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This manuscript was probably written in the mid- to late 1860s shortly before publication in 1869.

This manuscript was probably written in the mid- to late 1860s shortly before publication in 1869.; These

received your letter of the 22d inst., and should be happy to answer the questions asked in it, if it were

If you can now supply the books mentioned on this list at rates not exceeding the prices there intimated

If they can now be supplied by you at rates not exceeding those mentioned on said list, you are requested

No. 7 Warren street, New York City Sir: I have received your letter of the 22d of December, enclosing

Talbot said to me that there were reasons why he could not properly argue the case before the Court of

Svendsgaard, "Strong, William," American National Biography Online). Ebenezer R.

Elijah Bruce (b. 1808) and Ruth Bruce (b. 1812) were the parents of Grace Haight (b. 1839), and they

were neighbors near Louisa Van Velsor Whitman's residence at 71 Portland Avenue (see United States Census

Haight's familiar and chatty February 7, 1872 letter to Louisa in Camden, New Jersey, suggests they were

While I have no doubt that your services were faithful and valuable, the sum you name as compensation

My Father & Mother were well the last time I heard from them.

She had two children from a previous marriage: Lewis and Eva Morrell, and she and Benton were the parents

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

that the evidence of title to the United States of the property occupied as a naval station at Mound City

Sir: I have the honor to send you the papers in this office which were asked by your communication dated

made on the behalf—but has endeavored to ascertain by every means in his power, who, in his judgment, were

Hollis Robbins, "Fugitive Mail: The Deliverance of Henry 'Box' Brown and Antebellum Postal Politics," American

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.

ensuing public scandal targeted Beecher: he was accused of endorsing bigamy because "Indiana divorces were

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

By his letter it appears that you were retained by the U. S.

thought it would not be proper in me to make any reply, but to leave that to the Department by which you were

propriety of making any contract with you for services to be hereafter rendered—as those questions were

No. 34 Liberty street, New York City.

Grier, "Walt Whitman, the Galaxy, and Democratic Vistas," American Literature, 23 (1951–1952), 332–350

These services were wholly indispensable in doing the duty of the government in that case;—they were

New York City.

Phelps will be in New York City by the time this letter reaches you, and is of counsel in the case against

WALT WHITMAN, THE AMERICAN POET OF DEMOCRACY.

that a new poet had arisen in America, and that much difference of opinion existed as to his merits, were

had in his pocket while we were talking.

These were all inarticulate poets, and he interpreted them.

Walt Whitman, The American Poet of Democracy

As one of the offences on which these indictments were founded was committed while Mr.

If they were sent to Florida to be used in the District Court, the clerk of that court and not the District

your attention to the fact that in your schedule of prices furnished this Office the Georgia Reports were

Wilson, Chief Justice, Salt Lak Lake City, Utah Terr.

to undergo the journey) you know wrote that Ansel they thought failed the business was while they were

promote British reprints, Harper's Weekly was notable for its Civil War coverage and began publishing American

appeared in the September 28, 1861 issue of the newspaper, and two poems by Whitman were first published

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.

at the University of Vermont Medical School, performed surgeries in Burlington, Vermont during the 1860s

Gentlemen: Your communications to the President of the 14th of July, and of the 4th of October, 1869, were

He sees in the American future the grandest realisation of centuries of idealism. . . .

He is the clear forerunner of the great American poet, long longed for, often prophesied."

As if it were necessary to trot back generation after generation to the Eastern records!"

"I will report all heroism from an American point of view." "America always!

I assert that all past days were what they should have been.

Wilson Chief Justice Supreme Court, Great Salt Lak Lake City, Utah.

Court, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dear William O'Connor: As you were interested in Mr.

. | Washington City." Its postmark is indecipherable.

Involved according to Whitman were the "venom, jealousies, opacities…[of] a woman" (3:235–236), probably

James Parton (1822–1891) was a journalist and, according to the Dictionary of American Biography, "the

Allen, The Solitary Singer (New York: Macmillan Co., 1955), 209–210; Frank Luther Mott, A History of American

Bent Claims, at a total expense not exceeding three hundred dollars. Very Respectfully yours, M. F.

Salt Lake City, Utah.

mother of Father Turner, the Vicar-General of the Brooklyn Diocese, and a long-time resident of the city

. & then ramble & ride around the City, awhile, as I think we are going to have a fine evening & moonlight

In 1860 and 1867, it appeared as "Leaves of Grass" No. 11 and No. 3, respectively.

of the various editions, it is most likely that Brookfield quotes from the third edition of Leaves (1860

afternoon & evening in the cars—felt quite well—enjoyed my lunch, the cold tea, &c—got in at Jersey City

his weight well toward 190 pounds"; reprinted in Emory Holloway, "Whitman as His Own Press Agent," American

I sent to the Attorney of the United States at New York City, a telegram, of which a copy is enclosed

I have today received a telegram from the Marshal of the United States at New York City, of which a copy

Charles Durkee, Governor of Utah Territory, Salt Lake City.

the face of the action of so many preceding administrations, especially when so many of our friends were

Copies of the volume were withdrawn so that the sequel could be added.

several poems, adding eighteen new poems to those that appeared in Drum-Taps, and all of these poems were

Later, these poems were folded into Leaves of Grass, and by the time the final arrangement of Leaves

Curtis. no doubt the services were rendered, and consider the amount stated to be reasonable.

Charles Durkee, Governor Utah Territory, Great Salt Lake City.

Wisconsin, together with a certificate of search from the Register of Deeds of that county, which were

It is now more than four years since proceedings in this case were instituted, and the District Attorney

that it can be considered and determined by the Supreme Court, if a writ of error from that court were

pleaded a set off, and the Court had been of opinion that, on striking a balance, the United States were

had granted the certificate mentioned in Section twelve chapter seventy-six, Acts 1863, and if there were

unknown to me, and I have no doubt that this part of the judgment would be reversed on error, if it were

Perhaps if the attention of the Circuit Court were called to this error in the judgment by the District

concurring in the views of the former, to be a proper matter for judicial investigation—and the papers were

it seems, adopted the suggestion to refer the case here,—and thereupon, at his instance, the papers were

preferred to exercise his judgment upon the reasonableness of the amount charged, after the services were

Sir: By telegram received last night from Marshal Barlow of New York City, I am informed that the steamer

suits, and of all liability on account of the violations of law, on which these proceedings in Court were

The charge on which these suits are brought, is, that the gloves were entered at Boston by means of invoices

in which they were fraudulently undervalued.

—The Depositions were sent by the Consul to the Department of State with his bills of fees attached.