
Thanks for your affectionate letter—(thank your dear mother also for hers—a most welcome one)—Nothing special or new to write about—health & every thing go on with me ab't as usual—I enclose a piece of cloth—cannot find a coat that I think would serve you, (which is the garment I suppose you most want)—Dr Bucke has told me of a picture he got from you, he prizes immensely—I havn't seen it—Write whenever you can, dear boy, & I will to you—
Walt Whitman