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William Stewart to Charles C. Fulton & Son, 17 March 1866

  • Date: March 17, 1866
  • Creator(s): William Stewart | Walt Whitman
Text:

Gents: Enclosed I send you Nine, (9) dollars, for subscription to the "Daily American" from Jan'y 28,

The Good Gray Poet

  • Date: 1866 (republished 1883)
  • Creator(s): William Douglas O'Connor
Text:

cities, and fit to have for his background and accessories their streaming populations and ample and

The "North American Review," unquestionably the highest organ of American letters, in the course of a

They are certainly filled with an American spirit, breathe the American air, and assert the fullest American

During those years, Washington was a city in whose unbuilt places and around whose borders were thickly

all sufferers, they were all men.

J. Hubley Ashton to Darius H. Starbuck, 3 October 1866

  • Date: October 3, 1866
  • Creator(s): J. Hubley Ashton | Walt Whitman
Text:

It is particularly stated that a number of soldiers who were under the command of W. W.

Matthew F. Pleasants to Jacob P. Leese, 10 October 1866

  • Date: October 10, 1866
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Metropolitan Hotel New York City.

J. Hubley Ashton to Watterson & Crawford, 24 October 1866

  • Date: October 24, 1866
  • Creator(s): J. Hubley Ashton | Walt Whitman
Text:

Circuit Court, sitting in Louisiana, a number of adjudications were had upon libels in rem against steamboats

documents to show that in nine other cases, involving the same material issues, decrees of restitution were

Matthew F. Pleasants to Henry Welton, 22 October 1866

  • Date: October 22, 1866
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants> | Walt Whitman
Text:

acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th inst., & to say in reply, that full instructions were

J. Hubley Ashton to D. B. Eaton, 29 October 1866

  • Date: October 29, 1866
  • Creator(s): J. Hubley Ashton | Walt Whitman
Text:

City. Sir: I enclose a copy of a letter relative to the steamer "Pearl."

Henry Stanbery to Jacob P. Leese, 30 October 1866

  • Date: October 30, 1866
  • Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Text:

Marshal for California, to which you were recently appointed by the President.

James Speed to Horace H. Harrison, 19 March 1866

  • Date: March 19, 1866
  • Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
Text:

I am, Sir, respectfully, James Speed, Attorney General Letters exactly as above, were also sent this

James Speed to Edward Dodd, 3 April 1866

  • Date: April 3, 1866
  • Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
Text:

come to this Department, deemed reliable, to the effect that operations are being carried on in the city

On the same day there appeared in one of the public papers of the city of Buffalo, an advertisement to

It is also understood here that there are numerous & strong associations in the city of Buffalo, having

their common lead in one of the police of the city who is in full sympathy with them, their object being

An auctioneer in the city of Buffalo, it is said, received, between the 16th and 20th ult. twenty seven

James Speed to A. G. Stevens, 11 April 1866

  • Date: April 11, 1866
  • Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
Text:

Dibble for the property you occupy in the city of Buffalo.

Matthew F. Pleasants to Samuel G. Courtney, 27 September 1866

  • Date: September 27, 1866
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Attorney, New York City Sir: I am directed by the Attorney General to say, in reply to your letter of

Henry Stanbery to William A. Dart, 26 September 1866

  • Date: September 26, 1866
  • Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Text:

for a military force to seize certain boxes of arms & accoutrements then in the possession of the American

Donnelley, Buffalo, New York, were seized and stored in Fort Porter, Buffalo, for safe keeping—where

property, & the order of the Secretary of War, an order requesting the delivery of the property to the American

Henry Stanbery to J. M. Humphrey, 26 September 1866

  • Date: September 26, 1866
  • Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Text:

Y. authority for the re-delivery to the American Express Company of the arms & accoutrements seized in

Walt Whitman to Anson Ryder, Jr., 14 December 1866

  • Date: December 14, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I too, dear friend, would be so glad if we were near each other where we could have each other's company

He went from Harewood hospital here, to Brooklyn, to the City Hospital there—he had a terrific operation

Walt Whitman to James Speed, 13 October 1866

  • Date: October 13, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Stitt, and Andrew Kerr were employees in the office; see Whitman's letters to Kerr of August 25, 1866

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, October (?) 1866

  • Date: October (?) 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

up a couple of small houses, to be worth about $2000 a piece, in some good spot, outer part of the city—one

Walt Whitman to William E. Chapin & Company, 24 September 1866

  • Date: September 24, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Chapin of 24 Beekman Street, New York City, set the type for the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass; see

Walt Whitman to George Wood, 29 December 1866

  • Date: December 29, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Scenes in Another World (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1858; rev. ed. 1870); see National Cyclopaedia of American

Walt Whitman to Alfred Pratt, 27 September 1866

  • Date: September 27, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

patrols marching around the streets—no more great racks of hospitals—I get along well enough in this city

O how much comfort it would be to me, if things were so that we could have each other's society—for I

Walt Whitman to Henry Stanbery, 26 October 1866

  • Date: October 26, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Washington City Oct. 26. 1866. To | Hon.

was tried on an indictment of [please notice] Seven Counts ; the 1st charged him with, on Oct. 22, 1860

The evidence proved that on Oct. 22, 1860, the Falmouth Bank sent through the mail a package containing

Walt Whitman to Abby H. Price, 27 October 1866

  • Date: October 27, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

. | New York City. It is postmarked: Washington D. C. | Oct | 27 | Free.

Walt Whitman to Abby H. Price, 10 December 1866

  • Date: December 10, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

. | New York City. It is postmarked: Washington | Dec | 11 | D. C.

James Monroe was the American consul at Rio de Janeiro from 1863 to 1869, and was later, after service

Walt Whitman to Abby H. Price, 1 August 1866

  • Date: August 1, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Price, | 279 East 55th street, | New York City. It is postmarked: Washington D. C. | Aug | 4.

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

Walt Whitman to Abby H. Price, 30 July 1866

  • Date: July 30, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

. | New York City. It is postmarked: Washington | Jul | 30 | Free.

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 10 September 1866

  • Date: September 10, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Direct to me at 279 East 55th street, New York City.

Remember 279 East 55th street, New York City. I have been well & hearty.

Annotations Text:

and Poets (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1877), Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (New York: American

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 2 July 1866

  • Date: July 2, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

and Poets (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1877), Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (New York: American

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

Walt Whitman to Anson Ryder, Jr., 16 May 1866

  • Date: May 16, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I wish you were nearer, that we might be together frequently.

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 July 1866

  • Date: July 2, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

After the war, all the hospitals except this one were converted to other purposes.

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 26 August 1866

  • Date: August 26, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

was one half of the Boston based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who put out the 1860

Walt Whitman to Thomas Jefferson Whitman, 7 May 1866

  • Date: May 7, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

, his "Diary," printed last winter—his funeral was simple but very impressive—all the big radicals were

Annotations Text:

Count referred in his entry for April 18, 1864, to Whitman as among "the most original and genuine American

LeRoy Fischer, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 36 (1949–1950), 415–434, and Dictionary of American

Whitman apparently wrote again on February 13, and Mason replied from City Point on February 16 that

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 3 December 1866

  • Date: December 3, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We carried a basket of grub, built a fire & made tea, &c—had a first rate, quiet time—the Falls were

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 10 December 1866

  • Date: December 10, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

It seems as if things were going to brighten up about "Leaves of Grass."

Walt Whitman to Andrew Kerr, 25 August 1866

  • Date: August 25, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

New York City August 25, 1866.

New York City —I expect to return about 12th Sept.

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 21 December 1866

  • Date: December 21, 1866
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
Annotations Text:

in New York in 1849 and served as sanitary engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Health of New York City

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

career as chief engineer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

Probably either John or Robert McNamee, both of whom were engineers.

Probably David Brower, an engineer who worked for the city.

Review of Drum-Taps

  • Date: 24 February 1866
  • Creator(s): Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin
Text:

before and after his appointment and dismissal from a clerkship at Washington, he sought in his native city

"The Lady of this teeming and turbulent city" calls forth her children as bees are called from the hive

"I see a sad procession, And I hear the sound of coming full-keyed bugles; All the channels of the city

John Esten Cooke (1830-1886) was an American novelist noted for his grandiloquent writings centered on

Possibly referring to Marion Lumpkin Cobb, wife of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), an American

Annotations Text:

John Esten Cooke (1830-1886) was an American novelist noted for his grandiloquent writings centered on

Virginia.; Possibly referring to Marion Lumpkin Cobb, wife of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), an American

Walt Whitman

  • Date: 2 December 1866
  • Creator(s): O'Connor, William Douglas
Text:

WALT WHITMAN as distinctively and transcendently the representative Poe of America-as holding to American

: Where the city stands with the brawniest breed of orators and bards; Where the city stands that is

; Where the city of the healthiest fathers stands Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands; There

the grand city stands.

The thought of the comradeship of Americans is never absent from the poet's pages.

Annotations Text:

Pericles (c. 495-429 BC) advanced both Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire, ushering in the city's

Walt Whitman

  • Date: 15 October 1866
  • Creator(s): Moncure D. Conway
Text:

T HERE is as yet nothing distinctive in American literature except its tendency.

discovered an American poet.

probably had in his pockets whilst we were talking.

These were all inarticulate poets, and he interpreted them.

soldiers who were in the hospitals.

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 7 June [1866]

  • Date: June 7, 1866
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

Davis eventually became city engineer of Boston (1871–1880) and later served as chief engineer of the

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 31 May [1866]

  • Date: May 31, 1866
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

Davis eventually became city engineer of Boston (1871–1880) and later served as chief engineer of the

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

"Nelly" O'Connor, who, with Charles Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates

Jesse Mullery to Walt Whitman, 20 February 1866

  • Date: February 20, 1866
  • Creator(s): Jesse Mullery
Annotations Text:

Probably these were the Misses Sallie and Carrie Howard listed in the 1866 Directory, or Miss Garaphelia

James Speed to Walt Whitman, 17 October 1866

  • Date: October 17, 1866
  • Creator(s): James Speed
Annotations Text:

the volume consisted of four separately paginated books stitched together (an edited version of the 1860

Hugh B. Thomson to Walt Whitman, 13 December 1866

  • Date: December 13, 1866
  • Creator(s): Hugh B. Thomson
Text:

I shall be pleased to see you when in our city, and in anything that I can contribute to your happiness

Hugh B. Thomson to Walt Whitman, 5 December 1866

  • Date: December 5, 1866
  • Creator(s): Hugh B. Thomson
Text:

Thomson 242 Canal St New York City. Hugh B. Thomson to Walt Whitman, 5 December 1866

Horace Wentworth to Walt Whitman, 27 November 1866

  • Date: November 27, 1866
  • Creator(s): Horace Wentworth
Annotations Text:

On April 19, 1861, Thayer & Eldridge informed Whitman that the plates of Leaves of Grass were now in

Drum-Taps

  • Date: 27 January 1866
  • Creator(s): F.
Text:

If his faith in the unseen were more of a prophetic fury, and less a premeditated and coolly considered

Charlotte St. Clair to Walt Whitman, 6 April 1866

  • Date: April 6, 1866
  • Creator(s): Charlotte St. Clair
Text:

Harlow was their Capt. he was mortally wounded the 30th of Sept. 1864 the same day that Henry was there were

Clarence was the only one that saw him after he was wounded the rebs nearly surrounded them they were

Clarence stopped with him a minute or two the rebs were so near he had to leave him.

Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, April 1866

  • Date: April 1866
  • Creator(s): Charles L. Heyde
Text:

this difficulty has arisen from the miserable teachings of her mother, who enjoined upon her, when we were

Walt Whitman And His 'Drum Taps'

  • Date: 1 December 1866
  • Creator(s): Burroughs, John
Text:

here, from parents the same and their parents' parents the same," and hence, physiologically, is American

To a small job printing office in that city belongs the honor, if such, of bringing it to light.

Some three score copies were deposited in a neighboring book store, and as many more in another book

A demand arose, and before many months all the copies of the thin quarto were sold.

issued in Boston as a 12mo. of 456 pages, in 1860.

Review of Leaves of Grass (1867)

  • Date: 10 November 1866
  • Creator(s): Burroughs, John
Text:

adding stroke after stroke, part after part, as serenely and good-naturedly as if the rest of mankind were

been building so long is a man—a new democratic man, whom he believes to be typical of the future American

Song of the Broad Axe' and 'To Working-Men' comprise most of those poems which, in other editions, were

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