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changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen William
file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen James Speed to William
file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen James Speed to William
as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger Andrew Johnson to William
in toward land; The great steady wind from west and west-by-south, Floating so buoyant, with milk-white
, I was refresh'd by the storm; I watch'd with joy the threatening maws of the waves; I mark'd the white
Then to the third—a face nor child, nor old, very calm, as of beautiful yellow-white ivory: Young man
NOT alone our camps of white, O soldiers, When, as order'd forward, after a long march, Footsore and
WORLD, take good notice, silver stars fading, Milky hue ript, weft of white detaching, Coals thirty-six
told you Well i must [close] My letter by bidding you good by write soon armory Square hospittle William
Whitman Thomas Jefferson Whitman to William Douglas O'Connor, 16 March 1865
around Camp Grant and see us. please excuse this Short Letter Write soon good by I remain your Freind William
brother, it would deeply oblige me—address — Walt Whitman Washington D C Walt Whitman to Captain William
close hopeing to hear from you again soon Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant & loving friend, William
great wide avenue like Flatbush avenue, quite flat, & stretching as far as you can see, with a great white
Send William the enclosed piece —it is one of those I spoke of—When you write direct to me, Portland
Hubley Ashton to William A. Dart, 11 August 1865
I wonder if young William Allingham wrote it. The Leader is the paper he is on.
William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 19 October 1865
Krise, David & James McCullough, James McKee, & William Cox.
You ask about William.
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 6 January 1865
This city, its suburbs, the Capitol, the front of the White House, the places of amusement, the avenue
Shepard, Colonel Shepherd, the son-in-law of William H.