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William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1889

  • Date: October 18, 1889
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

They call the Missouri river terraces "benches" out there she says.

William Michael Rossetti to Walt Whitman, 31 March [1872]

  • Date: March 31, [1872]
  • Creator(s): William Michael Rossetti
Text:

directness of observation & purpose, by the painters: sometimes, instead of walking, we row up the river

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 2 November 1863

  • Date: November 2, 1863
  • Creator(s): William E. Vandemark
Text:

he will get elected for he is a good union man— i am in the hospittle on davids island up the east river

"walter dear": The Letters from Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Her Son Walt

  • Creator(s): Wesley Raabe
Text:

Vorhees, and a train disaster known as the "Hudson River Horror."

Walter Whitman Storms to Walt Whitman, 20 April 1875

  • Date: April 20, 1875
  • Creator(s): Walter Whitman Storms
Text:

The East River bridge does not seem to be getting on very fast I believe the piers are not quite finished

Walter Whitman Reynolds to Walt Whitman, 16 November [1869]

  • Date: November 16, [1869]
  • Creator(s): Walter Whitman Reynolds
Text:

raised after the Holidays father has just received Employment In the pipe yard foot of 24th St of East River

Walter Whitman Reynolds to Walt Whitman, 9 February 1870

  • Date: February 9, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walter Whitman Reynolds
Text:

East river.

Walter Godey to Walt Whitman, 1 June 1874

  • Date: June 1, 1874
  • Creator(s): Walter Godey
Text:

I passed a very pleasant day up the River Saturday—fishing—the day proved to be warm and after several

J. Hubley Ashton to Watterson & Crawford, 24 October 1866

  • Date: October 24, 1866
  • Creator(s): J. Hubley Ashton | Walt Whitman
Text:

sitting in Louisiana, a number of adjudications were had upon libels in rem against steamboats & other river

Henry Stanbery to William Dorsheimer, 23 October 1867

  • Date: October 23, 1867
  • Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Text:

Lawrence River—but to what place I am not informed; but are supposed to be secreted in an Irish settlement

about five miles from the river.

John M. Binckley to Leander Holmes, 4 November 1867

  • Date: November 4, 1867
  • Creator(s): John M. Binckley | Walt Whitman
Text:

Brightley's Digest, 207, provides that if "any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river

be construed as equivalent to "District of Columbia," should a murder be committed on the Potomac river

John M. Binckley to Lyman Trumbull, 12 December 1867

  • Date: December 12, 1867
  • Creator(s): John M. Binckley | Walt Whitman
Text:

If this is all, the Attorney General thinks that an Act simply declaring that the words high seas, river

Henry Stanbery to Ulysses S. Grant, 7 January 1868

  • Date: January 7, 1868
  • Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Text:

Secretary of War to change the location of the Railroad and bridge across Rock Island and the Mississippi river

adjudge it fair and equitable that the Government should build a bridge across the main channel of the river

John M. Binckley to Gideon Welles, 25 April 1868

  • Date: April 25, 1868
  • Creator(s): John M. Binckley | Walt Whitman
Text:

Resolution was approved authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept League Island on the Delaware River

John M. Binckley to Theodore Phillips, 16 June 1868

  • Date: June 16, 1868
  • Creator(s): John M. Binckley | Walt Whitman
Text:

communication of the 11th instant, relative to a tract of land remaining unappropriated upon the Mississippi River

W. A. Field to John A. Rawlins, 1 May 1869

  • Date: May 1, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
Text:

Jefferson county, West Virginia, to recover about twenty-one acres of land, situated on the Potomac river

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to John A. Rawlins, 25 May 1869

  • Date: May 25, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

of the people of Coeyman's to sue out an injunction against the further prosecution of the Hudson River

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to William T. Sherman, 13 October 1869

  • Date: October 13, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

Cook, for rent of land at the mouth of Genessee river, New York.

Amos T. Akerman to William W. Belknap, 25 February 1871

  • Date: February 25, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

navigable waters of Lake Michigan, at Chicago, by the deposition of dredged material from Chicago river

Amos T. Akerman to L. P. Poland, 29 March 1871

  • Date: March 29, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Anderson, the principal surveyor in the District of Ohio, between the Little Miami and Scioto rivers,

Amos T. Akerman to Columbus Delano, 4 April 1871

  • Date: April 4, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Spear as special agent for the Indians at Cheyenne River Agency, Dakota Territory, which were transmitted

Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 11 September 1871

  • Date: September 11, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

As the occurrence appears to have taken place in the river close to the dock at Liverpool, it is probable

Amos T. Akerman to William W. Belknap, 28 December 1871

  • Date: December 28, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

the injunction suit to restrain the Government from prosecuting its work at Hallett's Point, East River

W. A. Field to George S. Boutwell, 28 June 1870

  • Date: June 28, 1870
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
Text:

alias Trombley, from the Light House Reservation of the United States at the mouth of the Saginaw river

Amos T. Akerman to William W. Belknap, 25 January 1871

  • Date: January 25, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

has been directed to appear for the defence of the Engineer Officers having charge of the Potomac River

Amos T. Akerman to Columbus Delano, 13 February 1871

  • Date: February 13, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Dec. 27, 1870, and is an official bond of Spear as special agent for the Sioux Indians at Cheyenne River

Amos T. Akerman to H. H. Wells, 16 December 1871

  • Date: December 16, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

contract contains a lease from said Ordway to the United States, of his quarries known as the "James River

John M. Binckley to A. Fahnestock, 6 August 1867

  • Date: August 6, 1867
  • Creator(s): John M. Binckley | Walt Whitman
Text:

acquired by the United States for the purpose of establishing Range Lights near the mouth of the Maumee River

Benjamin Helm Bristow to Edward N. McCook, 26 September 1871

  • Date: September 26, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Text:

President, of one Dorcas Mary Lavin, setting forth that her husband Nicholas Lavin, was murdered at River

Henry Stanbery to Gideon Welles, 26 September 1866

  • Date: September 26, 1866
  • Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Text:

abstract, & other papers submitted to me relative to the title of "Seavey's Island," in the Piscataqua River

Walt Whitman to Tilghman Hiskey, 27 July [1880]

  • Date: July 27, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

mouth of St Lawrence—shall spend a week there—then to Montreal—then on to Quebec—then to the Saguenay river—am

Walt Whitman to Tilghman Hiskey, 20 June [1880]

  • Date: June 20, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Weather fine, country ditto—these noble waters, the lake, & the St Clair river, dotted with steamers

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 26 June 1866

  • Date: June 26, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

window I have so often mentioned, & have the cool breeze blow on you, as it is now, & the trees & river

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 10–13 July 1868

  • Date: July 10–13, 1868
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Well, mother, I must close—it is now a little after 10—there is a pleasant breeze blowing in from the river

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 26 March 1867

  • Date: March 26, 1867
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

my desk—the air is very clear, & I can see a great distance over the Potomac off into Virginia—the river

Walt Whitman to Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe, 8 August 1889

  • Date: August 8, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Phila: to Gutekunsts' to sit for big picture (at vehement request)—went in large easy cab—every thing river

Walt Whitman to Thomas Dixon, 30 June 1870

  • Date: June 30, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

From my large open window I have an extensive view of sky, Potomac river, hills & fields of Virginia,

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 25–26 August [1870]

  • Date: August 25–26, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

On my way back, I went up in the pilot house & sailed across the river three times—a fine breeze blowing

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 7–10 August [1870]

  • Date: August 7–10, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

a great deal of the time— Tuesday afternoon 9th I was out yesterday a great part of the day on the river

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 30 July–2 August [1870]

  • Date: July 30–August 2, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The evenings here are delightful and I am always out in them, sometimes on the river, sometimes in New

I have been over to New York to-day on business—it is a pleasure even to cross the ferry—the river is

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 3–5 August [1870]

  • Date: August 3–5, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

o'clock—had some business in New York, which I attended, then came back & spent an hour & a half on the river

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 10 September 1869

  • Date: September 10, 1869
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Well, boy, I shall now take a bath, dress myself & go out, cross the river, put this letter in the p.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 6 September 1870

  • Date: September 6, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Last night I was out late—the scene on the river was heavenly—the sky clear, & the moon shining her brightest—I

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 23 September [1870]

  • Date: September 23, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The river & bay get more & more beautiful, under these splendid September skies, the green waves & white

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 21–23 June 1871

  • Date: June 21–23, 1871
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

doing nothing, spending a great deal of time with my mother, & going out a few hours every day on the river

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 29 September [1868]

  • Date: September 29, 1868
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I shall spend an hour or two on the river to-day. Your letter of 27th, Sunday, came this morning.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 9 October [1868]

  • Date: October 9, 1868
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I was out early taking a short walk by the river—only two squares from where I live.

Walt Whitman to Henry Hurt, 2 October [1868]

  • Date: October 2, 1868
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

This great city, with all its crowds, & splendor, & Broadway fashion, & women, & amusements, & the river

Walt Whitman to Lewis Wraymond, [2 October (?) 1868]

  • Date: October 2, 1868
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

He has been up the Hudson river this summer driving hotel coach. He is the same old Duffy.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 25 September 1868

  • Date: September 25, 1868
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Among other things I spend a portion of the day, with the pilots of the ferry boats, sailing on the river

The river & bay of New York & Brooklyn are always a great attraction to me. It is a lively scene.

At either tide, flood or ebb, the water is always rushing along as if in haste, & the river is often

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