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328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey April 27 '85 My dear Dr Knortz What is now the status of the Rolleston

(I dont want the book, but just want to see how it is made up, paged & printed)—My health is about as

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Nov: 25 '85 My dear W R T Thanks for the $5. "remembrance."

My sight is better—walking power slim, almost not at all—spirits buoyant. Glad to get your letters.

85 Camden New Jersey U S America Dear Herbert Gilchrist As I doubt I made some small misfiguring in my

for the copy German rendering " Cradle Endlessly Rocking " & for all the other German renderings of my

you have sent me, & which I carefully keep, & prize—Dr R M Bucke has just published a book about me & my

poems—& having two or three advance copies (in paper) at my disposal I should like to send you one.

never mind, I appreciate them gratefully —I am well as usual this summer—nothing very new ab't about my

books or literary fortunes— I shall make a permanent move from Camden before many months—as my brother's

from you quite a while ago (from Johnstown, Pa: Pennsylvania ) you mention some German translations of my

I have just mailed you my two Volumes, Leaves of Grass and Specimen Days —Won't you kindly send me a

He was living in what my memory pictures as almost a slum, & his bedroom was not exactly tidy.

, wh' of course is the greatest help—Got a card f'm Hannah, & have written to her this evn'g—I send my

Warren —I wish I had something to send them—They are getting printed in a little book the speeches &c at my

328 Mickle Street Camden N J p m Feb: 14 '89 Y'r card came yesterday—Rolleston has rec'd in Ireland my

I hear from Dr Bucke often, he expects to come here next week—my friend O'Connor is very ill at Washington

June 9 '89 Lou, I rec'd the aspargus, strawberries &c, by Charley—have had some of the a[sparagus] for my

least either on the right or left side) with a button at top—I am so in the habit of carrying things in my

dull here muchly—I am sitting up in the 2d story room alone—door & windows open—Did you or George get my

Whitman noted that Louisa "bro't my new blue gown" on June 11, 1889 (The Commonplace-Book, Charles E.

Sidney Morse is in Chicago—I remain in fair spirits & comfortable—am just going to have my dinner (I

have a few autograph letters that I preserve by putting carefully in the front, that gives them to my

& sent to Dr Bucke —As I sit early afternoon every thing is quiet & comfortable—I have not yet left my

Camden noon Nov: 19 '88 Dear Lou I continue getting along pretty well considering—Eat my rations & sleep

for—have not written myself)—Coolish, dark, rainy here to-day—I am sitting here yet by the stove in my

The big book (all my writings collected complete) will be done in ab't a fortnight—I shall send you one

to see them—I wrote to you to write & confer with him (R) —but have no word f'm you—Did you receive my

this time—I have nothing from R. now for a long, long while (with that exception)— I am laid up in my

sick room—essentially the sixth recurrence of my war paralysis—& have been (two or three spells serious

feeble, cannot get across the room without assistance—have a nurse, a good, strong Canadian young man—my

the same as hitherto—have mean time bro't out "November Boughs," 140 pages, & a big Vol. 900 pages, my

summer—the serious attack warded off again—but extreme weakness of legs and body remaining—Keeping me in my

sick room so far—yet my usual mentality & good heart continued— My little new 140 page $1.25 booklet

I am to have all my books printed & bound in one large 900 page Vol. too, ("Walt Whitman Complete") soon

ready—I am sitting in my room writing this, body almost paralyzed— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Karl

Mickle Street Camden New Jersey July 20 '86 Dear Sir I hereby give you permission to include any of my

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey March 26 1886 Dear Sir Yours of 26th rec'd—I send my heartiest thanks

to write special letters of thanks &c. to you & T[alcott] W[illiams] for your kindness & labors in my

Vistas completed in turn, my cup will be overflowing indeed.

talk with such an one often, & I am sorry that the C's are going away to the country for Easter for my

of botherings, gastric, catarrhal & bladder—Dr comes—I take medicine—am sitting here at present in 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

Whitman wanted to have two poems from Good-Bye My Fancy (1891)—"On, on the Same, Ye Jocund Twain!"

Camden New Jersey Aug: 1 '90 Dear Sir Herewith find $45:50 to pay my brother Ed's board for Aug:, Sept

weather here (broken)—another letter f'm Symonds (I think there's something first class in him) —One of my

two boys 26 yrs old was married last evn'g —he came yesterday to talk ab't it & hung on my neck & kiss'd

Whitman's housekeeper, took care of both Harry and Warren after the death of their father, the sea captain

Warry wheel'd me up of course in the chair ) to Mr & Mrs: Harned's where we had a first–rate dinner (my

, (he behaved very badly & put on airs) and had a chicken pot pie & I had some of the c[hicken] for my

breakfast this morning—& some new coffee better than the old, (wh' was not good)—My appetite is good

ab't it (I think more of the boy, & I believe he does of me, than we knew)—He kissed me & hung on to my

: 16 —Harry and Becky were married last evn'g, & they came around here afterward a little while, at 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

Whitman's housekeeper, took care of both Harry and Warren after the death of their father, the sea captain

America Nothing very new or different, Alys comes often & is as welcomed as sunshine—I am sitting here in my

den as ever—dark & rainy to-day & yesterday—My Canadian nurse & friend has left me—(he had a good chance

along better than you might imagine—a bad physical brain probably catarrhal—& hopeless locomotion—are my

is at its height and bitter cold here now, the earth hard and covered with ice and snow, as I sit by my

God bless my British friends assisters—(from the first they have come in when most wanted)— Walt Whitman

Pall Mall Gazette devoted a great deal of space to Whitman in 1887: January 10, excerpts from "My Book

Send me a line acknowledging them, as I have a little uncertainty ab't my P O messenger.

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey July 28 '86 My dear Redpath Yours of 26th rec'd—All right & no harm

done—But I mortally hate to have any thing with my name signed go to press without my seeing proof—Also

I wanted the slips—Yes I will furnish you the (ab't) seven page article you request, & soon —My health

ab't me that is to be pub'd in Eng. soon—I am quiescent, but think of pub. in collected & revised form my

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey May 3, '87 Your letter rec'd & welcomed as always—My visit to N Y

was a hasty flash only—I am more & more wretchedly physically disabled, & feel better off here in my

G—but I doubt whether it contains much (or any thing) for you—I can loan you my copy if you wish—I will

certainly keep you posted ab't myself, or any literary movement or change or happening of my work— Walt

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Dec. 28 '87 Thanks, my dear friend, for your kind letter & (Christmas

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

My Dear friend I am so sorry to hear by Johnny that you are ill, & suffering—I wish I could send you

Brooklyn, New York March 14 My dear Mr.

Linton, I think of wanting this engraved (exactly this size, and general design) for a frontispiece for my

Camden Sunday Sept: 10 Dear Harry Thanks for your good letter—I have had my hands full the last six or

eight weeks getting my new book in shape, seeing to every thing, and watching the proofs day & night

job two or three times a year)—I have had the mighty good luck to keep well this summer all through—my

letter a lady opposite is singing & playing the hymn "Nearer my god to Thee"—how beautiful it sounds

— Love to you my darling young brother W.W.— Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 10 September [1882]

My dear Sir: Your note has been received. —Accept—for yourself, the Citizen , & Gen.

Halpine —My sincere thanks for your kindness. I fully appreciate it.

As I have not at my control, at this moment, any bound copies of Leaves of Grass , would you allow me

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

—There are no later or fuller prints of my books than those you have —I contemplate a final compacted

Camden New Jersey April 2 '82 My dear Dana Yes I am willing you should make extracts—Enclosed (suggestions

of last Critic here—also send the little slips of the poem here, unless already sent —I like to see my

you, & sister & father, & have you located —All sorrowful, solemn, yet soothing thoughts come up in my

mind at reminiscences of my dear friend, your dear mother —have often thought of you all, since '73

mine—I know him well — I have just returned from Boston, where I have been the past week—went on to read my

under the benumbing influences of paralysis, but thankful to be as well as I am—still board here (make my

head quarters here) with my brother & his wife—Eddy, my brother, is living & well, he is now boarding

dinner—two hours—every thing just right every way—a dozen people there, (the family & relatives)—for my

done & will be in the market in a month or so—all about it has proceeded satisfactorily—& I have had my

firm was in bankruptcy, Redfield noted that the balance due Whitman ($63.45) "will have to go in with my

I think my estate will pay 50 cents on the dollar: hope so at any rate."

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey For the present send Ernest Rhys's letters addressed here to my care

New Jersey March 7 '82 Dear Madam Returning here last evening I have mailed to you the two Volumes of my

Yes, I shall, unless prevented, bring out a volume this summer, partly as my contribution to our National

I see that Jan: 6 I sent you my circular in answer to previous letter from you—that is the only correspondence—I

But as in all such cases, I consider it my obligation & loss.

I send the Two Volumes, to you, same mail with this—The Two embody all my works—the little Vol's being

for $12.50 on Jan: 22—I write to-day that I have not seen or heard of any such order, but consider it my

for $12.50 on Jan: 22—I write to-day that I have not seen or heard of any such order, but consider it my

Camden New Jersey Feb: 9 '82 My dear Madam — Yours of 9th rec'd received —I should be pleased to send

you the book—the price is $2—My Photo & auto[graph] are sold by the Camden Children's Home , Haddon

new with me—a dark sulky day outside, cold yet not quite cold enough to freeze—no visitors—have had my

thro' a snow storm) just before sunset—So you see I do get around some—(when I am helped—not much of my