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My Dearest Friend: The days are slipping away so pleasantly here that weeks are gone before I know it

Never in my life have I enjoyed outdoor pleasures more—I hardly think, so much—enhanced as they are by

A long letter from my sister in England tells me Per. looks well and happy & is so proud of his little

Louis, Oct 27th 1878 My dear Walt Tis a long time since I have heard from any of you—but I suppose all

well until we had a "cold wave" about two weeks ago—since that time I have felt the very best—and too my

go and get well as quick as she can—I hope to hear in a day or two that she is all well again Give my

about Herb's picture, he calls September Days —(name not very good, but will do)—Picture itself, in my

treatment no following of any thing Herb has done before — Our folks are well as usual—(it is toward noon)—My

sister is off to church somewhere—brother down stairs balancing his acct's accounts —I up here in my

My Dearest Friend: I feel as if I didn't a bit deserve the glorious budget you sent me yesterday, for

live amongst anywhere in the world—and in this respect it has been good to give up having a home of my

outdoor life & the entirely simple, unpretending, cordial, friendly ways of Concord & its inhabitants won my

New York, Nov 18 187 8 My Dear Whitman: I am sorry that the pay for that Gathering the Corn article was

one could fail then [during the War] to admire his zeal and devotion, and I am afraid that at first my

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Nov 27 My dear Reid If convenient please send me the pay for the

hospitals of our Secession war—Still I do not smoke or chew myself—Sometimes wish I did smoke now in my

old age & invalidism—but it is too late to learn— But my brothers & all my near friends are smokers,

& I am accustomed to it—live among smokers, & always carry cigars in my pocket to give special friends

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America Dec 10 '78 My dear Josiah Child Yours of Nov: 23d duly

Tell me, when you write, about Smith —give him my love—I still keep well & bustling for me—have been

weeks—often think about you all— Got a letter from London from Trübner day before yesterday for six sets of my

Grace) are at 177 Remsen street Brooklyn—Jeannette Gilder has written to me that she is going to write my

friend All about as usual— Rec'd received a London letter day before yesterday, purchasing six sets of my

remitting the pay —(come in good for Christmas pocket money)— Spent last evening till midnight with my

her—But you will see them—they return to London, Canada, in a few days—Your & Herby's letters rec'd —My

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Dec 12 My dear friend As the holidays come on I would like to make

But my doubts being settled a little I can find occupation, and that will cure my sickening laziness—indeed

several new steps are clearly indicated in my farm operations.

My crop is fair—my renters did so well by high, warm land early planted—my own cotton started off in

My instinct has always been against immortality; this a state of probation &c My idea has always been

I've got my old renter the Methodist (local) preacher on Two Rivulets.

431 Stevens Street Camden N J Dec 18 a m My dear Sir I want a nice standing ratan work-basket for my

baskets,—such as will probably cost 3½ or $4— Please call soon — Walt Whitman I am well as usual—I send my

Camden New Jersey Dec 20 My dear Jenny Gilder Yours of to-day rec'd received —(The other also—but I thought

write now in haste to say I will help you to any thing on the subject you desire—Will turn it over in my

Gilder wrote to Whitman, in his words, "that she is going to write my life & asking for items &c" (Walt

holidays—I shall send him your present address—havn't seen E's portrait yet—I am writing this up in my

371886, Apr. 15, "Abraham Lincoln"loc.01762xxx.00531[The subject or text of my]1879–1887prose1 leafhandwrittenprinted

[The subject or text of my]

Richard Maurice Bucke, one of his literary executorsI have found my authority hereabout 1879prose1 leafhandwritten

I have found my authority here

pri.00035xxx.00808[Returned from my four months]1879–1882prose1 leafhandwritten; A short note in which

[Returned from my four months]

gossiping in the candle light" that resonates with the beginning of the second paragraph of the article My

disagreeable , if he has written & you will mind it, you would understand why if you had Dear Brother in my

hurry I made a mistake, thought this was written on I hope with my whole heart that I have not said

I think a great deal of my home with all my troubles I have only spoke of myself & could not help it

today Good bye Han Give my love to all Hannah Whitman Heyde to Walt Whitman, 2 January [1879]

I am spry no longer, but my spirits are as high-flown as ever.

Childs as a man whose hand is open as the day, but I never met him more than twice in all my life.

I could do my work much better with ink-blotches about me and a litter around and with a few broken chairs

My feeling towards him is something more than admiration—it partakes of reverence."

My Dearest Friend: Herby has told you of our difficulties in getting comfortable quarters here—and also

B. was always my friend—that his allusions were always kind—that he quoted 'Leaves of Grass' without

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

Captain Vandoren Townsend was married to Patience, George Stafford's sister.

& now I am paying the penalty of the exposure to the severe cold in another attack of neuralgia in my

I have just sent off my MS. to Briton.

If I can devise a better title I shall do so, but I think my readers will understand this one; the great

public does not care for my books anyhow.

Arthur Holland, one of the family who were so very friendly to me & made my stay so pleasant both in

Mistar Mister Whitman I recived received your letter this morning and I return you my most gratful grateful

25 Dear John Burroughs I havn't been able to think of any thing worth while in the way of a name—to my

My Dearest Friend: Are you never coming? I do long & long to see you.

I know that it will please you to hear that I have gained tenfold facility with my brush since the autumn

Three of my pictures are nicely hung at the Water Colour Exhibition Academy of Design, the first time

This morning being Sunday, I took my skates to the Park.

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.

J., Fey February 7 18 79 My Dear Walt Friday has come & gone —& no report as the dinner with the author

Please remember me to all the Staffords & give my especial love to Mrs. Stafford. Also to Mrs.

Street Camden New Jersey Feb 21 Dear Bee Your letter rec'd received , & we all read it with interest —my

mother yesterday forwarding the enclosed letter of Rossetti's which she wished me to post to you—So far my

should then visit you (sending you word beforehand)—I am writing this in the winter sunshine and send my

My dear Friend and Master, About twelve years since, I was in Boston and looking at the books of an old

In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings.

(My words seem utterly paltry and drivelling, and I am thoroughly ashamed of them.

My dear Master— do write to me—your faithful pupil and lover.

My will not prove my love, but could you have seen my work since I first read your divine Message—you

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America My dear Wm Harrison Riley Your letter has reach'd me

Riley was an ardent young Englishman who addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" on March 5.

In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."

My Dearest Friend: I hope you are enjoying this splendid, sunshiny weather as much as we are—the atmosphere

experience he thinks very highly, to study in Duron's Studio in Paris for a year, that I have made up my

mind to go back, for a time at any rate, this summer; but I shall leave my furniture here, and the question

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

Havn't Haven't heard from you in a long time—My splurge on the Death of Lincoln is all ready to be splurged—I

My Dearest Friend: It seems quite a long while since I wrote, & a very long while since you wrote.

I am beginning to turn my thoughts Philadelphia-wards that we may have some weeks near you before we

Camden New Jersey March 27 p m My dear friend Yours of yesterday rec'd received —Also the previous ones

me—I expect to come on to N Y to lecture (Death of Abraham Lincoln) the middle of April—Do you know of my

he is sort of engineering it—in conjunction [with] John Burroughs, (now in Washington)— My brother &

Camden New Jersey March 27 p m My dear friend I could not conveniently come to the West Phil: Depot—I

nice dinner party, all men, artists, &c, Horace Furness, (a good fellow)—his brother Frank, architect —my

George's Farm, Totley, near Sheffield, England, 2.4.79 My dear Friend and Guide.

What I have in me to say to you on my own account cannot be uttered in any words.

You translated hitherto hidden languages for me; you opened my eyes, which had before been only partly

He addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" in a letter on March 5, 1879.

In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."

Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."

George's Farm, Totley nr Sheffield, England. 4.4.79 My dear Friend and Guide.

He addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" in a letter on March 5, 1879.

In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."

Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."

April 13 '79 My dear Sir To break the tedium of my half-invalidism—& as an experiment—I have come on

Monday afternoon April 14 1879. 1309 Fifth av: near 86th st My dear Reid— As you might possibly have

room in the paper—& a full report might hit—I send you a complete copy of my lecture, to take the chances

to-morrow's paper —(As I calculate, it would make about three quarters of a column in your small type) — —My

plan is to break the tedium of my half invalidism from time to time (& also collect a few shekels) by

Esopus April 29 All goes well—enjoyed my journey up the river that afternoon & evening—10½ when I got

1309 Fifth av. near 86th st Thursday afternoon May 8 My Dear Reid Can you use this for Saturday's paper

1309 Fifth av: near 86th street Monday noon May 12 My dear Reid If you put this in type perhaps you could

1309 Fifth av: near 86th st: New York May 24 noon My dear Mr Bloor I have returned the two pamphlets—which

said)—about actors—I remain here till latter part of next week—then to Camden, New Jersey, which is my

On June 9, 2879, Alfred Janson Bloor sent to Whitman "a copy of the selections you made from my journal

1309 Fifth av: near 86th Street May 28 '79 My dear Sir Yours of May 23d has reach'd me here—I am unable

or what office, in Huntington I think, or who keeps them, I can not say—Yes I was born at West Hills—my

father Walter Whitman—I trace the Whitmans there four generations—my grandmother (father's mother) was

Hannah Brush I am here on a visit—go back, last of next week, to Camden New Jersey, my regular p o address