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Of course the main tho't has been yesterday, & is to-day, the death of O'C[onnor]—I enclose the letter of Mrs: O'C rec'd yesterday—

(Another death here, old Mrs: Mapes, buried this afternoon,)— Y'r letters come & are welcom'd—(if you sent one with the calo[mel] prescription, however, it never reach'd me—it was but really rec'd two days since)—Am feeling sufficiently easy today—my out-door wheelchair has come & is very satisfactory (both to Ed & me) & I intended to get out this forenoon, but I took a rather laborious bath at 10½, & felt some exhausted, & shall probably get out a little this afternoon—pleasant weather, not quite so warm to-day, but has been markedly warm—fair bowel action this forenoon—

Some of the friends here in Camden, (lawyers, a teacher or two, an editor, Tom Harned, & others) have laid out a sort of commemoration formal dinner for my arriving my 70th year old terminus—a good dinner, tickets ($5), toasts, speeches, &c.—no wine—you have probably rec'd the newspaper item f'm Horace—I have let them go on their own way, as they have set their hearts upon it, & they are all quite fellows of love & respect—but I have definitely told them it is not certain I shall get there in propria personae—& if so (wh' I will if practicable) w'd only show myself & acknowledge the compliment wh' seems to be no more than decent—tho' the jamboree does not present itself as appropriate, or particularly encouragable to my mind—Well we shall see—The pocket-bound ed'n is getting on smoothly, & no mishap or hitch yet—the printed sheets are at the binder's—Horace sold a big book to-day & McKay another—

Sunday May 12 '89

Well I went out in the wheel chair yesterday afternoon & was probably out an hour & a half—every thing work'd well—the chair is a success & sits & goes easy—Ed of course propell'd me—Shall go out again to-day—the weather continues fine, very mild—I sweat quite freely—had some good asparagus for my breakfast (sent f'm my brother's garden, Burlington)—Harry Stafford was here yesterday, he is pretty thin, is still working managing the RR station at Marlton, NJ—all the rest ab't as usual—Wm Ingram comes often.

Love to you & Mrs: B. & all— Walt Whitman