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Walt Whitman by William S. Pendleton, ca. 1872

  • Date: ca. 1872
  • Creator(s): Pendleton, William S.
Text:

The New York City Directory lists Pendleton at this address starting in 1869, and advertisements for

Craig's Daguerreian Registry as having a studio at 5 Chatham Square in New York from 1857 through 1860

his imprint with the Chatham Square address, suggesting he may have been there through most of the 1860s

Walt Whitman to Philp and Solomon, 7 January 1869

  • Date: January 7, 1869
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Philp and Solomon were Washington booksellers.

John Flood, Jr., to Walt Whitman, 11 January 1869

  • Date: January 11, 1869
  • Creator(s): John Flood, Jr.
Text:

not see you previous to your departure for Washington We have had a very pleasant New Year in the city

N.Y City.

William M. Evarts to John Jay, 14 January 1869

  • Date: January 14, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

New York City. Dear Sir: The record in the Rosenberg case was not printed until Monday last.

Walt Whitman to James T. Fields, 14 January 1869

  • Date: January 14, 1869
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

and was the second of Whitman's poems to appear in the magazine; "Bardic Symbols" was published in 1860

William M. Evarts to Samuel Blatchford, 16 January 1869

  • Date: January 16, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

Samuel Blatchford, Judge United States Court, New York City. Sir: The case of John H.

attention to that point, as doubtless at the time of the conviction the grounds of this discrimination were

Matthew F. Pleasants to Brewster & Baldwin, 16 January 1869

  • Date: January 16, 1869
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Brewster & Baldwin, No. 786 Broadway, New York City.

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 19 January [1869]

  • Date: January 19, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

"Nelly" O'Connor (1830–1913), who, with Charles Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close

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

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

Walt Whitman to James T. Fields, 20 January 1869

  • Date: January 20, 1869
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Walt Whitman's poems to appear in the Atlantic Monthly; "Bardic Symbols" was published on April 5, 1860

(For more on "Bardic Symbols," see Walt Whitman's January 20, 1860 letter to James Russell Lowell and

Whitman's March 2, 1860 letter to the editor of the Atlantic Monthly.)

inserted a blurb about the poem in the Washington Star of January 18, 1869; see Emory Holloway, American

Julius Bing to Walt Whitman, 21 January 1869

  • Date: January 21, 1869
  • Creator(s): Julius Bing
Text:

While their ships were crossexamining Mediterranean & Aegean sea to find the best harbour wherein to

Ages elapse; suffering; woes; Greek war of independence Clay & Webster begin to discharge American debt

All despots conspiring against Crete American more alive than ever to her debt Walt Whitman's poem.

Genoa, Venice & Spain were most busy on that craft Their swift sailors spread dismay in camps Even as

Annotations Text:

When his followers were killed by Seljuk forces in the winter of 1096, Peter never returned from a supply

After the siege of Jerusalem in 1099, Godfrey assumed rulership of the city but declined the title of

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 21 January 1869

  • Date: January 21, 1869
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
Text:

Davis to day who is now in Brooklyn—he says he took dinner on Sunday with Mother and George—that they were

Annotations Text:

Whitman's essays "Democracy" and "Personalism" were published in the Galaxy in December 1867 and May

These three essays were later combined in Democratic Vistas, which was first published in 1871 in New

Benton H. Wilson to Walt Whitman, 24 January 1869

  • Date: January 24, 1869
  • Creator(s): Benton H. Wilson
Text:

to day & I assure you it gave me great pleasure to hear from you and to hear that yourself & Mother were

Annotations Text:

Nellie had two children, Lewis and Eva Morrell, from a previous marriage, and she and Benton Wilson were

Wilson named his first child "Walter Whitman Wilson," after the poet; their other children were Austin

Walt Whitman to Ferdinand Freiligrath, 26 January 1869

  • Date: January 26, 1869
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Whitman in the New York Sontagsblatt of November 1, 1868, mentioned Freiligrath's admiration for the American

William M. Evarts to Hugh McCulloch, 4 February 1869

  • Date: February 4, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

Western District of Pennsylvania relative to the case of Arthur Ballou, and the instructions which were

William M. Evarts to Hugh McCulloch, 6 February 1869

  • Date: February 6, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

While I would be very happy to give my individual opinion upon this subject, if I were possessed of the

William M. Evarts to G. F. Jenks, 9 February 1869

  • Date: February 9, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

City The subject to which your letter refers had received my official attention some days since, and

Matthew F. Pleasants to Little & Brown, T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., W. H. & O. H. Morrison, John Campbell, 12 February 1869

  • Date: February 12, 1869
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

directed by the Attorney General to enclose you the accompanying list comprising a number of Vols. of American

William M. Evarts to Benjamin F. Wade, 13 February 1869

  • Date: February 13, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

Gen. are replies, were returned with those replies to the Interior Dept. or the counsel by whom they

were transmitted.

William M. Evarts to William H. Seward, 16 February 1869

  • Date: February 16, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

What that compensation would be for such services as were rendered by Mr.

Matthew F. Pleasants to H. H. Wells, 18 February 1869

  • Date: February 18, 1869
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Davis, and to say that he will be glad to see you in relation to the matter on your next visit to this city

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, [18 February 1869]

  • Date: February 18, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

William M. Evarts to Benjamin F. Wade, 20 February 1869

  • Date: February 20, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

fines in each case; & who of such persons, have been pardoned by the President, & when such pardons were

resolution is, as to "who of such persons have been pardoned by the President, & when such pardons were

William M. Evarts to Benjamin F. Wade, 22 February 1869

  • Date: February 22, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

directed the suspension, delay, or discontinuance of proceedings against parties prosecuted in New York City

The prosecutions referred to in my letters were for frauds upon Internal Revenue, as I then understood

Fullerton to ascertain whether the charges were to be duly submitted, or would be withdrawn.

Attorney Courtney— and these, and these alone, were the reasons for my direction of the suspension or

Murray were immediately advised thereof, and their presence required to meet these charges.

Charles Warren Stoddard to Walt Whitman, 2 March 1869

  • Date: March 2, 1869
  • Creator(s): Charles Warren Stoddard
Text:

He speaks it over and over, manipulating my body unconsciously, as it were, with bountiful and unconstrained

We were known to one another, perhaps twelve hours. Yet I cannot forget him.

I wish it were possible to get your photograph.

William M. Evarts to John E. Ward, 3 March 1869

  • Date: March 3, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

No. 61 Wall street New York City Sir: I enclose a duplicate original of the determination & order which

William M. Evarts to William H. Seward, 3 March 1869

  • Date: March 3, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

Sir: I beg leave to enclose a determination and order respecting the claim of Nott & Company, American

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 4 March [1869]

  • Date: March 4, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

She and Jeff had two daughters, Manahatta "Hattie" (1860–1886) and Jessie Louisa "Sis" (b. 1863).

Mustard plasters were a mustard paste that was applied to a cloth or paper, which was then applied to

George Washington Whitman started a building business with a partner named Smith in 1865, and they were

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

Lane (1823–1882) was Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Water Works from 1862 to 1869 and later became City

[Unidentified Sender] to M. Richard Levison, 9 March 1869

  • Date: March 9, 1869
  • Creator(s): Unidentified | Walt Whitman
Text:

I do not think that they were much impressed by the historical view of the subject The following are

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to J. D. Cox, 13 March 1869

  • Date: March 13, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

suspended land entries of Henry McGee and Philip Biddel, in the San Francisco district, California, which were

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to John A. Rawlins, 15 March 1869

  • Date: March 15, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

The Neptune Submarine Co., it appears from that opinion, were, or are, the agents employed by the government

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 15 March [1869]

  • Date: March 15, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

George Washington Whitman started a building business with a partner named Smith in 1865, and they were

accounting in her June 23, 1869 letter to Walt: two installments from Jeff in the amount of $500 each were

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 17 [March? 1869]

  • Date: March 17, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

Jefferson "Jeff" Whitman a mortgage on Smith's house, valued at $3,000, as collateral or, if Smith's house were

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

J. Hubley Ashton to W. C. Maloney, 19 March 1869

  • Date: March 19, 1869
  • Creator(s): J. Hubley Ashton | Walt Whitman
Text:

The vessel & cargo were clearly liable to condemnation on the proofs in the record.

assigned to that Circuit, but who does not purpose going to the south, will sign a decree in this city

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to J. Holt, 24 March 1869

  • Date: March 24, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

(which is herewith returned,) were sent to your office July 29th, 1867. Very resp. yours, E. R.

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 25 March 1869

  • Date: March 25, 1869
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
Text:

got a place in a boarding house in Pine street—I had'nt been there more than an hour before I saw we were

is coming up all the time that keeps me busy—I was nearly a whole week in writing a report to the City

Annotations Text:

Probably Jeff's derogatory name for the journalists who claimed that the works were being constructed

on unstable soil and would soon collapse (Proceedings of the City Council, March 16, 1869, pp. 373-75

Given Jeff's racial attitudes in general, it is possible that he felt Grant's policies were misguided

In response to the allegations printed in the local press, the city council on March 12 requested the

Board of Water Commissioners to determine whether the waterworks were defective.

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 30 [March 1869]

  • Date: March 30, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

In the Government Printing Office, seventy-five "females" were discharged from the folding room.

An unstated number of "females" were discharged from the bindery.

The dismissals were to come "from the least efficient and most obnoxious, politically, of the employe

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 31 March [1869]

  • Date: March 31, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Text:

that side about 15 feet from the old shop three story frame houses very good all different as if they were

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Lyman Trumbull, 3 April 1869

  • Date: April 3, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

They were not, so far as I am aware, candidates for the offices to which they have been nominated, and

were selected from considerations of high public character and personal fitness, which needed no certificates

McPhail Smith were the only persons suggested from any quarter for the Tennessee appointments.

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 5 April 1869

  • Date: April 5, 1869
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
Text:

for a week or so back—but I think it is the weather and then we are not so happily situated as we were

both for his own sake and for George's—It would be too bad to have any change in the Water Dept—The city

some 30 to 40 pages each, unbound—but give what of all things is the best for me—how certain works were

Annotations Text:

May 1 was moving day in Brooklyn, a time when leases were given up or renewed.

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 7 April [1869]

  • Date: April 7, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

He had served as a city auditor. William A.

The two newly appointed members of the Water Board were Archibald M.

York legislature reorganized it, the Brooklyn Water Board had operated independently of the Brooklyn City

Walt Whitman and his mother were both close with the Price family.

Walt Whitman to Abby H. Price, 7 April 1869

  • Date: April 7, 1869
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

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

publicity blurb in the Washington Sunday Chronicle on May 9, 1869 (reprinted by Emory Holloway, American

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 14 [April 1869]

  • Date: April 14, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

She and Jeff had two daughters, Manahatta "Hattie" (1860–1886) and Jessie Louisa "Sis" (b. 1863).

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

crowns and narrow rims: feathers were out, lace and flowers and ribbons were in, and the height of fashion

For Jeff's frustration with the Brown family, see his April 16, 1860 and March 3, 1863 letters to Walt

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

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to William Douglas O'Connor, 18 April 1869

  • Date: April 18, 1869
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
Text:

April 18th 1869 Wm O'Connor Esq My dear friend The package of "Reports" and afterwards your letter were

Matthew F. Pleasants to T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., 28 or 29 April 1869

  • Date: April 28 or 29, 1869
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

letter of the 4th ult., returning the list previously transmitted to you from this office, on which were

Matthew F. Pleasants to T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., 5 May 1869

  • Date: May 5, 1869
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Since the receipt of these books it has been discovered that some of the volumes were already on our

W. A. Field to Ulysses S. Grant, 6 May 1869

  • Date: May 6, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
Text:

Robinson, of Cook Co., Ill., which you were pleased to refer to this office on the 4th inst.

Dr. Scudder's Lecture

  • Date: 7 May 1859
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

It is but reasonable to believe that we were at one time the same people and spoke the same language.

language, which he speaks quite fluently as English, and in which he says he thinks and preachers, were

very interesting and amusing, and we wish we were permitted to publish them.

Their proverbs, many of which he quoted, were curious and beautiful, some of them causing convulsions

Scudder will pardon us for taking such liberties with it, but its beauties were so many that we could

Matthew F. Pleasants to Little, Brown, & Co., 10 May 1869

  • Date: May 10, 1869
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

will forward this office the following books: Supplements of General Statutes of Massachusetts, from 1860

Matthew F. Pleasants to Alfred Russell, 17 May 1869

  • Date: May 17, 1869
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

on file in this office charging you with "copperheadism," unless you consider a statement that you were

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 30 [May 1869]

  • Date: May 30, 1869
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Text:

time as i wanted you to have we cant can't be quite as free to talk when any one is present as if we were

Annotations Text:

Murray affirms that "Whitman and Doyle were 'lovers' in the contemporary sense of the word."

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

Abby Price and her family, especially her daughter Helen, were friends with Walt Whitman and his mother

In 1860, the Price family began to save Walt's letters.

She and Jeff had two daughters, Manahatta "Hattie" (1860–1886) and Jessie Louisa "Sis" (b. 1863).

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