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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" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:95).
early 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1 Slavery—the Slaveholders—The Constitution—the true America and Americans, the laboring persons.— The
early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
and 1862 in Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:
Edward Grier [New York, New York University Press, 1984], 1:198).
language at the beginning of this story also appears in the draft poem "I am that half-grown angry boy." 1
late 1840s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1: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1858 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:345
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
and 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
and 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
manuscript (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
manuscript (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1/8 Out from Behind this Mask. small type (On an engraved head, a Portrait 'looking at you.')
1854–1855" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1855 Leaves (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
draft of the early poem "The Play-Ground," nearly as it appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1,
Edward Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
before 1855" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
glued to the first leaf and constituted the first part of the note in red pencil at the top of leaf 1
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:153.
1 Beat! beat! drums!—Blow! bugles! blow!
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:156.
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:134; 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
drivers" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:175.
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:158.
Archive I: Whitman Manuscripts at the Library of Congress, ed Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
tax form (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
that "the small writing suggests a date in the 1850s" (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:
of Whitman's early poem "The Play-Ground," which was published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1,
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:156.
Transcribed from Joel Myerson's The Walt Whitman Archive: A Facsimile of the Poet's Manuscripts, vol. 1,
early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
details, see 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:
or earlier (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
(Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:168).
early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1850s" (see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
the 1860s" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
(Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:164).