Perfect day sunny right temperature—am getting along fairly—Suppose you have rec'd the printed slips (proof) the birth day business, f'm next August Lippincott—(slips sent you yesterday)—forward you now a budget pictures curios—where duplicates, let J W W[allace] have one each duplicate—the photo mark'd in * corner back was the favorite of O'Connor & his wife at Washington, as a remarkably good likeness war times, (where the pict: was taken ab't '64)—the one in hat (curl'd) was the favorite of dear Mrs: Gilchrist—have sent proof slips of birth day acc't to Symonds & to Dr B[ucke]—(the best bits are S's, Conway's & Dr B's)—Warry is over to Phila: to-day—H T[raubel] with friends & photo: cam[era] are going out to the tomb, the cemetery. (I believe tomb finish'd)—soon as I get good pic't. will send you.
Walt Whitman