my well-brimmed felt hat—a black & gold cord with acorns.
New York, I had to be in Washington: I was never in the one place but I was restless for the other: my
letter from Bloom yesterday—but, before responding to it (which I will do soon) I must write to you, my
Every day or night I spend four, five, or six hours, among my sick, wounded, prostrate boys.
Some of my boys get well, some die.
, good stock, often mere boys, full of sweetness & heroism—often they seem very near to me, even as my
I make no bones of petting them just as if they were—have long given up formalities & reserves in my
Horace T: you call on Mr: S & act & settle it in my place.
Give my best respects & love to New York friends —& to all inquirers—am having a rather hard winter—head
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
At the time Whitman wrote this note, he was preparing to publish Good-Bye My Fancy (1891); the book was
reads, in its entirety, "The two songs on this page are eked out during an afternoon, June, 1888, in my
with portrait for front piece) book , trimmed & gilt edged—good job—bound in crepe—thick paper (like my
To precede the Ingersoll Lecture Camden New Jersey Nov: 12 1890 My dear friend Horace Traubel: I can
My copies of the Eng[ineering] Record with article have not come—slips also not come—I hope they will
—& will ask you if convenient to jog the editor's memory—Horace, ab't the kind mention & offer ab't my
and will write you further—also ab't the sculptor—am unwell to–day— Walt Whitman Tho' I sit up & eat my
rations & have my right arm & (sort o') mentality I am paralyzed & utterly disabled here—cannot walk
across the room—my respects to Worthen —show him this— Walt Whitman to Horace Tarr, 13 December 1890
This correspondence card apparently accompanied a transcription of "O Captain! My Captain!
431 Stevens Street Camden Jan: 26 '81 My dear friend I am sorry to have to send you word that I am not
unable to meet you & the other friends at dinner—I send you herewith a couple of pictures (I call it my
Quaker picture) —one is for your father —also the books herewith—also my love to you— Walt Whitman Walt
431 Stevens Street, Camden, Jan: 26 '81 My dear friend I am sorry to have to send you word that I am
unable to meet you & the other friends at dinner— I send you herewith a couple of pictures (I call it my
Quaker picture)—one is for your father—also the books herewith —also my love to you— Walt Whitman Walt
As to me & my fortunes I am in pretty good health, thank God—& I am working in the Attorney General's
I send you my love, dear friend & soldier, & I hope this will find you well in health & in good spirits
next to Lewis Brown's in Armory Square Hospital in 1862 and 1863, and recalled Walt Whitman's visits: "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.
My dear Hiram Ramsdell: Mr.
—In respect to Judge Kelly, & his matter, I had already formed my opinion & made out my Report several
I hope it may happen one day that I may have him near at hand, that we get to be friends—such is in my
—There is nothing new in my affrairs—all goes on as usual in the office. I am well.
328 Mickle street Camden New Jersey April 13 '86 My Dear Prof: Carson Yours rec'd recieved —The copy
to have seen you—I am ab't about the same in health &c—(nothing at all to brag of)—I read publicly my
It appeals to my printer-sense too—is a handsome & generous piece of typography & mechanical book making
well—Mont is married —(I went down Sunday to G to take him Harry home, at his request)—I am still here in my
when I saw you last, but not much different—mentally the same—physically a sad wreck—I am reciting my
visit from Chas Rowley of Manchester yesterday—I am well as usual—Love to you—Spring is tardy here—My
thought—his last letter (Jan 13) just devotes a line to it—& I was in hopes all had passed over Have you seen my
Townsend since —all well yet— Nothing new or different with me—I keep pretty well—My wrist, right arm
for another March attack of that nerve-inflammation & rheumatism—(but I must not cry till I am hurt)—My
1879, letter to "Dear Darling Walt," Herbert mentioned the development of a "tenfold facility with my
Captain Vandoren Townsend was married to Patience, George Stafford's sister.
85 Camden New Jersey U S America Dear Herbert Gilchrist As I doubt I made some small misfiguring in my
U S A Down here again spending a few days—nothing very different—pretty much the same story of all my
Philadelphia to-day for store goods—Do you know of David Bogue, bookseller, Trafalgar Sq: Square who publishes my
, & the nag Ned looks as well as ever—it is now nearly 12—& we are going to have chicken for dinner—My
We had a flurry of snow last evening, & it looks wintry enough to-day, but the sun is out, & I take my
Dec 14, & will write before long —All here speak of you with love, & send affectionate remembrances—My
Herbert Gilchrist What on earth can I say to you in response to the news about your dearest mother in my
all the time —I have seriously considered coming to London—but it seems impossible—I am still here—my
eyesight is less disturbed, is nearly ab't as formerly—but my walking power worse than ever—they have
cheery & buoyant as ever—I eat and sleep fairly—am so far without any pain of violence—& still have my
—O how I wish I could see your dearest mother—again my best, deepest love to her.
She died in my arms."
Down at White Horse At the Staffords'— Aug 3 My dear Herb I came down here yesterday afternoon in the
the lane & across the big field, but the strong sun welcome to me, for all that—Here I sit (have hung my
good—No mail to-day & I must wait to send this to-morrow— August 5th I am writing this up in Harry's & my
dinner—Much obliged for the designs on the block—very nice—also the letter—both arriving safe—Give my
hardly know where) for the rest of the summer, & will not forget to send some written or printed sign of my
Esopus April 29 All goes well—enjoyed my journey up the river that afternoon & evening—10½ when I got
acquainted with it, & examine it—seems to me indeed a true bit of nature —I miss the creek & spring—Miss my
holidays—I shall send him your present address—havn't seen E's portrait yet—I am writing this up in my
Kirkwood (Glendale) New Jersey U S America April 24 — Down here on one of my visits —Mr and Mrs S and
it was good fun for me, grave as the subject was—I sent you a short report—I am surprised about B —my
Bucke , who is home in London, Canada —I send enclosed a ¶ for your consideration for the book—I send my
least saying—and wishing it put on record—that among the perfect women I have known (and it has been my
the very best for mother, sisters and friends) I have known none more perfect in every relation than my
On September 10 Herbert Gilchrist wrote: "What I wrote about Dr B[ucke] sings discordantly in my ears—but
least saying—and wishing it put on record—that among the perfect women I have known (and it has been my
very best, for mother, sisters and friends) I have known none more perfect in every relation, than my
it is growing too dark to write— Sunday forenoon early—Oct 23 —The sun is shining bright—I have had my
breakfast (pann'd oysters toast & coffee) & in half an hour I shall start in my light wagon & Nettie
Give my best regards to Ernest Rhys —a synopsis of his "New Poetry" lecture has been published here in
431 Stevens Street Camden Sunday noon July 22 Dear Herbert Here I am at my room & haunts in Camden, so
(Yet I attribute my feeling pretty well now to my visits for the last year & a half to the creek & farm
, & being with my dear friends the Staffords.)
431 Stevens street Camden Nov 21 My dear Herbert I had a safe little jaunt home yesterday afternoon —
Upon talking more fully with my sister about the colored woman Rosy, I am convinced she would not do
Camden Tuesday noon Jan 2 The snow is so heavy & the ferry obstructed so by ice I defer my coming for
431 Stevens Street Camden Sunday afternoon My Dear Herbert Though I am pretty well physically it is very
good outdoor days there—Have had a pretty severe attack of what appears to be (mostly) rheumatism in my
right shoulder—more pain to me last night than I have before felt any time, I think, in my whole life—besides
Ed, Harry & Debby, &c. well—Mr S. pretty well— Saturday & Sunday lots of Company —Am writing this in my
Sept. 15 '85 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey U S America My dear friend Yours of Sept: 5 just rec'd
noble-hearted young man — As far as I can perceive & understand your scheme is managed admirably & to my
present thinking over her life is the only thing that I take pleasure in: indeed I am unable to get my
In his reply on April 29, Herbert noted that "John Burroughs was very violent against my intaglio."
am glad you refused the letters for publication—They were strictly private Walt Whitman Don't forget my
locomotion power & in more liability to head & stomach troubles & easiness of "catching cold" (from my
just past noon & I am told I am to have a good rice pudding made in a big earthenware baking dish for my
S. & Alice are going to London to live— a big bunch of white lilies scents the room & my little canary
you have a chance you may show this to Mary Costelloe & Wm William Rossetti —to both of whom I send my
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
continuous subscription, safely rec'd —I am in good heart & still writing a little but near the end of my