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"My good sir, pray read what he wrote and left me in this bank-book.
He beats old Harry Placide. Lord! Lord!
He was kept in the rebel prison at Salisbury.
By the Lord Harry! but you've made my arm ache, boys and girls!
"He is a rebel—why is he not also a prisoner?" "He has been released," said George. "By whom?"
week pass without writing a line or two i got your letter last week with the money order and the big book
account of the richm Richmond fire but i had no idea it was so horrible) with many thanks for money and books
The "big book" that Walt Whitman sent his mother is not known, but it may have been another almanac.
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
It seems that fraudulent invoices of imported books, now being prosecuted to forfeiture for fraudulent
Walt Whitman I reserve the right of printing the piece in future book.
subject without presenting considerations of this kind to the attention of the Judge who tried the prisoner
your opinion as to whether there may be reasons for doubting the justice of the condemnation of the prisoner
According to date entries in an address book (Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman, The Library
receipt of "the most awful" letter from Heyde (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
urging her to come and make us a visit" (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
Charlie while I am sick on my account" (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
because her letter was part of Heyde's (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
humanely concluded not to deliver to her" (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
for the piece "Proud Music of the Sea-Storm"—leaving me, however, the right to print it in future book
Book p. 155 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted
correctness—I forgot to say, above, that I scrupulously reserve the right to print this piece in future in my book
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
attention to certain papers which I enclose for your examination in the case of William Muller, now in prison
papers to me, with your opinion as to the propriety of the President's interposition in relief of the prisoner
Louis to Brooklyn (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
does when any one comes on to see her" (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
through the same again (burn this letter)" (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
his house. they are digging the cellar" (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
. $2790:89 Purchase of Law & other Necessary Books 250: 3040:89 The following are responsible for particular
She alludes to a number of passages I marked in the copy of the book you gave me for her.
I told her I would mark passages for her in the copy I meant to send on my own book, but didn't send
because you gave me the book, so I marked your copy.
How shall I thank our poet for the beautiful book, and for my name written in it by his own hand so near
many questions that I asked you about him would have needed no answer, if I had but have read his book
According to date entries in an address book (Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman, The Library
Book.
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
The letter is pasted into a manuscript book, and the final letters on the edge closest to the binding
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
"Leaves of Grass" will progress to a close. by the way I have been asked several times where your books
With fellow abolitionist James Redpath, he wrote Hand-book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountains
The American News Company was a New York magazine—and later comic book—distribution company founded in
many questions that I asked you about him would have needed no answer, if I had but have read his book
Dictionary of American Biography, Perry (1831–1896) was a poet, journalist, and author of juvenile books
A small prose book by him, 'Democratic Vistas,' will probably appear the ensuing winter.
Dictionary of American Biography, Perry (1831–1896) was a poet, journalist, and author of juvenile books
many questions that I asked you about him would have needed no answer, if I had but have read his book
Dictionary of American Biography, Perry (1831–1896) was a poet, journalist, and author of juvenile books
I believe I told you I was finishing up about 230 copies of my book, expecting to sell them.
which by the by is, I believe, your judgment about it)—but others sincerely think that it is a bad book
this draft letter Whitman drafted poetic lines that were published posthumously as "[Nor Humility's Book
young men on the RR. for their love & remembrance to me—Dave, & Jim & Charley Sorrell, Tom Hassett, Harry
Tell Harry on No 11 I will go [to] the Hall again & see if I can find that man in the Sheriff's office
Calhoun is cited in two address books (Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman, The Library of
Blake (1757–1827), the English painter, printer, and Romantic-era poet, is known for his illuminated books
He also illustrated numerous books, including works by the English writers Mary Wollstonecraft, Thomas
Whitman sent "Song of the Exposition" to the Chicago Tribune on May 5, 1876 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Burroughs would write several books involving or devoted to Whitman's work: Notes on Walt Whitman, as
ask for his opinion of her poems, leading to a decades-long correspondence; he helped edit the first book
Whitman described William Snydor as a "driver car boy on Pittsburgh's car 7th st" (Whitman's Commonplace Book
With Redpath, Hinton was the author of Hand-book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountains' Gold Region
Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Friday, September 28, 1888; William Sloane Kennedy, The Fight of a Book
Kerr, a clerk in Walt Whitman's office, probably had gone to Pittsburgh; see address book (Thomas Biggs
daughter, Freiligrath joyfully noted receipt of a thirty-two page letter from O'Connor as well as the books
According to one of Walt Whitman's address books (Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman, The
have been some] tremendous fires—the one [in] Brooklyn—eight or ten first-class steam engines —Tell Harry
In an entry dated September 7, 1874, in an address book (Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman
Dear friend Harry Hurt, I thought I would just drop you a line for yourself—but no doubt you keep fully
(He knows who I would be willing should read them—I leave it to him)—Harry, you would much enjoy going
Harry, I wish when you see Ben.
I send him a Clipper also with an acc't of the Five Points—Harry, you let one of them lend you the paper
Harry (No II) sends you his love says he wished you would go to the city Hall at the sheriffs office
and see Michael Halloran tell him all about him (Harry) & ask him how hose 48 is. & if there is any chances
Whitman refers to Bernard Westermann, publisher and importer of books, whose office was at 440 Broadway
I read this afternoon in the book. I read its first division which I never before read.
It is more to me than all other books and poetry."
I am doing a little literary work, according as I feel in the mood—composing on my books.
William Sydnor was described in an address book as "driver car boy on Pittsburgh's car 7th st" (Thomas
I read this afternoon in the book. I read its first division which I never before read.
It is more to me than all other books and poetry.
or some familiar name which no doubt which you have heard so often Dear Walt I have examined that book
movements of the different companys companies & Regiments am sorry that made such a mistake because the Book
Bernard Westermann was a publisher and importer of books, whose office was at 440 Broadway.
Burroughs would write several books involving or devoted to Whitman's work: Notes on Walt Whitman, as
she does when any one comes in to see her" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
Cowsden, in prison in New Jersey for counterfeiting.
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
departed "Pier 24, at Peck Slip, foot of Beekman Street, for Glen Cove, L[ong] I[sland]" (Appletons' Hand-Book
expenditures in the disposal of private land claims in California 500: Purchase of Law & other necessary Books
upon the approval of his official bond by the United States District Judge for your District, all the books
I send the books by same mail with this—directed same address.
poem "Hush'd be the Camps To-day," with a note about Lincoln's death to the final signature of the book
Whitman then decided to stop the printing and add a sequel to the book that would more fully take into
For more information on the printing of Drum-Taps (1865), see Ed Folsom, Whitman Making Books/Books Making
Burroughs would write several books involving or devoted to Whitman's work: Notes on Walt Whitman, as
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
could hardly make it out he is very busy" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
There is nothing in that which you may not read, or the book would not be noticed in these columns.
The shape of the prisoner's place in the court-room, and of him or her seated in the place; The shape
Fortnightly Review : 'Having occasion to visit New York soon after the appearance of Walt Whitman's book
There was not, apparently, a single book in the room….
The books he seemed to know and love best were the Bible, Homer, and Shakespeare: these he owned, and