
—Rainy & dark all day—moderate temperature—ab't as usual with me—bowel action this mn'g—stew'd oysters, Graham bread, apple sauce & coffee for my 4½ supper—great show of all-color'd chrysanthemums this season hereabout—you must have a splendid show of them—the yellow (canary) & white in a bunch are my favorites—but all are beautiful & cheery—I told you (in a p card) of Mrs: O'C's visit here—
Nov: 14 11 a m—Fine bright sunny forenoon—I suppose Mrs. O'C will return to Wash'n to-morrow—She is lodging with a friend in Phila—I am sitting here as usual—no letter mail yesterday & this forenoon, (except my usual daily stranger's autograph application)—pretty dull with me these days—yet I think I keep fair spirits (a blessed hereditament probably fr'm my dear mother—otherwise I sh'd go up forthwith)—am interested in that program of lectures, concerts, balls, &c: for the patients there—good, good—
1¼ P M Have had a good massage, & now I am going out in the wheel chair—the sunshine bright & alluring indeed. The Lord be with you—
Walt Whitman

3½—have been out a little while in the wheel chair & returned—all right—