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I have just written to the Postmaster at Washington, asking him to forward my letters here, as I suppose

In my case there is no notable amendment—& not much change—I have irregular spells of serious distress

the day or night only, with intervals in which, (while I remain still,) I feel comparatively easy—but my

C[lerk] at which I am truly pleased —Nelly, as I suppose you will see this letter, I will send you my

& did he say any thing new about my sickness or symptoms?

The bad spells in my head continued at short intervals all through Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

ready to have them, and pretty sick and sore and bad, especially in head, confusing me, and affecting my

I have rewritten my Will, with some slight changes and additions, and placed it in the pocket of my trunk

here. … Ate my breakfast like a man this morning.

My eyes gave out before through. . . .

My improvement is not much in the head troubles, & hardly any in my left leg, but very perceptible in

my strength & vim generally— & my confidence remains (still unaffected in the main, by all the tediousness

took, at my own price at once & sent me the money)—They are in type, and I have read the proofs.

So they are off my mind.

Nelly, my dear, I received your welcome letter last evening. I am waiting for the photos of my St.

Dear Charley, All continues to go well with my health &c.

My leg is not much different, & I still have an occasional spell with the head—but I am much better .

Dear Charley, My condition continues favorable—& if I dared to hope this will last & improve in proportion—indicates

Eldridge that he had paid Godey, my substitute, the money I sent on for his October pay."

same way this fragment does: "I am still doing as well as when I last wrote" on October 24, 1873, and "My

We have a letter from my brother George, down to 18th inst. he was all safe.

My mother & folks are all well— I rece'd the letter enveloped to me 25th—I sent a line to Wm O'Connor

Ashton with friendship—also to Arnold Johnson with sincere thanks & tell him I am getting well—& give my

My head does not get right, that being still the trouble—the feeling now being as if it were in the centre

I keep pretty good spirits, however, & still make my calculations on getting well.

They are the rooms in which my mother died, with all the accustomed furniture, I have long been so used

I have written to Harry Douglas, my fellow clerk in the office, asking him to send me my letters here

My lift at the Ashton's was a great help to me—the change from the 15th st. rooms, & then the weather

With me & my affairs no great ripple—I am worldlily comfortable & in good physical condition as usual

of late—I went on to New York—was convoyed by my dear old Quaker friend R Pearsall Smith —had a success

at the lecture 14th (netted $600 for my self—Andrew Carnegie gave $350 for his box)—had a stunning reception

I shall doubtless return about the 26th—as my leave expires that day.

I am writing this in my room at Mr. & Mrs. Davis's.

write (moderately) & get out doors in a propell'd chair & keep good spirits—Nothing very significant in my

by accounts) is left with very little financially—spent an hour down by the Delaware river side in my

Liptay Care of Otto Behrens 140 Eighth avenue New York City I wrote to Nelly about a week ago, stating my

day—rather a curious fellow—a great bully, vehement, loud words & plenty of them (the very reverse of my

valued Dr Drinkard)—& yet I value what he says & does for me—He is inclined to think the seat of all my

been out, except just in front of the house in the sun, & only three times that—but don't be alarmed, my

dear friend—the probabilities are, (in my opinion any how,) that I shall get partially well yet— The

suppose the weather—& Nelly, half-sick, & Jennie about the same (but she will soon spring up)—aroused my

My sister Martha at St.

months ago —she has since no trouble with the cancer, (or supposed cancer)—Jeff & the children well—My

Brooklyn Nov 17, 1863 Dear friend I suppose Nelly has received a letter from me posting you up of my

last night, Trovatore —very, very good singing & acting— I feel to devote myself more to the work of my

I shall range along the high plateau of my life & capacity for a few years now, & then swiftly descend

, & the objects, &c of most, seem to me very flippant & shallow somehow since I returned this time— My

Dear comrade, I send you my love, & to William & Nelly, & remember me to Major [Hapgood] — Walt Walt

well considering but rigorously imprison'd in the sick room—good heart but entirely disabled—printing my

My dear friend I am having quite a good spell to-day, (if it only lasts)—I wish you, in conjunction with

Peter Doyle, would go over to my room at Dr.

White's, & unlock the big trunk, (the one that is strapped) and take out My gray suit , coat, vest, &

My black overcoat , quite heavy—it is the one in the trunk— Black felt hat, (there are two black hats

I will write promptly if there is any marked change in my condition.

Dear friend, I suppose you got my postal card.

try to get around—have better spirits than I could expect—but on trial, the least exertion confuses my

But I am sitting here at present in my room, comparatively comfortable—& feel every hope that I shall

On July 31, he wrote John Burroughs that he had "finished (sent all copy) my little Nov: Boughs."

reads, in its entirety, "The two songs on this page are eked out during an afternoon, June, 1888, in my

Please make a bundle of all my books , Burroughs's Notes , As a Strong Bird , 67 Ed'n Edition L of G,

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

Street Camden New Jersey Jan: 19 '85 Dear Sir In hasty answer to your request asking me to specify over my

This, with my course on another matter, the securing to public use of Washington Park (Old Fort Greene

thirty-five years ago, against heavy odds, during an editorship of the Brooklyn Eagle , are "feathers in my

Sent May 9—'68 My dear Charles Hine, I received with gladness the authentic sign & proof that you are

Believe me, my friend, I have not forgotten you, nor your old kindness & friendliness. Also Mrs.

In the meantime, I send you by same mail as this a copy of my last edition, also a little book, written

Burroughs, (a second Thoreau,) and a newspaper, with letter —the book & letter all about my precious

General's office—have a pleasant berth, moderate pay, but sufficient— I am well, weight nearly 200, & eat my

…My dear old friend, I love you."

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

I send you to-day by mail, to same address as this card, my volume, "Two Rivulets".

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

I send you, same mail with this, a copy of my book, as requested—Also a copy of Mr.

I send you my thanks & good will.

thanks for the paper wh- comes regularly & is always interesting to me—Second, I send you a Volume of my

Booth and the Old Bowery —which article I reserve the right to include & print in future collections of my

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

Camden New Jersey March 12 pm—Yours duly rec'd—I send you by mail to-day, to same address as this card, my

Captain: Could you give me a little further information about my brother Capt. George W.

Was my brother really well & hearty? Was Lieut. Sam'l Pooley, 51st N. Y., there, & how was he?

Do you know whether my brother got letters & boxes we sent him?

, or any points relating to my brother, it would deeply oblige me—address — Walt Whitman Washington D

C Walt Whitman to Captain William Cook, 27 February 1865

My books, Leaves of Grass , Passage to India Democratic Vistas &c. will be duly dispatched to-night or

previously published in Leaves of Grass, "Passage to India" was Whitman's attempt to "celebrate in my

London Ontario Canada I have journey'd out here from my home in Camden, & this will be my head-quarters

to different parts of Canada, but coming back here)—I have rec'd received the two Iowa papers, with my

well as usual—still work in this office—still board at the same house in M Street—& I suppose hold my

I will not write a long letter this time—but send you my love—& charge you to write more regularly in

branches, I came home from Washington and applied myself, as soon as possible, to school and to study…My

I have changed my back room to the front room, & have my meals sent up by the landlady—She gives me very

very pleasant & sufficiently cool—after the melting hot summer—I am writing this in the office, by my

Well, my dear comrade, how are you, & how does it go?

I send you my love, & God bless you, dearest comrade—Write soon, dear son, & give me all particulars.

I have excellent health, eat my rations every time, and am I suppose full as fat and brown and bearded

While here I spend much of my time with my dear Mother, in Brooklyn—she is hearty & cheerful, though

My address, for some four weeks to come, will be as at the heading of this letter.

Byron, I send you my love & friendship, dear soldier boy—and now that we have found each other again,

I send you a paper same mail with this, containing a little piece that describes my case.

I have not forgotten you, my loving soldier boy, & never shall. Walt Whitman 322 Stevens st.

you since I rec'd your last letter or not—but it came safe, & was glad to hear from you—write soon, my

the perfect copies soon—we had a fine long pouring rain here all last night—I am writing this home at my

Camden N J Sept: September 6 I cheerfully give permission to print "O Captain My Captain" in your book

Christmas—1884—'5 328 Mickle Street Camden N J Thanks my loving young friends for the magnificent chair—so

)— I leave mainly the carrying it out to your aformentioned taste & judgment—you can confer &c with my

My dear friend, Your letter has reached me here, & it is a real comfort to hear from Bethuel once more

interesting—when I think of those old times in the hospital & our being together, you seem to me like my

Bethuel, I enclose an envelope for you—dear boy, I want you to write me a good long letter—my best best

Smith, I thank you for writing to me, it has done me good—I send my best respects & love to you—& my

see if they would reach you—I was very much disappointed when I went to Armory that evening to find my

Thuey, did you take the envelope you had with my address?

you need not mind ceremony—there is no need of ceremony between dear friends for that I hope we are, my

together again—good by, dear boy, from your true friend— Thuey, I enclose an envelope but will write my

be afraid, my darling comrade—it is little, but it may be some use—Thuey, you write to me just as you

See you must have rec'd all my letters, papers, slips & scraps, & Dr Bucke's book (remember that Dr B

keeps me in bread & meat & shanty-keeping a good time yet—I also send to you printed slip, "Old Poets" my

flatter myself I am giving or trying to give voice to)—I am leisurely cooking up a little 2d annex for my

I enclose you a couple of slips of my last poemet in Dec. Phila.

done me—words by pen & ink are poor perhaps but O how I wish to give you all & each a God bless you & 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 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

over hereabout—but I keep a stout oakwood fire—& read & write & while away the time imprisoned here in my

room—hope you get the papers I send—often think of you there more than you know—(my favorite notion

the foundation of L of G, they are banded together in spirit and interest essentially all the earth) My

Mickle Street n'r Delaware river Camden New Jersey U S America Dec: 26 '90 — Herewith are copies of my

5 pound postal order—shall send a letter to you by mail also at once in duplicate of this—mean time my

been reading over y'r good letter of June 9th again & it seems to put me among you all again—I send my

—Just finish'd my supper, quite hearty, (only take two meals a day, no dinner) blackberries rice some

is the third day of perfect summer weather—(very hot before)—all prosperous— 23d—1½PM —have pass'd my

big old 2d story room "den," my young nurse man is down stairs practising practicing & playing his fiddle—my

over by ferry boat & horse cars) & here I sit writing to you all—I want to hear specifically whether 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

books & the pictures, wh' is a g't relief to me—I send you same mail with this the 2d annex "Good-Bye my

Thirty-one poems from Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy

For more information see Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

& my two letters since—& the March Lippincott's magazine?

& nothing promising ahead—but sit up & read & write—have just had a little stew'd rice & mutton for my

other friends not named—mates of mine unspecified there whom you are authorized to give them if any my

Thirty-one poems from Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy

For more information see Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

explaining his rationale for the delay: "I have not wanted to bother you during your severe illness, hence my

Since I sent them I have written to you twice—& in my mind have had Australia & life in the bush & the

Louie, "Tom Touchstone" (when there,) & any other friends not named—the 'cute & loving appreciation of my

book & me by them there in Australia has gone right to my heart—is far more than literary or technical

interest you all but it is over color'd flattered)—Dr B is well & is busy—is a leading personal friend & my

middling well, (eat bread & honey, blackberries &c this summer weather—occasionally a mutton chop)—my

plane of course—I have a good strong tight cane chair & get out in it almost every day —propell'd by 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