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—The proportion of the world's population who are Pagans is nearly 1 in 2; Mahommedans Muslims , about
1 in 7; Catholics, nearly one in 8; Protestants, about 1 in 15; Greek Church, 1 in 18; Jews, about 1
first and third sides of two folded half-sheets (20 x 16 cm) of the same white wove paper used for 1:
3:1 and 1:3:2, in the same light brown ink and, like them, with only minor revisions.
The lines on page 1 became verses 1-8 of section 4 of Calamus. in 1860; page 2 ("Solitary, smelling the
1"Drift Sands"loc.04235xxx.00410Notes and Flanges.
—No. 1.about 1888prosepoetry1 leafhandwritten; Manuscript scrap containing two trial titles and two poetic
—No. 1.
The example for hexameter (at the bottom of leaf 1 recto) is taken from a line in Homer.
published in an 1846 issue of the American Whig Review (Translators of Homer American Whig Review 4, no. 1
Grier (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:355–356. dithyrambic trochee
50-51uva.00340xxx.00066[You bards of ages hence]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 8 x 9 cm; leaf
Whitman numbered the first 9 1/2 and the second 10, in pencil, in the lower-left corner of each leaf.
The lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-3 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page
For an earlier draft of the poem numbered V please see the verso of leaves 15-16 of Premonition (1:1:
The lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-5 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page
50-51uva.00321xxx.00066[Long I thought that knowledge]1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaves 1 and
Whitman also penciled in the numbers 7, 8, and 8 1/2 in the lower-left corner of each page.
The lines on the first leaf became verses 1-5 of section 8 of Calamus in 1860; the second leaf's lines
50-51uva.00314xxx.00066[Hours continuing long]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 9.5 x 9 cm; leaf
Whitman removed the lower section of page 2 from the top of current leaf 1:3:33 ("I dreamed in a dream
The first page contains what would become verses 1-3 in 1860, and the second ("Hours discouraged, distracted
2 9A 1 dithyrambic trochee iambic anaepest.
The example for hexameter (at the bottom of leaf 1 recto) is taken from a line in Homer.
published in an 1846 issue of the American Whig Review ("Translators of Homer," American Whig Review 4, no. 1
Grier (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:355–356.
leaves21.5 x 12.5 cm; This manuscript draft became section 16 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with Leaf 1
corresponding to verses 1-6 and Leaf 2 ("They shall train themselves/ to go in public,...") to verses
on Past and Present, which was published in the Brooklyn Standard between June 3, 1861 and November 1,
phrases contained in this manuscript were included in the thirteenth installment, which appeared on March 1,
Leaf 1 corresponds to verses 1-6 of the 1860 version, and the lines on leaf 2 ("Who out of the theory
This poem became section 20 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and
to the editorial entitled Municipal Government that appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Times on December 1,
1858 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:345
On the second page Whitman added, in a combination of normal and blue pencil, the number 43 (1/2).
With the addition of a new first line ("1. Who is now reading this?")
Whitman also numbered each leaf in the lower-left corner in pencil: the leaves follow the order 1-9,
9 1/2 (a full page despite its number), and 10-15.
Side 1 corresponds to verses 1-9 of section 14 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass; side
Brooklyn, New York, 1855. poetry4 p. 1., xii, (1) 14-95 p. front.
This became section 17 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass, with leaf 1 corresponding to
verses 1-6 and leaf 2 ("We confer on equal terms with / each of The States,") to verses 7-13.
of Grass in 1860, with the manuscript leaves corresponding to the published version as follows: leaf 1
to numbered verse paragraphs 1 (now beginning "O bitter sprig!
13.5 cm; Originally numbered 86 and revised by overwriting to 87; Whitman also numbered the leaves 1-
5 (in pencil, lower left corner), with the 1 replacing a 6 and the 2 written over what looks like a 7
50-51uva.00332xxx.00066xxx.00081To a new personal admirer1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 13
featuring a new first line, became section 12 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 Whitman dropped the last 2 1/
-51uva.00189xxx.00309xxx.00413Thought [Of these years I sing]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1
(This particular Thought was numbered section 1 of the composite poem.)
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
The march referred to took place on December 18" (1:474).
nyp.00080xxx.00496NotesPassage to India 1870-1871poetry23 leaves, numbered 1-21, with pages designated
"5 1/2" and "5 3/4."
1 Beat! beat! drums!—Blow! bugles! blow!
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:156.
Lands]about 1872poetryhandwritten2 leaves18.5 x 18.5 cm to 20 x 18 cm; The first two entries on Leaf 1
, thy every daughter, / son, endear'd alike, forever equal,)" in the same section projected on Leaf 1.
notebook (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
"How spied the captain and sailors") describes the wreck of the ship San Francisco in January 1854 (1:
the editorial entitled "Municipal Government" that appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Times on December 1,
1858 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:345
hexameters —verses whose lines are six poetic feet, either dactyls or spondees "Then when An 1 dromache
in poetry (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
was inherited by his son, His wife was Phebe Sarah White— Sarah White born about 1713 " died " 180 1
Cunningham Jesse Whitman, jr born June 25, 1776 Died at Dix Hills, Sept. 8, 1845 Sarah Whitman, born Jan. 1,
under chief command of Washington, See 1st edition Reminiscences of Long Island, vol. 2, page 28 or vol 1,
were sold (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
Edward Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:
lines, as well as the "generic or cosmic or transcendental 'I'" that appears in Leaves of Grass (Grier, 1:
har.00002xxx.00283bMS Am 1545 (1)SpainMarch 16, 1873poetry1 leafhandwritten; This is an unsigned draft
manuscript is a note by Whitman for the poem To the Man-of-War Bird, which was first published in the April 1,
leaveshandwritten; Three-page draft of The Attempted Official Suppression, a section of Part 2, Chapter 1,
1889poetryhandwritten1 leaf13.5 x 18.5 cm; A proof with three emendations and a notation by Horace Traubel: "See notes 1/
1[Before 1890?]
p. 341 [Long I was held]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf16 x 10 cm; This manuscript became section 1
1-2Miscellaneous notes or remindersloc.05312xxx.00496Allude to the Suez1869-1871prosepoetry1 leafhandwritten
first published in the New York Daily Tribune (19 February 1876), which contains only a version of Part 1
draft of the early poem The Play-Ground, nearly as it appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1,
1[Before 1882], "The Tramp and Strike Questions"loc.05180xxx.00526The idea of reconciliationBetween 1854
tax form (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
on Past and Present, which was published in the Brooklyn Standard between June 3, 1861 and November 1,
1[1865 or before], war and hospital notes and memorandaloc.01559xxx.00387[He Went Out With the Tide]1885
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1[1865 or before], war and hospital notes and memorandaloc.06100xxx.00974?
Written in ink on letterhead from the Attorney General's Office, where Whitman was first employed on July 1,
No. 1, first published in the Brooklyn Daily Standard on 3 June 1861.
This series was published in the Brooklyn Standard between June 3, 1861 and November 1, 1862.
Edward Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984] 1: