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William would send love if he new that I was writing,—Jeannie is out playing & as usual, her voice is
Velsor Whitman reported on March 7, 1865 that "sis is much better she has been down stairs to day and plays
i have just got your letter i write to say sis is much better she has been down stairs to day and plays
Buffalo he is very much attached to George he said when the Captain was sick he was A great mind to play
had to be paid for) and i have got A cheap carpet or cheap for these times the old carpet is all played
Eckler Peter Eckler to Walt Whitman, 26 April 1865
Eckler Peter Eckler to Walt Whitman, 4 May 1865
Peter Eckler to Walt Whitman, 1 May 1865
.) $14.85 due Peter Eckler to Walt Whitman, 22 April 1865
up here, soul, soul; Come up here, dear little child, To fly in the clouds and winds with us, and play
defiles through the woods, gain'd at night, The British advancing, wedging in from the east, fiercely playing
Maryland have march'd forth to intercept the enemy; They are cut off—murderous artillery from the hills plays
races; I see that force advancing with irresistible power on the world's stage; (Have the old forces played
Answer That you are here—that life exists, and identity; That the powerful play goes on, and you will
Review— fifes like a tho the thousand whistles of the fifes, (playing Lannigan's ball) so ro with inexpressible
and cold, or what underlies them all, are affected with what affects man in masses, and follow his play
floating along, rising, falling leisurely, with here and there a long-drawn note; the bugle, well played
Walt Whitman to Peter Eckler, 3 May 1865
a cloudy drizzly day here & heavy mist—There is nothing very new or special—There was a big match played
another is to come off between a New York & the Philadelphia club I believe—thousands go to see them play
On the following day the Nationals played the New York Atlantics.
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Peter Eckler, 2 May 1865
Little California is playing around me as I finish, & has been for half an hour.
beautiful flag )—the great drum corps of sixty or eighty drummers massed at the heads of the brigades, playing
whistling fifes—but they sounded very lively—(perhaps a band of sixty drums & fifteen or twenty fifes playing
In this particular manuscript, Whitman lists figures such as "Peter the Hermit" and "The Popes."