Y'rs of 8th f'm Albany rec'd—& (doubtless) all y'r Canada letters & welcom'd all—Send you a word in hopes it may reach you thro' care of my friend Andrew Rome—I cannot write the name but old recollections (Brooklyn 1852–'61) come up on a rush—& Tom Rome—how good & considerate & faithful they both were—& I wish to send them here my best remembrance & love—& of course show them this letter—(Tell Andrew I am just having a big book, complete works, including my last "Good-Bye my Fancy" bit, bound up, & I will surely send him one)—
Still holding the fort (sort o')—fluctuating a good deal—(lately neuralgia added, bothers me of nights)—Rec'd word f'm Dr B[ucke] to-day, with copy of the admirable lecture at McGill College—H Traubel & Warry well—Mrs: D[avis] so-so—fine weather, cool—have just drunk a great mug of buttermilk—
Walt Whitman