Y'r p c rec'd & welcomed—weather-fast & room-fast here—(altho' the sun is shining out to-day)—Nothing special in my condition or affairs—Am writing a little (bits, poemets &c) I suppose to while away time as much as any thing else. Hawser'd here by pretty short rope, rec'd the $5 you sent—but had sent you word not to—all right now tho—it is ab't sun-down—I am waiting for my supper—My young nurse is down stairs learning his fiddle lesson—have had my massage—
Walt Whitman