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.— God bless you W Whitman A P Leech | May 4 184 Walt Whitman to Abraham Paul Leech, 4 May 184[1?]
July 9. '42 Editor "Boston Miscellany" Walt Whitman to Nathan Hale, Jr., 1 June 1842
N EW Y ORK C ITY , 1 September, 1848.
Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 1 September 1848
Joseph White was nabbed yesterday for attacking a German, at 1 o'clock in the morning, and robbing him
From Bowling Green to the City Hotel forms Character No. 1; from that to Chambers street forms No. 2;
New York, November 1. Oh, but we are in the midst of exciting times, now!
Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 1 November 1848
Germantown 7 mo 1—57 My Dear Friend I received yours of the 29th last evening and hasten to comply with
mother Yours in the brotherhood of the race Sarah Tyndale Walter Whitman Sarah Tyndale to Walt Whitman, 1
Walt Whitman to Thomas Jefferson Whitman, 1 April 1860
acrosst across the street with the election George was at the tribune office last night untill until 1
Thayer & Eldridge to Walt Whitman, 1 December 1860
Abo[ut] the 1[st] of Feb. the weather began to get better and some of the lighter draught vessels crossed
(only stopping 1 hour for dinner) when we bivouaced for the night Started at 6 Oclock next morning,
In five minutes all was bustle in the camp and about 1 A.M. on the morning of the 15th we fell in and
went to bed April 24th After breakfast went to the express Office and went to work, worked until 1
July 11th went up to support skirmishers changed our position about 1 P.M. went to the extreme left
Whitman Walt Whitman to James Russell Lowell, 1 October 1861
of them have been taken by our pickets all day so that we must have some 2500 to night I have seen 1
nights sleep, the next morning we came to this camp, which is on the bank of the river and about 1½
Whitman George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 1 June 1862
Mary writes that Fanny is married Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 1 January 1863
I think of sending them by mail, if the postage is not more than $1.
brother Walt, Mr Lane handed me your note yesterday and I enclose the within $6, $5 from myself and $1
I did not wish you to send $5, for I do not think it right—it is entirely too much—nor mother $1—I think
Durkee $1. " L. M. Smith Esq $1. " Geo. H. Burgess Esq $5. " G. T.
George Washington Whitman to Walt Whitman, 1 February 1863
Contributed by Hill & Newman $1.
I mailed a letter to you either last Friday or Saturday, containing $11. 10 from Hill & Newman and $1.
going with him i told jeff he better not go as he was very tyred tired george said it would be 12 or 1
W. will consent to give $1 per month regularly to be sent to you for Hospital purposes.
feet. eggs pie. bread butter cheese apples coffee &c Mch 31st Crossed the Ohio on the ferry boat about 1
April 4th changed camp to the other side and about 1 1/2 miles from town, Apl 9 A scouting party was
(Fred) Gray to Walt Whitman, 1 May 1863
privet and as study as a Jug JC sebrig is fist lutenent B B Jones is a lutenent brother william is ordly 1
Wallace to Walt Whitman, 1 July 1863
Kirkwood $1 " John D Martin " Chas Botsford and $3 from self.
you will like to hear it, mother, so I tell you— I am finishing this in Major Hapgood's office, about 1
inform you that I am well and that my leg is mending verry fast I left Washington on the 2nd on the 6 1/
Washington August 1 1863 Both your letters have been received, Lewy —the second one came this morning
Brown, 1 August 1863
Her hair is getting lighter and i guess will be about the color of mine The enclosed $2 is sent $1 by
Martin and $1 by Henry Carlow. I wish you would write me a Hospital letter .
We keep 1 horse and two cows and two hogs we have in a nice little field of corn & we had a nice little
Washington September 1 1863 Dear Mother, I have been thinking to-day & all yesterday about the draft
write about her—dear mother, good bye for present— Walt Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 1
little over 3000 names they drew 1056 nearly one in three, while in other wards the proportion was 1
in 6 and 1 in 7 and in the 9th ward 1 in 10.
morning report this morning (and for the last 8 days has been the same) was I—Capt, 2 Sergts 2 Corpls, 1
Davis, 1 October 1863
Curtis to Walt Whitman, 1 October 1863
Martin "1 " Henry Carlow In my yesterdays letter I said something about the acknowledgement of the moneys
furlough, his folks live I think in Jamaica, he is a noble boy, he may call upon you, (I gave him here $1
take the plesure of fulfilling my promace a writing to you hoping those few lines will find you well 1
they told me that they had non—than I went into their store room and thear was some nice shirts thear. 1
I then took the 1-40 pm train I did not chang cars again until I got to Chicago Friday evening I got
the copperheads are completely played out My Regiment (the 5th Wis) cast 450 vots all Republican but 1
Well, it is now past midnight, pretty well on to 1 o'clock, & my sheet is most written out—so, my dear
going there and her being out of things she probably was out of some things i had given her that week 1
The other $1 is from John D. Martin.
Commanding Co 1, 1st Regt Excelsior Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac Andrew J.
There is a large dance house and pleasure garden a bout 1/ 4 from here they are fixing it up for the