Search Results

THE CARPENTER A CHRISTMAS STORY I.

I could sit here all night and tell ye stories about him!

He'd got hold of the old story of Ahasuerus, the Wandering Jew, d'ye see.

Another story," returned Elkanah half savagely.

The carpenter paced slowly to the back part of the room.

William Douglas O'Connor's "The Carpenter: A Christmas Story" first appeared in Putnam's Monthly Magazine

cited Bucke's date (Walt Whitman, The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977], 2:

, and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman had purchased a supply of coal the previous month (see her November 2

In assenting to this arrangement on the part of the Company, and in anticipation of the completion of

presently to receive on two completed sections of the road, as soon as the necessary formalities on the part

furnished directly or indirectly the evidence for the indictments, and were not expected to form any part

Conway and Morley's Recollections (1917), 2:105.

The new part of the Capitol is very fine indeed.

it's on her left hand as she can sew without it i got your letter Walter dear on tuesday Tuesday with 2

Haviland Miller agreed (Walt Whitman, The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

Miller dated Heyde's letter to "[a]bout December 8" (Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, 2:72–73, n. 37

Mattie: The Letters of Martha Mitchell Whitman [New York: New York University Press, 1977], 63, n. 2)

"Bardic Symbols," see Whitman's January 20, 1860 letter to James Russell Lowell and Whitman's March 2,

December 2, 1868. Hon. O. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior.

Evarts to Orville Hickman Browning, 2 December 1868

for me when the moment seemed ripe for it" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 2:

See also Whitman's January 20, 1860, letter to James Russell Lowell and his March 2, 1860, letter to

simple and narrow a point of law as that which I have indicated, there should be no objection on the part

Butler, or his counsel, shall think any actual intervention on the part of the Attorney Gen'l desirable

Georgey had let matty Matty have considerable before Jeffy came he wasent wasn't very flush but the 2

Edwin Haviland Miller [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:366).

Edwin Haviland Miller [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:361).

Dearest Mother, I suppose you got my letter last Saturday, 21st—All goes along at present the same old story—nothing

with Bucke's date (Walt Whitman, The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

dated this letter (Walt Whitman, The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

Walt's lost letters (Walt Whitman, The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

cited Bucke's date (Walt Whitman, The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

70–71, n. 31; 2:366).

Edwin Haviland Miller 2:361).

November 10, 1868 (see Walt Whitman, The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

with the death of Charley Mann, whose illness is mentioned in Louisa Van Velsor Whitman's November 2

letter implies the same when he described Mattie as "comfortably situated" (Miller The Correspondence, 2:

Whitman had written the previous week, "little charley down stairs is very sick" (see her November 2

Charlie Mann is described as a "down stairs" neighbor in Louisa Van Velsor Whitman's November 2 or 3?

purse and i let her have some change to go home with they had hired their rooms to a man and wife and 2

with Bucke's date (Walt Whitman, The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

66, n. 17; 2:366).

November 2, 1868. George P. Bowen, Esq. Clerk of the U. S. District Court, Springfield, Ill.

Bowen, 2 November 1868

November 2, 1868. S. C. Sprague, Clerk of the U. S. District Court, Boston, Mass.

Sprague, 2 November 1868

November 2, 1868. Major Gen. E. O.C. Ord, Head Quarters Dept. of California San Francisco, Cal.

Ord, 2 November 1868

November 2, 1868. Hon. John M. Schofield, Secretary of War.

Evarts to John McAllister Schofield, 2 November 1868

November 2, 1868. Hon. J. M. Schofield, Secretary of War.

Evarts to John McAllister Schofield, 2 November 1868

Nov. 2, 18 68 My dear Sir, As you have not found the little piece "Ethiopia Commenting" available, allow

, 2 November 1868

It is postmarked: INDIANAPOLIS | NOV | 2 | IND.; CARRIER | NOV | 4 | 2 DEL.

—Later—2 o'clock—William & Dr.

I am, in fact, already dividing myself between two hospitalities, part of the time with Mr. & Mrs.

Davis, and part with Dr. & Mrs. Channing, old acquaintances of mine in another part of the city.

I wandered around, partly walking, partly in a carriage, a good part of the day.

letter 9 1/2 Washington Oct 14.4 Dear Walt Since i received your Papers last monday i have been Very

. & shall probably go there & spend a few days, latter part of October.

Shall I tell you about it, or part of it, just to fill up?

So I try to put in something in my letters to give you an idea of how I pass part of my time, & what

In his October 2, 1868 letter to Doyle, Whitman responded to Henry Hurt's request for information about

I will do my part, eagerly, though I think I had better wait a few days now, hoping to feel better, and

For my part, I should as soon think of the form of Leaves of Grass in connexion connection with that

He also had over the story about his reading Leaves of Grass when he was sea-sick, &c.

"The Carpenter" is a story about a Christ-like character based on Whitman, written by Whitman's friend

A translation of the article appeared in the New Eclectic Magazine, 2 (July 1868), 325–329; see also

Whitman inquired about Sydnor's health in his October 2, 1868, letter to Lewis Wraymond.

In his letter to Lewis Wraymond (sometimes known by the nickname Pittsburgh) of October 2, 1868, Whitman

.; CARRIER | OCT | | 2 Del.

had suggested that Thayer & Eldridge print Leaves of Grass; see the New Voice, 16 (4 February 1899), 2.

Cannons were fired all night in various parts of the city.

As I was on my way home in a 2d av. car between 12 & 1 o'clock we got blocked in by a great part of the

This letter will be handed to you by our esteemed Friend Miss Kate C Riley of Washington who I would

Your favor of 2 d inst. instant to me, and papers for others were duly received, and I am requested by

I send my love to Charles Eldridge—By a wretched oversight on my part I missed an appointment with him

On December 2, 1868, in a letter to his daughter, Freiligrath joyfully noted receipt of a thirty-two

Oct 2 Dear boy and Comrade You say it is a pleasure to you to get my letters—well, boy, it is a real

I., and shall go there & spend a few days latter part of October. How about the cold?

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 2 October [1868]

This draft letter is endorsed, "5th letter | Oct 2. | To Pittsburgh | To Harry Hurt.""

Pittsburgh" was an alias for Lewis Wraymond, with whom Walt Whitman corresponded on October 2, 1868.

For Hurt, see Walt Whitman's October 2, 1868 letter to Henry Hurt.

On October 2, 1868, the New York Times reported that there had been five fires in stables during the

Oct 2 .

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Henry Hurt, 2 October [1868]

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Lewis Wraymond, [2 October (?) 1868]

This draft was written on the verso of Walt Whitman's October 2, 1868 letter to Henry Hurt.Lewy Wraymond

baskets hereafter it will be as follows for a large trunk 4. fares middlen size 3. fares small one 2

fares for a large market basket 2 fares small one 1 fare for a small Valise valise 1 fare so you see

The Washington Star reprinted the article on October 2, 1868.

nothing new here at present Congress all gone home & everything Very dull  raining continually for nearly 2

Price's, but spend a great part of every day with Mother, always taking dinner there.

to & fro, & especially crossing the ferry, & resuming my acquaintance with the pilots, is quite a part

. | 2d—22 | 3d—25th | 4th—29 | 5th Oct 2 | 6th—Oct 6 | 7th Oct 9. | Oct 9—sent papers to | P. D.

The Library of Congress, Notebook #108); Walt Whitman inquired about Sydnor's health in his October 2

However the Capitol has been swept and garnished, re-painted in part, revarnished, and it is ready now

When the Democratic party triumphs, if ever, it cannot be that Pagan part of it, which is to succeed,

exalted a lineage, and having a tolerably decent respect for an adventurer if he rides boldly and shows parts

respects mother had a very sick headache when left home this morning have to cut this short as write a part

In volume 2 of Ira Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island (West New Brighton, Staten Island: Westermann

A translation of the article appeared in the New Eclectic Magazine, 2 (July 1868), 325–329; see also

in Brooklyn, and the couple had four children—Arthur, Helen, Emily, and Henry (who died in 1852, at 2

have lots of money—in fact untold wealth —& I shall not feel right if you undertake to alter this part

.; CARRIER | SEP | 16 | 2 DEL.