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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?")
50-51uva.00195xxx.00240American Laws1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaf 1 19.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves 2
This poem became section 21 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first manuscript page became verses 1-
The Atlantic Monthly, No. 1, November, Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, No. 1, November, Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co.
p. 341 [Long I was held]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf16 x 10 cm; This manuscript became section 1
Whitman numbered this page 1 in pencil.
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.
It was found to amount to 1 part in 96, taking the average velocities of the current at the ends or outfall
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.
No. 1, and Victory Co.
No. 1, were escorted to the house of Neptune Hose Co.
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
See 1 Kings iv. 37. XI. You may add the 15th Psalm.
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
The excised top portion of the leaf became the bottom section of page 2 of 1:3:11, the poem (eighth in
It became section 20 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first manuscript page correspond to verses 1-
The group first appeared in print in the 1860 Leaves of Grass with this poem as section 1.
Leaf 1 corresponds to verses 1-6 of the 1860 version, and the lines on leaf 2 ("Who out of the theory
And for this bold generalization he alleges, as a basis, 1, the name of Senator Rusk; 2, the head of
Emerson & Co., No 1 Spruce street.
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
Gray, field. . . . . . .5 1 J. Price, 1st b. . . . . .2 4 J. Grum, short. . . . . .1 4 A.
Logan, 3d b. . . . .4 1 A Boerum, 3d b. . . . .1 5 R. McVoy, pitcher. . .2 2 A.
McMahon, field. . .5 1 H. Manolt, field. . . . .4 2 P. O'Brien, field. . . . .4 1 W.
Pidgeon, catcher. .1 3 — — 26 17 Umpire for Atlantics—Q. Sniffin. Umpire for Eckfords—H. Calkins.
Eckfords 1st, 1; 2d, 4; 3d, 0; 4th, 5; 5th, 1; 6th, 1; 7th, 4; 8th, 1; 9th, 1.
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
, put in practice the dietetic theories to which we have alluded, and feed on beans and turnips at $1
This poem became section 20 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and
entitle the holder to drink lager bier only; seventy-five cents, strong ale, porter, and domestic wines; $1,
whiskey and other domestic spirits; $1 50, brandy and other foreign spirits; $5 champagne, besides any
In this lies our safety: AUDITOR'S OFFICE, BROOKLYN, May 1, 1857. John S.
New Publications New Publications In Part 1 of the third volume of the collections of the New York Historical
Emerson & Co., 1 Spruce street, New York.
the pencil numbers 16, 17, and 18 in the lower-left corner of the leaves, substituting the numbers 1
50-51uva.00182xxx.00061[Now the hour has come upon me]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 18.5 x
The lines on the first leaf became verses 1-9 of section 7 of Calamus in 1860, and the second leaf's
1 Oliver Goldsmith born at Pallas, (Ireland) Nov. 1728 father a curate & small farmer —moved to Wesmeath
number 17 of the Calamus cluster in 1860, with the lines on the first leaf corresponding to verses 1-
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
1859poetryhandwritten2 leaves21 x 12.5 cm to 21.5 x 13 cm; These manuscript lines were revised to form numbered sections 1
conclusions to be gathered from a careful perusal of the statistics and facts bearing on this subject are— 1.
50-51uva.00188xxx.00297A Sunset Carol1857-1859poetryhandwritten6 leavesleaf 1 25.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves
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
Devulcanizing India rubber; ante-dated April 1, 1857: Conrad Poppenhusen and Ludwig Held, Brooklyn, N
.00190xxx.00413xxx.00047Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 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.)
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/
It was numbered section 22 of Calamus in 1860: the lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-6 of
Side 1 corresponds to verses 1-9 of section 14 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass; side
This page bears the same papermaker's mark as 1:3:35.
Section 1 was eventually published (1881) as one of the poems in the cluster Inscriptions, but Whitman
arguments against the Truant Home which are based upon it, we need only quote from the law itself: Section 1.
Whitman numbered the leaves 1-5 in pencil in the lower left corners.
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.
On the first side of the folded leaf a blue pencil was used to correct a pencil number 7 to a 1, and