
I do not know if this will come too late. I hope not. I saw by one of the Daily Papers that you were sick with pneumonia & write at once after puting putting it off so long.
The news to tell is that a drak dark
blue eyed baby came from the some where to the Here
Sep 29th 1891 3 days before Mrs. G. Cleavland Cleveland
gave birth
to a daughter. The argument was which was
the name most fited fitted
for the Baby that came to
our Humble Home. Walter Whitman or Grover Cleaveland
The ballot was cast and it was decided in favor of Walter Whitman after Walt Whitman, America's Poet
I have had on my mind for 3 years those beautiful lines—about the "grass" The leaves of Grass that
the little child brought with full hands and asked you "what is the Grass"—so wonderfull a question
& so wonderfull an answer that you gave I have been & still continue
to be enthralled with your
writings & when our last Baby came it being a Boy with Dark Blue Beautiful eyes I said we must call Him
Walter Whitman Webb 3 days after the Ex President's Wife gave Birth to a daughter now, must we change our first
decision & put a "cleave" to it, no. we love Walter Best there seemed more poetry
to that name than any others & it is & will be W. W. W.
Now I wish to ask you is "Walt," or "Walter" right.
And is there an edition published with all your poems & writings in
complete? I must have it if there is so
that Walter Whitman Webb shall have them when he learns
to read.

