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Search : William White

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Chats with Walt Whitman

  • Date: February 1898
  • Creator(s): Grace Gilchrist
Text:

His beard and hair were snow-white, his complexion a fine colour, and unwrinkled.

He was dressed always in a complete suit of grey clothes with a large and spotless white linen collar

, his flowing white beard filling in the gap at his strong sunburnt throat.

twinkle of amusement in his blue eyes, their blueness intensified by their overhanging, bushy, snow-white

year of which I write he stayed at Timber Creek, and dilated on these pleasures:— "The birds at the White

Reminiscences of Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1896
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

.^ BY WILLIAM SLOANE KENNEDY " WholoveaMan seehis here." may imagJ.R.LOWELL.

William Wesselhoeft. The result of of two months' generous work by Mr.

Channing gives himself almost entirely up to William's care and treatment.

William's blood boiled at the covert malignancy dis- in his Bazar played by [T.W.]

Don't know of [my grandmother Amy] Williams having any blood never heard ab't that.

Walt Whitman: The Man

  • Date: 1896
  • Creator(s): Thomas Donaldson
Text:

Widener, 10.00 William M. Singerly, 10.00 W. L.Elkins, 10.00 J.M.

WILLIAM C.BONAPARTE WYSE. MANOR OF STJOHN S,ATERFORD,Auguet11,879.

Stoddart, Francis Howard Williams, Dr. R. M. Bucke, Talcott Williams, T. B.

Brinton, Francis Howard Williams, Thomas B. Earned, and Dr. R.

Williams then read from the Zend-Avesta and Plato.

Reminiscences of Walt Whitman: Memories, Letters, Etc.

  • Date: 1896
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

William Wesselhoeft. The result of two months' generous work by Mr.

The window sills, bordered with white, were mounted with old-fashioned green blinds."

A white curtain was hung across the lower part of the widow inside, and, in summer, flowers were to be

He leaned as he walked upon the arm of his young friend, William Duckett, of Camden.

Your William Blackwood & sons, of Edinburgh, produce some splendidly printed works.

A Day with the Good Gray Poet

  • Date: 1895
  • Creator(s): Theodore F. Wolfe
Text:

and delicate, a complexion of florid and trans-parent pink,—its hue being heightened by the snowy whiteness

The floor is partly uncarpeted, and the furniture is of the simplest; his bed, covered by a white counterpane

Conversations with Walt Whitman: My First Visit

  • Date: 1895
  • Creator(s): Sadakichi Hartmann
Text:

against draughts, he had wrapped a shawl of an Oriental pattern around his shoulders, and with his white

Walt Whitman: A Study

  • Date: 1893
  • Creator(s): John Addington Symonds
Text:

NIMMO KING WILLIAM STRAND 14 STREET, MDCCCXCI1I 3331 S>2 AUG 2 i. 921411 PREFACE This hardly needs an

figure,six feet high, costumed in or blue grey, with drab hat, broad shirt collar, fulland with grey-white

And here I may recall President Lincoln's remark on seeing Whitman of House :" from the windows the White

William O'Connor, of Douglas Washington, who had learned to appreciate Walt as a friend, and to admire

In RE Walt Whitman: Walt Whitman at Date

  • Date: 1893
  • Creator(s): Horace L. Traubel
Text:

on his way without coat, vest, or suspenders, distinguished from afar by the glimpse of a spotless white

I went to him once with William M. Salter.

He likes William Legget's formula, that "the world is governed too much."

In RE Walt Whitman: Round Table with Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1893
  • Creator(s): Horace L. Traubel
Text:

Harned, Francis Howard Williams, Horace L. Traubel, Harrison S. Morris, Talcott Williams, John H.

Mitchell, William Reeder, Daniel Gongaker, Geoffrey Buckwalter, William Ingram, Carl Edelheim, G.W.

Williams ( F.

Williams .— Mr.

—Talcott WilliamsWilliams! Whitman .— Get up, Talcott—show yourself!

Complete Prose Works

  • Date: 1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

My old pilot friends, the Balsirs, Johnny Cole, Ira Smith, William White, and my young ferry friend,

—everything so white, so marbly pure and dazzling, yet soft—the White House of future poems, and of dreams

One Delaware soldier, William H.

Williams, aged 21, 3d Virginia cavalry.

White, however, is the prevailing color.

Walt Whitman in Boston

  • Date: August 1892
  • Creator(s): Sylvester Baxter
Text:

and beloved among actors; for many of the famous figures of the American stage have known it, and William

William T.

Passing under some arc-lights in the street, on our way back from the theatre, he remarked: "This white

A most scathing letter from William Douglas O'Connor was published, consigning Mr.

Probably the most intimate and devoted of Whitman's younger friends in Boston was William Sloane Kennedy

An Impression of Walt Whitman

  • Date: June 1892
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

vis-à-vis the ample figure of the poet clad in light gray linen, his wide rolling shirt collar and long white

Walt Whitman

  • Date: May 1892
  • Creator(s): William H. Garrison
Text:

the sporting event to sit in admiration of a clump of green trees that outlined themselves against a white

"How the white background sets off the many shades of the green leaves!"

, and this the poet has always been, that the "Whit" may either be the Saxon "wit" or "wisdom" or "white

" in the sense of his being a "white" man, but that the essence of the whole name lies in the last syllable

William H. Garrison . Our transcription is based on a digital image of an original issue.

Reminiscences of Whitman

  • Date: 11 April 1892
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

He had on a short black tailor jacket—no vest, wide turn-over collar, white shirt, broad sailor black

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 26 March 1892

  • Date: March 26, 1892
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Annotations Text:

John White Alexander (1856–1915) was an American painter and illustrator, well known for his portraits

Albert C. Hopkins to Walt Whitman, 14 March 1892

  • Date: March 14, 1892
  • Creator(s): Albert C. Hopkins
Text:

for the stars, the centre representing the Central government or Capital, from which radiate in the white

Margaretta L. and William A. Avery to Walt Whitman, 1 March 1892

  • Date: March 1, 1892
  • Creator(s): Margaretta L. and William A. Avery
Text:

Margaretta & William A. Avery. Margaretta L. and William A. Avery to Walt Whitman, 1 March 1892

Walt Whitman's Dying Hours

  • Date: 13 February 1892
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

transparent haze of the warm after- afternoon noon sun; The aspiring lilac bushes with profuse purple or white

Indeed, his face seems almost ruddy in contrast with the snowy whiteness of his hair and beard.

Williams— It has become almost fashion to say that Walt Whitman lacks form, and that his method of expressing

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 8 February 1892

  • Date: February 8, 1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New

The Good Grey Poet

  • Date: 4 February 1892
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

among a very few, and was only beginning to make its way into England, chiefly owing to the help of William

heavy-lidded firm blue eyes, which had a steadfast and dreamy regard; a short thick grey beard almost white

Men and Memories

  • Date: 16 January 1892
  • Creator(s): John Russell Young
Text:

One White House story comes to me of his leaving Lincoln in wrath, "slamming the doors behind him" because

I look where he lies, white-faced and still in the coffin, and draw near.

Bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin.

Our Pete hit in a cavalry skirmish and to die; the boy shot in the abdomen, "face as white as a lily;

Autobiographia: Starting Newspapers (Another Account)

  • Date: 1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

How it made my heart double-beat to see my piece on the pretty white paper, in nice type.

It was far more primitive and ancient then my Camden friend William Kurtz's place up on Federal street

Review of Leaves of Grass (1891–92)

  • Date: 1892
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

eminent and distinguished subject-matter: Lowell's 'Choice Odes, Lyrics, and Sonnets,' in a setting of white

William H. Neidlinger to Walt Whitman, 22 December 1891

  • Date: December 22, 1891
  • Creator(s): William H. Neidlinger
Text:

W H Neidlinger see notes Dec 22 1891 William H. Neidlinger to Walt Whitman, 22 December 1891

Walt Whitman's Good-Bye

  • Date: 12 December 1891
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

On another side is the bed with white coverlid and woollen blankets.

William Carey to Walt Whitman, 8 December 1891

  • Date: December 8, 1891
  • Creator(s): William Carey
Text:

I hope you will live to great many new years Yours sincerely William Carey 8 December 1891 William Carey

William Robinson to Walt Whitman, On or Before 6 December [1891?]

  • Date: On or Before December 6, [1891?]
  • Creator(s): William Robinson
Text:

Truly yours, Wm Robinson Wm Robinson (ask'g autograph) William Robinson to Walt Whitman, On or Before

William Carey to Walt Whitman, 5 December 1891

  • Date: December 5, 1891
  • Creator(s): William Carey
Text:

Yours sincerely William Carey 5 December 1891 William Carey to Walt Whitman, 5 December 1891

John William Lloyd to Walt Whitman, 1 December 1891

  • Date: December 1, 1891
  • Creator(s): John William Lloyd
Text:

J Wm Lloyd John William Lloyd to Walt Whitman, 1 December 1891

John William Lloyd to Walt Whitman, 30 November 1891

  • Date: November 30, 1891
  • Creator(s): John William Lloyd
Text:

John William Lloyd to Walt Whitman, 30 November 1891

The Lounger

  • Date: 29 November 1891
  • Creator(s): Jeannette Gilder
Text:

At the curbstone is a block of white marble with the initials 'W.

His body was thinner than I had ever seen it, but the fine head crowned with its white hair was unaltered

Dr. William Reeder to Walt Whitman, 24 November 1891

  • Date: November 24, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. William Reeder
Text:

William Reeder to Walt Whitman, 24 November 1891

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 14 November 1891

  • Date: November 14, 1891
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. O'Connor
Text:

said of the children; it seemed to be, on the whole, better not to speak of the family, but only of William

Day with Walt Whitman

  • Date: 8 November 1891
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

himself many details of the sick room—the ashen face against the pillow, the wasted hand, the long white

The cold, white mantel is massed with photographs. Faces of friends, evidently.

The woodwork is sombre white, and the paint is cracked badly in many places and is peeling off.

It was marked with a white tidy. Then more heaps of papers.

White curtains were drawn part way down.

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 7 November 1891

  • Date: November 7, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

I send you this week's Black & White & Christian Commonwealth containing portraits of & articles on two

Annotations Text:

Harry's parents, George (1827–1892) and Susan Stafford (1833–1910), were tenant farmers at White Horse

The Black & White: A Weekly Illustrated Record and Review was an illustrated British weekly periodical

In 1912, the Black & White was incorporated with another periodical, The Sphere.

Personal Memories of Walt Whitman

  • Date: November 1891
  • Creator(s): Alma Calder Johnston
Text:

sunshine, the trees of Central park, opposite our door, for a background, a baby boy in his arms, his white

Rushing through intervening doors and passages, I found Walt Whitman standing ashy white, and the huge

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 30 October 1891

  • Date: October 30, 1891
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

Kennedy William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 30 October 1891

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 October 1891

  • Date: October 28, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Frank Williams & others here to-day— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 October 1891

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 27 October 1891

  • Date: October 27, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

They were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New Jersey, where Whitman visited them on

James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 11 October 1891

  • Date: October 11, 1891
  • Creator(s): James W. Wallace
Text:

("No finer women ever walked this earth than the women of the Williams family" said & repeated old C.V

Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 22 September 1891

  • Date: September 22, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Fox has not sent yet — 1819–92 Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 22 September 1891

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 22 September 1891

  • Date: September 22, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 22 September 1891

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 20 September 1891

  • Date: September 20, 1891
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

W S Kennedy William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 20 September 1891

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 16 September 1891

  • Date: September 16, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

three weeks yet)—y'r letters rec'd (short but sweet)—J W W[allace]'s good letters rec'd too—expect T Williams

Margaretta and William A. Avery to Walt Whitman, 16 September 1891

  • Date: September 16, 1891
  • Creator(s): Margaretta and William A. Avery
Text:

Sep 16/91 Margaretta and William A. Avery to Walt Whitman, 16 September 1891

Talcott Williams to Walt Whitman, 14 September 1891

  • Date: September 14, 1891
  • Creator(s): Talcott Williams
Text:

Please let me know as above Yours cordially Talcott Williams Sands—20 | Good Bye 20 | Backward Glance

18 Talcott Williams to Walt Whitman, 14 September 1891

Harry Buxton Forman to Walt Whitman, 8 September 1891

  • Date: September 8, 1891
  • Creator(s): Harry Buxton Forman
Text:

This was William Potter of Philadelphia, who was one of Wanamaker's Delegate's to the Congress—one of

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 3 September 1891

  • Date: September 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Bucke was a passenger on the RMS Majestic, an ocean liner belonging to the White Star Line, traveling

Queen Nathalie.—Walt Whitman.—The Young Emperor.

  • Date: September 1891
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

soil's May-utterance here (Smelling of countless blessings, prayers, and old-time thanks)— A bunch of white

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [22 August 1891]

  • Date: [August 22, 1891]
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

Kennedy see notes Dec 19 1891 William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [22 August 1891]

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