
Cloudy wet & dark—mild temperature—y'rs of 9th rec'd last evn'g—Horace here—Shall call my little 2d annex "Good Bye my Fancy" after a little piece in it—Tom Harned's mother is dead 65 y'rs old—funeral to-morrow f'm his house—
George Stafford the father has been very ill a stroke of paralysis lay three days in a very critical condition—now better—probably over it & getting right—I saw Ed—I have belly ache, continued now ten days—grip & bladder trouble—am sitting here in big chair in den as usual—oatmeal & tea for breakfast—Enclose a couple of letters just rec'd for want of any thing better—
God bless you all— Walt Whitman
