Thanks for y'r consideration & kindness send'g the cable message ab't Dr J[ohnston]—I was getting to be a little uneasy—Nothing very new or different with me—am pretty well & writing—get out doors & down to river side almost daily—make my meals of fruit, bread, honey, coffee &c—
Did J. give the portrait (of self) to you in good order? (I dont like that Illustrated News one—it looks a little foxy)—I send my love, remembrance &c to Dr J—in fact affectionate respects to you all—
Walt Whitman