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I go over this afternoon at urgent request of my friend R. P.
I rec'd $600. for my N. Y. reading. Andrew Carnegie (thro' Gilder) paid $350 for his box. . . .
I have to say—Send them flat—if convenient— Hand this note to Mr Cox—I am all right—rec'd $600 for my
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
22 '87 Have come over here on a few days' visit to R P Smith on Arch street—Enjoy all—Have just had my
dinner—Mr S is one of my kindest friends.
picture of Wilson Barrett, the English actor, having upon it, inscribed in bold sign-manual: "I place my
"Tell them," he said, "that in my mind I feel quite vigorous; but that in body I am well used up with
I hope it is healing all right & will be no more trouble—Nothing new or special with me—Sold one of my
It is all out of my hands now, and I do hope everything will turn out well.
The P.M.G usually treats me rather cavalierly over my own things: the young fellows who do the literary
Did you ever read his Story of My Heart?
I, too, often doubt any absolute empire, even the most cosmic, over the human will: that is my feeling
dinner, baked shad & champagne galore —jolly company —enjoy'd all with moderation —No, the Mr Smith, my
Costelloe, my staunchest living woman friend—the Librarian Logan Smith, (now dead) was his brother—Did
beautiful & interesting Bugle Echoes which has just reached me—Please send this to F F Browne with my
Mountain Side," "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors," "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," and "O Captain
My Captain!"
receipt—I continue ab't half and half in feeling & health —Mrs: G. says Ed is well—I rec'd a note from my
copy of the book for any purpose, I shall feel honored if you will allow me to send it to you with my
Mountain Side," "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors," "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," and "O Captain
My Captain!"
I shall keep it by me for my own reading, & to refresh my memory of those turbulent days.
morning May 3 '87 Dear friend I got home all right Sunday afternoon—had a nice enjoyable ride—enjoyed my
visit anyhow—Yesterday I felt pretty dry, up in my room, & made a glass of drink, water, sugar & vinegar—from
that bottle you gave me—such as I remember my dear mother making sixty years ago, for my father, of
a hot day, when I was a little boy—& my drink went well too—Nothing new of any importance with me—Send
have just written him a few lines—told him ab't Harry —Warm & sunny to-day & I am sitting here with my
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
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
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Camden May 6th 1887 Major Pond has written to me fixing dates for my proposed Boston (including I believe
Dillingham Co: New York), he writes of Whitman: "Whitman gave a few readings under my management during
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey May 11 '87 I send today by mail—same address as this—my Volume 'Leaves
As I write the mocking-bird is singing over the way, & my canary—Love to A and L — Walt Whitman Walt
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
30, 1868, Whitman informed Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Proud Music of the Storm" was "put in type for my
May 19 th 1887 My Dear Sir I greatly regret being unable to avail myself of the Poem "November Boughs
My dear Mr.
May 21 - 87 My dear Mr.
It gives me quite a new conception of my own importance in the world.
(Give him my hearty greetings!)
Just as he was about to recite 'My Captain,' a little girl, the granddaughter of Edmund Clarence Stedman
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey May 25 '87 Thanks & God bless you my dear Sylvester Baxter for your
feeling pretty well as I write—Should most gratefully accept & most intensely enjoy a little spot of my
I am well as usual—hot here—am sitting here by the window as I write—ate my dinner with appetite—heard
falsehood —but I have several beloved & staunch friends here in America, men & women—I wish you to give my
she was a real friend of mine & appreciater of L of G. but not aware how deep and good—you have rec'd my
Saturday 3 P M Showery & coolish here the last two days—I am now sitting here by the open window—have had my
As I write, the sun is out, & my bird singing—I have had my dinner, mutton-stew, onions, & greens—(I
sincerely—I am living here comfortably enough, but a paralytic bodily—As I write I sit by the open window of my
Dr Johnston's letter & the pictures & birthday gift have safely reach'd me, & thank you indeed from my
If convenient I sh'd like to have you send this note to E P G. with my thanks and regards— Walt Whitman
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey May 31 '87 My dear T W Will you do something for me, in the Press
On this date Whitman recorded the following in his Commonplace Book: "To day I begin my 69th year—almost
My Dear Mr Whitman It seems to be but yesterday that I saw you riding on the cars talking to the driver
again, it seems ten years, since I felt the old home Your photograph greets me every time I go into my
One of my friends came in the other day & said, "you have still got his picture hung up," & I said "yes
New Mexico, has changed me so My Dear Mr Whitman that you would not recognize me.
on the prairie with no house or food in sight when night came & had nothing to do but to roll up in my
fill'd with gratitude & pleasure at the prospect of having a country or perhaps sea shore shanty of my
announcing his "positive conviction that some of these birds sing and others fly and flirt about here for my
for me, blew into space a thousand cobwebs of genteel and ethical illusion, and, having thus shaken 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
I send you my love and am always affectionately yours R M Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman
money for it, (& great good it does me, coming now)—Herbert Gilchrist is here—he is drawing & painting my
perhaps the best thing yet—Love to your father, yourself & Alys, the baby dear, & all—as I end, after my
shape like "Fancies at Navesink"—that ("November Boughs") is the name, by the by, I think of giving my
summer cottage fund —(dear Boyle, if you see him say I sent my best love & thanks)—I wish you fellows
be put of course to that definite single purpose, & there I shall probably mainly live the rest of my
tainted here, five or six months in the year, at best —As I write Herbert Gilchrist is here sketching in my
oil painting—I hear from Dr Bucke often—nothing now of late from O'Connor , who is still in So: Cal—My
Camden June 13 '87 Am pretty well to-day (after being under the weather the past week)—Nothing new in my
Johnston on September 1, 1887, "He advertises...to sell my photo, with autograph.
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey June 14 '87 Dear S E C I wish to send you my special deep-felt personal
I for my part will advise him to collect and send on the whole amount as soon as he possibly can.
I am sure we shall all be quite satisfied with yr plans, for my part I am pleased that you are going
arranged that my contribution be my expenses to Camden & board bills there helping you get domicilled
(I built my own study out in Ohio when a lad).
But I shan't impart my surmise to any one else.
suggests to me impromptu—Yes I am making calculation on a conveniently plann'd & built house, & garden, of my
O'Reilly's, K's & your hands (& any others if any others there be)—putting it in a draught payable to my
order & send it to me here—I feel as if I could suit my wants & tastes better probably deciding & directing
know too how appreciatingly & gratefully I feel ab't their help—& that I appoint you to fully act as my
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey June 20 '87 Thank you my friend for the delicious chocolate—I have
it for my breakfast frequently, & enjoy it—Please accept a copy of my little book "Specimen Days" London
Office of The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass., June 21, 188 7 My dear friend: Yours of the 18th received
send more in a few days by calling in the amounts already subscribed as speedily as the pressure of my
henceforth not the least among the objects of our interest— —Showery here to-day—I tho't of getting out with my
feeling it—H G. is here painting—Morse is here—I shall send you the copy of S D soon—Have just had my