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Commissioner in Michigan, which you referred to me, and which bears the endorsement of my clerk.

My department has no control or supervision of the Commissioners, who are officers appointed by the Courts

all cases been obliged to decline approving said accounts; and must therefore in your case adhere to my

I must therefore decline to give you account of my official sanction. Very respectfully, A. T.

"No," he said to my question, "I have not read it all—it is solid reading"—his tone implying "too solid

I had my much-marked pocket copy of Leaves of Grass with me.

levee in life,— After death Now when I am looked back upon, I will I hold levee, after death, I lean on my

left elbow—I take ten thousand lovers, one after another, by my right hand.— I have all lives, all effects

jibs appear in the offing—steamers with pennants of smoke— and under the noonday forenoon sun Where my

Where my gaze as now sweeps ocean river and bay.

Then my realities, What else is so real as mine?

done and gone, we remain, There is no final reliance but upon us, Democracy rests finally upon us, (I, my

leaves upon it, and twined around it a little moss, And brought it away—and I have placed it in sight in my

room, It is not needed to remind me as of my own dear friends, (For I believe lately I think of little

or a girl with me, I ate with you, and slept with you—your body has become not yours only, nor left my

body mine only, You give me the pleasure of your eyes, face, flesh, as we pass—you take of my beard,

New Jersey Sept 21 st Dear Walt: I am down here for a week or two, under the direction of my Dr, taking

Now mainly what I write for is this, to ask you to come up & be my guest for a week.

My Dear Sir: I read in the papers that you are sick and in want in your old age. Now Mr.

You have always been my favorite poet, and I think it a shame that you should be left in need.

been real pleasant—I have been out most of the time—It is now between 4 and 5—I am writing this up in my

room home—am going out, & over to New York this evening—nothing special to write about— Pete, my darling

the way things work on the road—It wont won't be very long, now before I shall be back with you—Give my

Nash—tell Wash Milburne I wish him success in the "graduate of Pharmacy" line, & every thing else— give him my

skeleton, faculties good, but voice only a low whisper—I returned last night, after midnight —Well bub, my

time here is short—I have had a good quiet visit—the best in some respects yet—& I feel satisfied —My

am so much afraid you have been worried about me I hope not—for I care as much about your health as my

How is Eddy I send ever & ever so muc much love to you my dear and to all Han Hannah Whitman Heyde to

In these days of your sickness my thoughts and sympathy are with you.

Please pardon the familiar manner of my writing, this letter is just for you alone and is from the heart

Distance prevents me from putting my hand in yours in person.

Whitman, I know will receive with kindly heart my sincere greeting.

August 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, I can only write a line or two tonight—of loving remembrance & good

A P.C. from you arrived at Johnston's on Saturday, but it was sent on to him without my seeing it.

Camden Jan: 8 night '91 Am sitting here in my den, & will write a line—Much the same as usual comfortable—good

received some reprints f'm from last photo portrait & will soon send you one— Jan: 10 A M—have had my

relative of yours and daughter of Elizabeth Burroughs nee Wheeler, I guess you will pardon the liberty my

you would come and make us a visit you when in Woodside some. by sending love of the united family My

not finding me at McKay's come right over here, as it is only 20 minutes to get here, & the cars pass my

door—look'd for you all the afternoon—the sorest pinch is I feel now it is all my bungling fault.

It shall have a place of honor on my walls at home where you are read and loved.

I should not want to leave to my children the name of a Stevens or a Marston .

Lines written by the deceased, months previous to his death: “Weep not for me, my Charlotte dear, for

I am better off; For I am sure you knew my sufferings here, and what a dreadful cough; But God has taken

I shall print my College Poem in a small book—it will be small—& is intended as the beginning of a larger

for me—I am writing this in the house in Portland av—we are having a showery afternoon— —Good bye, my

of the Metropolitan Police, No. 300 Mulberry Street, N EW Y ORK, Dec 6th, 186 7 Friend Wat Walt At my

I could tell you a long story of my actions, for the relief and assistance of our Soldiers and their

Sir, Having added the Editorship of this Magazine to my duties on the Pall Mall Gazette my thoughts at

Camden New Jersey U S America May 22 1890 My dear Forman Y'r good letter with the £5 has reached me,

temporarily—is well—shall probably get out this fine afternoon in wheel-chair —have kind attention—I send you my

My Dear, "Good, Gray Poet.

I thank you, my dear sir, for your remembrance, and shall cherish it as long as I shall live.

6 th 21 1880 My Dear Walt: I send you my political letter from the Post — Tell me how you like it Johnson

6 March [18]91 Yours of 28 th ult and 1 st inst reached me day before yesterday as I was on my way to

out there much. [—] I hope now not to be so crowded and to have more time to write and keep track of my

My work is well known in England & I possess the highest possible testimonials regarding it from Cardinal

Yours Raymond Blathwayt I might add that Lord Tennyson lives in the parish in the I. of Wight of which my

last night we got payed off and to day it is rainey and wet so it quite uncomfortable you must excuse my

have been moving about so I aint had time well no more this time pleas answer this soon as you can my

I was so much obliged to you for your good letter about my sister & all, & your kind invitation to my

of "the young men referred to," because I spoke mainly of a class, or rather of a leaven & spirit— —My

My permanent address is 431 Stevens street Camden, New Jersey—shall return there about Nov 15— Walt Whitman

My father & mother is still living in Bridgeville But myself & my little Family live near the capital

My dear Friend: Since our conversation this morning it seems to me that there is a desire to get the

I feel the matter so deeply that I have put my thoughts on paper, and now enclose them.

or a girl with me, I ate with you, and slept with you—your body has become not yours only, nor left my

body mine only, You give me the pleasure of your eyes, face, flesh, as we pass—you take of my beard,

To-day my soul is full of the love of the body.

"Clear and sweet is my soul, and clear and sweet is all that is not my soul. ∗∗∗∗∗ While they discuss

The first doubt lodged in my mind against the claims of the Christian Church and ministry was the first

To my surprise and horror, they spent the whole time in regaling one another with smutty yarns.

I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.

W. saw the bundle in my hand, asked about it, so I tore it open in the semidarkness.

Davis for the present—have her put them in water—then in the morning I'll have them in my room—enjoy

Adding: "and while you're in, Ed, go upstairs in my room—you'll find there on the chair a little package

W. had questioned me on my first coming: "Is it too cool out here for me?"

I referred to my intention of writing to Stedman this week.

"Parisian Street Life" was the piece by Miss Larned which he had marked for my sister.

He would indeed like to read "Underground Russia," which I named as among my books.

this correspondent (Harriot Stanton Blatch: London, May 9), had said to her: "Ah, here's another of my

s book.W. called my attention to the fact that Stoddard "has been essaying again"—and commented: "It

But afterwards he more or less acquiesced in my explanation.

No one else from my family but wife and Mrs.

He, too, is heard from definitely.After my first mail I received postal from Johnston dated yesterday

My dear Traubel:I expect to be over tomorrow, and to be at Green's by 4:30 P.M.

My own say will be a short one." Would he speak first?

He had said on my morning call: "I feel bad—had a bad night—did not sleep at all."

when I would come in, he woke up, & I would lean down & kiss him, he would reach out his hand & pat my

aye even their young & precious lives, in their country's cause—Poor dear son, though you were not my

So farewell, dear boy—it was my opportunity to be with you in your last rapid days of death—no chance

(in Portland avenue, 4th door north of Myrtle, my mother's residence.)

My address here is care of Major Hapgood, paymaster U S A, cor 15th & F st, Washington D C.

was along-shore at about that place I had learned to swim as a boy, and W. was greatly interested in my

My dear Mr.

to grasp your hand on your birthday.Yours very truly,William Carey "I guess I'll have to let you do my

was all right: Johnson said the advertisements of pictures for autographs were honestly put forth, in my

I left with him proof of his "autobiographic note," which he promised to send up to my house tomorrow

I said: "Let Ed get it of my mother when he goes up to the house"—to which—"That's so—that will do—though

I was so drawn to them—they seemed so significant—I took my scissors—cut them out—and shall try to keep

them, if I can—if they don't get mislaid and buried, like so much of my material.

He spoke of this today and as illustrating his notion gave me a letter from his table and called my attention

I was compelled to [take] many car rides in my transit to "the city."

birth—to such an one there is a debt due of allegiance and profound gratitude.I thank you Sir, with all my

I go to my home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, tomorrow.

W. writing on my entrance. Did not appear well, nor was he.

I think I must not forget to include the boy in my story."

He writes to tell me he had seen my Brazilian poem in a Parisian paper—says he likes it—congratulates

My impression of Father Taylor is very vivid because I heard him repeatedly.

Then, "My friends must understand that: it is one of the bottom principles of 'Leaves of Grass.'"

On the table was the appendix to "Good-Bye My Fancy." I picked it up and examined.

I replied, "I am only glancing at it—my impression is a good one: I always like your personal chit-chat

To my assent proceeding, "And yet there are some who would doubt all that—doubt it utterly.

If he meddles with your book in New York, I will do my utmost in all directions to have him removed from

His taking up for that miserable Chadwick against me, misrepresenting and falsifying my argumentation

The Unitarian Index did a rascally thing lately in reprinting Chadwick's letter verbatim, without my

Underwood excused himself for not printing my answer on the ground that it was too "personal"!!!!!

I would fain make my own Copy complete to the present times, so would thank you for a line giving me

But why need I ask when I see now before my minds eye several passages in your Poems that answer all

appeared to you, and if it was to you the truth it seems to have been to me in thus sending to you, as my

comrades men and women such as you sing in your Poems. there again you see I find fresh spirit for my

were not so close fisted, I should predict that they would buy copies of the book by the score, but my

I am doing fairly well—am getting where I pay expenses now, with my entertainments.

A wealthy lady of culture by chance came to one of my evenings at B's church, & was thus pleased , she

bought my Carlyle & Emerson, & engaged me for two parlor entertainments at her own home.

Immediately after my return from Germany (28 February) I did write to you and sent you a long article

If my thoughts did not weaken and wither, when I try to give them expression in the English language,

something rotten in the state of Denmark, still are true, I have the greatest belief of the vitality of my

peasant on Fijen (one of our fertile isles) wrote to me in the spring for two years ago to thank me for my

Clausen, termed in Schmidt's letter "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he