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Dear C W E

Yours came this forenoon, & was read & reread, & dispatched on the round to Kennedy, John Burroughs, & Dr. Bucke—all so anxious to get definite news from William. It somehow seems the most encouraging yet—God grant our dear friend may indeed get complete recovery—Write often as you can, dear friend. With me & my affairs no great ripple—I am worldlily comfortable & in good physical condition as usual of late—I went on to New York—was convoyed by my dear old Quaker friend R Pearsall Smith—had a success at the lecture 14th (netted $600 for my self—Andrew Carnegie gave $350 for his box)—had a stunning reception—I think 300 people, many ladies—that evn'g Westminster Hotel—newspapers friendly, everybody friendly even the authors—& returned here Friday 4 p m train from N Y. in good order—Am going over to Phila: this p m to be sculp'd by St Gaudiens, the N Y sculptor who has come on, to do it—Signs of spring rather late, but here—I am call'd to dinner (baked shad)—

Walt Whitman