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Y., July 16th 1865 My dear brother We duly received your letter —We of course all felt very indignant
are well the baby is a little down just now—but I guess she will be all right again in a few days—My
she manages to quarrell me out of it—so that I leave it half eaten—she begins by questioning me about my
women [Heyde's art students],...and goes so far as to intimate that I have sexual intercourse with my
pupils, at my room This is damned mean—reckless characterless, common, and disgusting" (Trent Collection
Realy my experience robs my heart of all charity—Han has a plausible superficiality, but under that she
on the finger —and I have just got well of it—and a cussed bad time I had of it too—it accounts for my
Louis, August 23rd 1868 My dear Mother, Having a half hour to spare I thought I could not better employ
yet—I was glad that the draft came all right—and by the way is that car stable yet on the lots opposite my
"My Acquaintance with Planchette," Lippincott's Magazine, 1 (1868), 217-18.
—[these] are the two questions that are in my mind just now— Mattie has a bad cough and I have had several
I do not think it worth while to risk everything in trying to "stick" it out in a bad bargain— Give my
Louis, August 20th 1868 Dear Brother George I must beg pardon for my seeming delay abt sending the enclosed
stands it like a good fellow—dont grumble a bit I hope you have been occasioned no inconvenience by my
write me occasionly and I often wonder why Mr Lane or McNamee does not write me—certainly they are in my
Louis, Jan 21st 1869 My dear Walt, Tis a long, long time since I have written you, and I am somewhat
Give my love to all mutual friends in Washington—particularly the O'Connors.
Dear brother I am in a tremendious hurry, and you must excuse my letter.
The blow struck at Lee & the rebel sway in Virginia, & generally at Richmond & Jeff Davis, …is in my
I am real glad my dear Walt that you are among such good people.
series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my
As he wrote Jeff, he hoped it would enable him "to continue my Hospital ministrations, on a more free
Brooklyn Oct 7th /63 My dear Walt, The enclosed $10 is from Mr James P.
stingey we wouldent know what to doo but i got the same old retort that it was me that was stingey with my
My own opinion is that he will not recover, that he cannot last long.
do Andrew a great deal of good In the letter that Mother received yesterday from you, you speak abt my
worries you without doing any good, and another thing it is not like you think in regard to cutting down my
Give yourself no thought abt my worring. Something that I have got entirely past.
Brooklyn Oct. 8th/63 My dear Walt I yesterday wrote you enclosing the $10 from Mr Kirkwood for the use
Martin "1 " Henry Carlow In my yesterdays letter I said something about the acknowledgement of the moneys
morning mother is not quite so well,—a bad cold—yesterday Jess was sick all day—there is no doubt Walt in my
I took out an agreement for Mothers and my names at $19 33 per month Did you get my letter enclosing
Louis, Mar 18th 1870 My Dear Mother Mattie arrived all right on Wednesday abt about 3 ocl —in the afternoon—We
Our captain though[t] he would run the risk and save the time (it takes some time longer to go through
gather something about his early relationship with Walt on the basis of the latter's short sketch, "My
Louis, Mo., Jan. 26th, 1888 My dear Jessie My darling girl , I enclose you a check for $50, hoping it
before you leave Burlington I got home from Ark yesterday, after a pretty hard time—I had to abandon my
I suppose I shall be gone about a week Mr Smith of Leavenworth was at my office on Monday last and came
to—No I must make the best of what is wanted now—I presume I shall have lots of time after awhile— Well my
place—and if he does I would like to have you go Nothing new with me—I am feeling fairly well—except I have my
Milwaukee, Dec. 23 1888 My dear Jessie A Merry Christmas to you— I enclose a little momento as I could
Louis, April 18th 1869 Wm O'Connor Esq My dear friend The package of "Reports" and afterwards your letter
received—I intended before this to write you and return thanks for the same—but like many other of my
you for the Reports—they furnished me with just the information I needed and you will please receive my
other reports of a like nature I am very greedy to get these things and shall probably show it in my
the change of "government" will not hurt either you or him I remember with a great deal of pleasure my
Louis, March 28th 1869 Wm O'Connor My dear friend I am anxious to obtain through you whatever copies
with me here, and when you can duplicate the copies we would both be thankful I must beg pardon for my
much when had) I am forced to secure as best I can the records of the experience of others Please give my
the corner" is a very fine public park, which we take a walk in every night I believe I told you in my
My work is good and light.
well now, in fact I have not been sick much at all Dear Mother good bye your son Jefferson Whitman My
morning yours of March 14th —I am deeply sensible of the interest you have taken for me and return my
to fill—it is an entirely different branch of the profession from that in which I have been engaged—My
and the general superintendance of building a piece of work—As a draughtsman I am totally deficient—my
better than she had for years before, I hope she will continue to feel so, (I think I mentioned in my
thousand dollars he is comeing north, And I too am saveing all I can get I give Walter five dollars (my
peice a foot square So ended all that Monday April 24th By this mornings mail I received a letter from my
I shall write to you again pretty soon, untill then good bye your son Jefferson Whitman My love to Mary
I am now at work in the "Crescent" office at five dollars per week, and my work is done by three o'clock
To My Dear Mother I do want to hear from you very, very much, do write to Walter or me and tell us how
Dear Sister you must also write to me (but please pay the postage) Among the others I must not forget my
Louis, Sept. 11th 188 5 My dear Walt Enclosed please find check for $10—payable to your order This check
to keep house without stopping Hattie's schools and I did not wish to do that—but I shall not sell my
them away as I best may and hope as soon as Hattie gets a couple of years older we will try again Well my
thinking or wondering about you—I have often thought how I would like to see you and if I can so arrange my
of this city contained a notice of the celebration of your seventy-second birth day; and called to my
none other than your self, and I have never ceased to feel deeply grateful to you for your kindness to my
visits to him were repeated again and again, until his death, and I know gave him great pleasure .— My
wholly passed from your memory, and to tell you that the lapse of quarter of a Century has not lessened my
appreciation of the attention shown my brother.— May Gods best belongings rest upon you.
years past and returned to York State a few weeks ago think of staying here for a time to take care of my
I have lost track of nearly all my old chums if I was able to travil travel I would like to see some
of flower seeds if so I will send you the money to pay for them and your trouble I will have to draw my
letter to a close for fear of wearing your patients patience to read it Please except accept my love
rocky founded island—shores where ever gayly dash the coming, going, hurrying sea waves " ("Mannahatta [My
London Dec 6 th —81 To my Dear Friend M r Whitman, I sit now in my hall on duty, to write you these few
I gus guess I will bring my letter to a close, By sending the Love of all the asylum Employies Employees
Dear brother I hardly know what to say to you in this letter for it is my first one to you but it will
not be my last I should have written to you before but I am not a great hand at written and I have ben
very buisy fixing my tent for this winter and I hope you will forgive me and in the future I will do
I send you my love and best wishes. Good by from Your Brother, Sergt Thomas P Sawyer P.S.
It is [my] sincere wish that Johny Makey will survive the operation and ultimately recover.
Yes my dear Brother, You have my friendship as fully as you can desire, and I hope we will meet again
Having nothing more of importance to communicate, I will conclude with my best wishes for your health
Given under my hand and seal at Fort James, in New Yorke, on the Island of Manhattat, this 18th day of
clearing, ffencing and manuring their land, as well as building ffor their conveniency have requested my
Given under my hand and seal at ffort James, in New York, the ffirst day of May. in the 22nd year of
House, and the question that is now put is, whether this 53 bill should pass, I must beg leave to give my
Witness My Hand, LEFFERT LEFFERTS."
My recollections of Walt Whitman date back to three or four years prior to the civil war.
Our chambers were the meeting places for several small circles of my young men friends.
My Captain!
But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead."
my captain!" above quoted. But the little KEEPSAKE is prized not the less on that account.
My dear Sir : I should like, if I can do so without impertinence, to send you my grateful thanks for
You have, through them, infused into my life and into the lives of many others, a fresher, healthier
I send you a paper which I read in October last in Warrington, Lancashire, and let my sincerity and enthusiasm
be my excuse for the utter inadequacy of treatment of a subject I both love and revere.
I remain, my dear sir, with grateful thanks, Thomas Tylston Greg.
Respected Sir, My object in writing to you is simply to request that you would favor me with your autograph
But for myself I do not feel that I could be overwhelmed by any misfortune that left my mind untouched
I came across the book this last summer, and it laid hold of my mind so that I could not put it away
works, to me, is that they have given me unspeakable religious certitude and confidence, have opened my
For Whitman's own response to Stedman's article, see "My Tribute to Four Poets" in Specimen Days and
Rolleston's son, Captain C. H.
Rolleston, informed Horst Frenz in 1950: "I do not think there can be any doubt that my Father's schoolmaster
Nov. 28 [1881] 29 Lange Strasse Dresden My dear Whitman Yesterday I received all your dispatches—viz,
Still I am very glad that I have it complete in my old .
This volume, with its new poems, etc. offered a field of "pleasant exploration" and renewed my sense
I have ordered my book to be sent to the American papers you mentioned.
You should have recd. received a copy of my Encheiridion by this. Thomas W. H.
Dear Friend and Master You see I am now back in my own country.
I am staying, with my wife (I have been married about 18 months) at my father's house.
You did not say anything about my translation of Epictetus which I sent you.
I want it as a present for a friend, so don't write my name in the beginning.
Indeed the friend is my wife—so on second thoughts I would be glad, & so would she, if you would write
I have been trying, since my return to Germany, to find out that essay you allude to in the N.A.
My 'Encheiridion' ought to be out very soon as I have sent in the last proof sheets.
. | & wrote postal card August 14th/82 29 Lange Strasse Dresden My dear master I wish you could send
We went over one glacier, where my friend distinguished himself by falling into a crevasse.
Shall introduce quotations liberally & see what they think of my translation.
A shameful business altogether, which makes me thankful that I am not an Englishman except against my
We have left Bad-Elster, the baths having perfectly restored my wife's health to our great joy.
Then my father got very ill & I had to go down & see him (he is all right now.)
Then business in London, tedious travelling half across Europe, & now my wife and I are fixed in a little
I send you some stanzas about my day's walk with O'Grady (I found out shortly that he was a lover and
In a letter to Horst Frenz of August 13, 1950, Captain C. H.
Rolleston wrote: "I do not think there can be any doubt that my Father's schoolmaster friend was H.
I have not read anything of the man himself yet—though I find that my reading & thinking for long past
Dresden '83 My dear Master I got your post card last Tuesday morning.
Yet in writing my essay, I had no thought of him, nor had mentioned him.
As to my translation of the I am now ready to cooperate with any competent German, i.e.
Perhaps my essay when published may lead to something. I got Dr. Bucke's book.
I will send him my essay when it appears. Nothing more to say now.
My translation I hope to get finished by Spring.
'82 29 Lange Strasse Dresden Tuesday Feb 14 My dear Whitman So you have had a visit from the Aesthete
I enclose herewith a page of my translation of the Leaves of Grass—you needn't save it as I don't want
Well, if I was to unburden all my mind on this weary subject I should go on till—till things got better
My wife knows them well too.
York has given very high praise to my Encheiridion.
1882 June 10th 29 Lange Strasse Dresden My dear Whitman I learn to day to my great surprise that the
This will perhaps lead to my finding a collaborateur for the translation—said translation owing to press
of other business has not been very rigorously pursued lately, but after this month I shall take off my
Yet then, and always, that was the cause that had my affection & interest—only I saw such obstacles in
Now all that has changed itself in my mind.