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328 Mickle street Camden New Jersey Dec 1 '86 My dear Gilder If entirely convenient have the magazine

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Watson Gilder, 1 December 1886

"Leaves of Grass," author's special ed'n—& "Specimen Days" would be £1—s2 (one pound, two shillings [

rec'd the 10th & concluding Vol. of Stedman's "American Literature" collect —good I fancy— Tuesday, 1

) —he was one of our most important & curious 1776–1836 characters—died in the last mention'd year— 1

cool & collected & conservative but I consider him a real honest permanent friend of self & L of G— 3 1/

M Chicago, June 1 st 18 89 My Dear Old Friend The enclosed I clipped from the Inter Ocean today, and

here continued—I feel comparatively easier & freer also continued—sat for 40 minutes in the sun ab't 1,

ed'n of L of G is progressing fairly—Wm Ingram has just call'd—he is well—stays mostly at his farm—the 1

Camden Sunday noon April 8 '88 It is very pleasant & sunny to-day & I am going out in the rig abt 1 o'clock

night—the painful irritation, spasms, &c have mainly stopt & I am feeling decidedly easier, freer—rose ab't 1½

his huge canvas cover'd wagon (& fat slow horses) rumbling along—the loud long whistle or gong for 1

Camden Saturday 1 P M Dec: 7 '89 Bright sunny perfect day—have just been out an hour or two, a drive

toast, and a cup of milk (or two, during the day) with some ice cream (wh' tastes good & welcome) ab't 1½

Camden 1½ P M June 5 '90 Am feeling fairly (almost plus as I write)—hot weather here now the second day—the

B & the childer children Walt Whitman On December 1, 1891, Whitman received a letter from J.

Camden 1889 June 4 1 p m Suppose you got the papers &c: with report of the dinner, speeches, &c:—quite

usual—head bad—water w'ks trouble bad—frequent visitors—Harrison Morris and Miss A Repplier yestdy Nov: 1—

funny discoveries —cloudy half-raw day— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 October–1

even Emersonian culture dont lead to all that)— —Toward noon weather here turns to rain—bet'n 12 and 1

here—Horace is at work at the bank all night—a splendid etching "Milton Visiting Galileo" f'm Johnston — Jan: 1,

morning—but it will soon clear— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 December 1890–1

his parents with his wife & two young ones—I take pills, the Fred. water & use the catheter— Tuesday 1½

Dec 1 —Last night bad & sleepless—up forty to fifty times—water-works irritation, scalding—I have been

weather—not cold—no word of O'C[onnor] — Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30 November–1

Boughs" are completed—all will be attended to, the same— Sunday afternoon early July 1 Feeling miserably

B & the childer— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30 June —1 July 1888

Only July 1 there were 660 patients, including epileptics, and the physical and mental benefit derived

here alone as usual—good letter (enclosed) f'm Pearsall Smith —had a good currying (kneading) ab't 1—

Suppose you rec'd the pp: proof birth day acc't : sent by H., also the fac simile letter to Dr J June 1,

good oak-wood fire—God bless you all Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 February–1

up the massages—am sitting here alone in my den—lots of fog here lately—My supper is coming— March 1

pamphlet)—have just drink'd a mug of milk punch—dull & heavy enough here—read the papers, & read again— 1½

weather as I close— God bless you all Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 February–1

printed Jan: 5—I will send you a copy at once—have been taking some ice cream & a cup of milk for my 1½

Camden 1 P M Dec: 27 '88 A change in the weather—cloudy & disposed to rain—very moderate temperature—I

26 '91 Hot wave again—am keeping up pretty well—Suppose you rec'd Dr J's facsimile of my letter June 1

sphere & land—Your letters come & are always welcome—As I close I am sitting in my big chair in my room 1½

Mickle street Well Maurice every thing here goes on much the same, & fairly enough—As I write it is abt 1

Y this afternoon—returning Monday— —Scribner's has rejected & return'd to me my offered poems —the 1

W F (Warren Fritzinger) has just (1 p m) given me a good currying (with a horse brush) & will give me

another ab't 9 1/2—they are very acceptable to me—sting a little & make my flesh all red— One of the

looking for the Doctor —ate a roasted apple for breakfast—printing gets on very slowly— Walt Whitman #1

is permanently assiduous & helpful & friendly to me all along—the one o'clock big whistle just blows 1½

Camden Monday afternoon 1½ July 2 '88 Thanks for your letter this morn'g—the "Sands" is intended (such

letters rec'd—am sitting here the same in cane chair in my Mickle Street den—the big whistle has sounded 1

Whitman Whitman has written this letter to Richard Maurice Bucke on the back of Louis Kelley's October 1,

Camden NJ — Sept: 16 1 P M '91 Perfect weather continued—am feeling fairly—oysters for my breakfast—am

York and Boston—y'rs rec'd last evn'g —mutton & rice broth, Graham toast & tea for my breakfast— 3 1/

his family, baby boy —Alys Smith here yesterday—have had my midday massage , have two, one bet: 12 & 1—

linen—making if successful a handsome plain, pocketable booklet—want it to be retail 1.25 or better still $1—

am interested in that program of lectures, concerts, balls, &c: for the patients there—good, good — 1¼

Feb. 2 nd The big book with its kind inscription arrived today—I like much the 1 volume plan.

much f'm it—but we will see—have paid them $1500, & am willing to pay same am't more wh' is certainly 1/

breakfast—dull heavy head—yr letters rec'd & welcomed—sit here in den as usual Dec 13 —got out yesterday 1½

mostly alone (left to latent resources, but somehow get along) Evn'g —Had a good hearty massage at 1

Camden Noon April 11 '90 Bad night ag'n—heavy tussel strangling spell (phlegm &c) bet. 12 and 1—& more

Manchester Guardian Dec: 2 '91 On December 1, 1891, Whitman received a letter from J.

Camden '89 Friday 8 P M Nov. 1 —Been in the room here of course all day—y'rs rec'd—of Ed's safe arrival

1/2 past 2 —still dark & raining—had a good pummeling an hour ago—& shall have another at 9 evening—My

sweating a good deal of the time)— God bless you all— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 1–