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(New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1: 246–280, noted that the notebook contains lines and phrases
Hudson's 'Thoughts on Reading,' American Whig Review, 1 (May 1845), 483–496, which he clipped and annotated
" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:95).
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?")
(No. 1), under the section heading Autumn Scenes and Sights.
Clerke's Rudiments & Practice 1 vol.
Ruggles 24 East Warren Wilson 4 Greene near Cumberlan 1 door This notebook contains several dated entries
1[1865 or before], war and hospital notes and memorandaloc.06100xxx.00974?
year may have been 1863 when Lee and Jackson pushed northward until Lee was halted at Gettysburg, July 1–
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
1-2Miscellaneous notes or remindersloc.05312xxx.00496Allude to the Suez1869-1871prosepoetry1 leafhandwritten
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:134; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
50-51uva.00195xxx.00240American Laws1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaf 1 19.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves 2
1 American literature must become distinct from all others.
or earlier (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
or earlier (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
(No. 1), under the section heading Autumn Scenes and Sights.
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
manuscript (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
manuscript (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
(See Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984] 1:388-397
This poem became section 21 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first manuscript page became verses 1-
A little after 1 P. M.
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:158.
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:153.
Grier [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:32n).
.— 1* The constitution covenants that the free states shall give up runaway servants—that we all know
Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:209
1 Beat! beat! drums!—Blow! bugles! blow!
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:156.
drivers" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
drivers" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1854–1855" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
about 1889poetryhandwritten1 leaf21 x 27.5 cm; Signed draft of a poem with a variation in line 1 from
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,
This series was published in the Brooklyn Standard between June 3, 1861 and November 1, 1862.
I Get Around, see Floyd Stovall, ed., Prose Works 1892 (New York: New York University Press, 1963), 1:
p. 341 [Long I was held]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf16 x 10 cm; This manuscript became section 1
Whitman numbered this page 1 in pencil.
(Tennyson had responded to Whitman's A Word About Tennyson, published in the Critic on January 1, 1887
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library; 1 Lafayette Square; Buffalo, NY 14203-1887
Correspondence, 1863-1892, nd (1 box), III.
Images and Checks, 1875-1887, nd (1 folder); The earliest dated material consists of tearsheets of "The
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:175.
1889poetryhandwritten1 leaf13.5 x 18.5 cm; A proof with three emendations and a notation by Horace Traubel: "See notes 1/
of this leaf is a draft of a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as number 1
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!
No. 1.
VIII.—1.
Government. 1.
Religion. 1.
Languages of Mankind. 1.
given on this subject, by the four Evangelists, and according to my best judgment on the occasion, 1
would I dare to say, positively, that it would be my mind, they should change their belief, unless 1
could give them much greater evidence than 1 am at present possessed of, as 1 consider in regard to our
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
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.
1 Do you know why what m usic does to the soul?