
Dec 13—76 '76
Thanks, my dear friend, for your cheery letter, & for your warm & hospitable
invitations—I am though crippled as ever perhaps decidedly better this winter—certainly in the way of
strength & general vim—& it would be very pleasant to me to come on
& stay at your house for about a week, if perfectly convenient, & if you
have plenty of room—My (adopted) son, a young man
of 18, is with me now, sees to me, & occasionally transacts my business affairs,
& I feel somewhat at sea without him—Could I bring him with me, to share my
room, & your hospitality & be with me?—
Glad to hear in your note from Joaquin Miller— first news of him now for three months—Will sit to Mr Waters with great pleasure—& he & you shall have every thing your own way—
—I am selling a few copies of my Vols, new Edition, from time to time—most of them go to the British Islands—
—I see Mr Loag occasionally—
Loving regards to you, my friend, & to Mrs Johnston no less— Walt Whitman