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"That is wholly true: you give me my resolution back: I have something I want to say: I still expect

he is eminently present to me always here: no matter what happens, remains vitally with me, sharing my

"Ed, this is one of my friends—this is Horace Traubel." Ed scanned me.

I await it with interest.Please give my best regard to Mr.

W. said: "Tom—here is Ed Wilkins: Ed, this is my friend Tom Harned."

Sir: After my letter of yesterday, relative to the case of United States, vs .

The circumstances which I mentioned in my former letter on this subject, however, render it practically

Letcher, came to my hands only this morning, in consequence of my absence from the city.

that he will be in attendance at the Court in Richmond, prepared to make the arrangement suggested in my

The term commences on Monday, the 23d inst., I learn, and not the 25th as has heretofore been my impression

rendered in relation to the title of League Island, sent to me in your letter of the 5th ultimo for my

opinion as to the reasonableness of the charge; and to say that in my opinion Fifteen hundred dollars

Sir: On my return from the south, I find your official and unofficial letters of Sept. 13, 1871, which

on the 18th of that month were answered by the Solicitor General, reserving a final answer until my

In my judgement, the judicial force of the United States can be advantageously increased in the South

I am not quite certain whether a recommendation on the subject would be proper in my official report,

Called my attention to a score or so of prints, [illegible] heads from Appleton's Cyclopedia of American

He spoke of the photograph on the mantel as that "of one of my London Socialistic friends—admirers."

My dear Linton; I want you to have printed very nicely for me 1000 impressions of the cut, my head, to

Wall Street Oct 20, 90 My dear Whitman, I recd the printed speech, proposed—think it too short.

reckoning in a little room" — You must take good care of yourself—get in good trim physically, so that my

stupid, dont want to think or talk these times—shall emerge soon, & then define what I spoke of in my

last card—Do not come on personally as that would not facilitate—My Specimen Days in America (no "Collect

burg Oct. 22 1864 Dear friend walt I arrived home the 18 I had to stop over my on account of Sheridan

to late now & I did not hear of it in time there is considerable excitement here about the election. my

Dear Sir It is my birthday and I am so grateful to you for the comradeship of Leaves of Grass that I

My mother and sisters have just reached New York The girls are quite young and going to give Recitations

Whitman, Though I had to leave my place of country sojourn yesterday before hearing from you.

I shall take my chance of finding you at home early on Sunday afternoon—say about 3 o'clock—unless I

London Ontario Canada June 17 '80 My dear Reid Herewith find a letter for the paper.

—& having a good time—fine country, many fine people here—I go all about leisurely but this will be my

June 11, 1886 My dear Walt Whitman: Some weeks after I had made my last remittance to you I received

have satisfied myself that no copy was delivered here—had such been the case it would have come under my

notice—I therefore sent your order to Mr Gray and have received from him a copy for which you have my

return'd as your note seems to involve) —but I know I had a good time in the Times —& heartily send my

best respects & love to the boys one & all now there—I send my last photo: Tack it up if you like on

May 27th 1863 Walt Whitman My Dear Friend Enclosed I send you ten dollars.

This is my contribution $5. per month, and is for the months of April and May.

I should have replied immediately but for expecting my own picture from Boston a copy of which I have

My love to Mrs Benedict! Yours Sincerely Marie Blood.

My dear Walt Whitman I send you on behalf of Trübner & Co a draft for $14.43 for 39 copies of "Democratic

I remain my dear Walt Yours Sincerely Josiah Child Josiah Child to Walt Whitman, 20 October 1888

I have a great deal of pain in my head yet—no let up.

Farewell my loving son, till next time. Walt. I send a small bundle of papers.

If it doesn't come with this it will be because of my being compelled to go down to Washington as a witness

If by reason of my absence it should be overlooked, pray remind me of it.

Walt Whitman Esteemed Sir, Will you permit me to offer you, as emphasizing my appreciation of the melodies

its every drop distills something of the warm appreciation your exceptional creations have kindled in my

16 '81 Dear Sirs I have been down in the Jersey woods the last ten days—just returned —have finished my

be new or substantially new long primer —I sent on the proof page for a little change, last night on my

Nothing of any acc't in my condition or affairs—the grip has seized me ag'n—headache & sore throat—still

I sit up, eat my meals & get out in wheel chair —Look at the magazine Universal Review 15th Feb. 1890

Thanks for your letter, statement of acc't. account , of my books Leaves of Grass &c. which have just

Forty One Dollars, fifty-four cents, on acc't of sales of my books, in 1873.

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

I also enclose a slip better describing "the situation", (which I wish my friends to bear in mind more

Hope I may yet meet you personally—& your brother, (whom I have heard of lately by my friend John Burroughs

328 Mickle street Camden New Jersey U S America March 20 1886 My dear Ernest Rhys Thank you for the little

the same as of late years—Keep up pretty good spirits & buoyancy—that makes the best of it all—Give 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

and I thought it my Duty to answer it soo soon as possible.

the Compliment hopping hoping that this Letter will find you in the Best of spirits and helth health my

all—aplomb in the midst of irrational things, Imbued as they—passive, receptive, silent as they, Finding my

woods, or of any farm-life of These States, or of the coast, or the lakes, or Kanada, Me, wherever my

If there is I will do it if it is in my power.

My Wife is quite sick and has been for the past two weeks. The Children are all well as usual.

Camden NJ U S America Sept: 8 '90 Y'r kind letter rec'd & I have enc'd it in my letter to Dr Bucke to–day—I

continue well as usual of late—had melon & rye bread for my breakfast—fair appetite—have just written

or different with me—am pretty well & writing—get out doors & down to river side almost daily—make my

(I dont like that Illustrated News one—it looks a little foxy ) —I send my love, remembrance &c to Dr

My dear friends, John R. & Rebecca B.

I wonder if you either of you have any idea how the otherwise monotony of my Camden existence has been

all—aplomb in the midst of irrational things, Imbued as they—passive, receptive, silent as they, Finding my

of any farm- life farm-life of These States, or of the coast, or the lakes, or Kanada, Me, wherever my

. 1 DESPAIRING cries float ceaselessly toward me, day and night, The sad voice of Death—the call of my

alarm'd, uncertain, The Sea I am quickly to sail, come tell me, Come tell me where I am speeding—tell me my

AS they draw to a close, Of what underlies the precedent songs—of my aims in them, Of the seed I have

in them, Of joy, sweet joy, through many a year, in them, (For them, for them have I lived, in them my

AS they draw to a close, Of what underlies the precedent songs—of my aims in them, Of the seed I have

in them, Of joy, sweet joy, through many a year, in them, (For them, for them have I lived, in them my

Oh my captain! called Whitman."

This is why I send you My leaping verses, my bounding verses, my spasmodic verses, My hysteria-attack

Hydraulic pump tearing out my guts and my feeling it!

My soul! .. . My ties and ballasts leave me ...

My Captain!," "Come up from the Fields, Father," and "The Singer in Prison."

how often I have heard that—'my misery! my misery!'—down there in the South!

I must submit to my untoward fate."

When I got over and looked through my pockets for W.'

"I see that—I see its truth: I was quite reckless in my earlier days.

my book and what it stands for—or what they think it stands for.

"It is my invariable test of a doctor, his not too-great certainty.

Ed says W. suggested to him: "I should rather eat my crust on my own dung hill than a good meal on another's

I wrote in one of my letters to Doctor that Stedman was mad.

To Brahms I owe my redemption from the ultra-Wagnerian school.

The fact is I renewed my musical youth by his acquaintance.

Therefore have I rummaged over the garners of my observation and memory for the following anecdotes—and

When my mother was a girl, the house where she and her parents lived was in a gloomy wood, out of the

When nightfall came, and my grandfather did not return, my grandmother began to feel a little uneasy.

My grandmother sprung to the door, but upon opening it, she almost fainted in my mother's arms.

For there stood D ANDY , saddled and bridled, but no signs of my grandfather.

The Brown habitues were more to my taste.

he came to Brown's studio though not in my time.

If my friends would understand me— if the group of my friends wished to recognize the salient meanings—if

My own choice would have been hard to tell—I embrace, include, all.

my proof-desk.

adding after my reply: "I see I am all right: I often use the word and yet lose the sense of it.

It is queer, too, Childs being so unmistakably my friend.

I imagine that it is an act of religion in McKean not to patronize a man of my make.

Some of my enemies are malignants—for instance, Littlebill Winter, as O'Connor calls him, and Stoddard

He said: "I believe in the higher patriotism—not, my country whether or no, God bless it and damn the

I quoted my observation made in a discussion about W.

I am, everywhere in my talking and writing, making your claims felt and shall continue to do so.

W. exclaimed, breaking in: "Read it again: I want to get it clear in my noddle for keeps!"]

I hope to be able please you with my treatment of your great work.

That country out there is my own country though I have mainly had to view it from afar.

I took it in my hands.

he asked,and on my acquiescence—"So me, too. I think it one of the best—the very best.

he explained—Flynn came in the other evening and took it away in his arms.As we sat there talking, my

Adding: "My use of the word has been contested.

Yet I am sure of my correctness.

My heart rejoiced for him. Mrs. Keller getting ready to go. No mail whatever for W.

And to my "yes, last week," he replied, "I think of her often. She is a woman out of the few."

He pressed my hand, "Well, good night—good night, Horace."

s at six, but he had anticipated my card, arriving at two, and so missing me.Ingersoll telegraphs me

All I can say is give him my love & tell him that he will always have one friend no matter what happens