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Amos T. Akerman to George F. Edmunds, 22 November 1870

  • Date: November 22, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

—Your clients were purchasers at the Marshal's sale.

pursuance of estimates for the general Judicial expenses of the Government; and such payments as these were

Hence I am obliged to exercise the greatest circumspection in expenditure, in order to avoid exceeding

Matthew F. Pleasants to T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., 6 January 1870

  • Date: January 6, 1870
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

requested to supply this Office with the following State Reports, provided it can be done at rates not exceeding

for lect on Literature

  • Date: 1850s or 1860s
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

oratory and goal of becoming a lecturer in the 1850s, though he also maintained these interests in the 1860s

June 9, 1863: "I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

Annotations Text:

oratory and goal of becoming a lecturer in the 1850s, though he also maintained these interests in the 1860s

June 9, 1863: "I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

Walt Whitman by Mathew Brady?, ca. early 1870s

  • Date: ca. early 1870s
  • Creator(s): Brady, Mathew B.
Text:

one used in Brady's Washington studio; the "Lincoln chair" was given to Brady by the President in 1860

It had been Lincoln's chair in the House of Representatives before new chairs were installed in 1857,

Locust whirring they come in July

  • Date: About the 1850s or 1860s
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

is written with the hanging indentation characteristic of Whitman's poetry, it is unclear if these were

contributed to this piece of journalism or not, it seems likely that it was composed in the 1850s or 1860s

Annotations Text:

is written with the hanging indentation characteristic of Whitman's poetry, it is unclear if these were

contributed to this piece of journalism or not, it seems likely that it was composed in the 1850s or 1860s

W. A. Field to Cornelius Cole, 28 June 1870

  • Date: June 28, 1870
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
Text:

office, over and above his necessary office expenses, the necessary clerk-hire included, a sum not exceeding

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Connally Findlay Trigg, 18 February 1870

  • Date: February 18, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

telegraphed to him that there ought to be a Commissioner of the United States Court resident in that city

I was not aware, and the Solicitor was not aware, that there was any Commissioner in that city, and we

add that the reason for telegraphing instead of writing was, that the Solicitor understood that you were

then in Nashville, and were about to leave the city.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, [30] September [1870]

  • Date: September 30, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

The burial rites of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870) were held in New York on September 30,

the New York Times, "surpassed in their imposing character anything of the kind ever seen in this City

It was established in 1860.

Amos T. Akerman to Benjamin HelmWisdom, 12 December 1870

  • Date: December 12, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Garden City Planing Mill Co. Chicago, Ill.

If it were an illegal exaction, as you suppose, your remedy is to sue him for the amount.

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Henry A. Wise, 7 June 1870

  • Date: June 7, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

As I have already stated, my inquiries addressed to you were made at the request of the Secretary of

whom the contents of your letter would have been communicated—but at present he is absent from this city

Walt Whitman to Byron Sutherland, 4 April 1870

  • Date: April 4, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

affectionate letter of March 30 has reached me, and has given me much comfort—for our acquaintance in this city

office—still board at the same house in M Street—& I suppose hold my own generally about the same as when we were

Walter Whitman Reynolds to Walt Whitman, 26 April 1870

  • Date: April 26, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walter Whitman Reynolds
Annotations Text:

According to the 1860 U. S.

Daniel Robbins started working as an apprentice for John McKesson and Charles Olcott, who were in wholesale

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 10 February 1870

  • Date: February 10, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

Marshal at New York City to you, and a letter of H. W.

Esq. who was employed as special counsel in the case, and asked him his opinion, whether the charges were

Phelps on the bill that three gentlemen were employed to do this printing by Judge Person, one of the

W. A. Field to Hamilton Fish, 7 March 1870

  • Date: March 7, 1870
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
Text:

Maynard to me enclosing these papers states that Thomas Barr was in jail in the city of Detroit, in June

his assistant to Windsor, Canada, to institute proceedings for his extradition—that two examinations were

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Henry Williams, 18 April 1870

  • Date: April 18, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

If the picture were here, or in any northern city, I have no doubt that I could get a copy that would

A talent for conversation

  • Date: Between 1840 and 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

suggests that "this sort of moralizing . . . belongs to [Whitman's] journalizing of the 1840s through the 1860s

Annotations Text:

suggests that "this sort of moralizing . . . belongs to [Whitman's] journalizing of the 1840s through the 1860s

armies & navies pass on the surface

  • Date: About the 1850s or 1860s
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

depart— but we remain But we do not never depart This manuscript was probably written in the 1850s or 1860s

Annotations Text:

This manuscript was probably written in the 1850s or 1860s.

Do you ask me

  • Date: Between 1850 and 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

that of the early editions of Leaves of Grass, so it is possible that it was written in the 1850s or 1860s

Annotations Text:

that of the early editions of Leaves of Grass, so it is possible that it was written in the 1850s or 1860s

Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 28 November 1870

  • Date: November 28, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

The proper papers were prepared, and Davis was arrested.

City) On the 27th day of February, 1869, Attorney General Evarts addressed a letter of instructions to

On the 18th of May, 1869, Davis was arrested in the City of New York, upon a bench warrant from the United

Walt Whitman to John T. Trowbridge, 24 September [1870]

  • Date: September 24, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Though Trowbridge became familiar with Whitman's poetry in 1855, he did not meet Whitman until 1860 when

Coleman, "Trowbridge and O'Connor," American Literature, 23 [1951–52], 327).

The Poems of Walt Whitman

  • Date: September 1870
  • Creator(s): Howitt, William
Text:

Whitman The poems of Walt Whitman have been much praised and wondered at in this country since they were

sometimes in that of Hiawatha , sometimes absolutely prosaic, but always original and audaciously American

In the most outward city pageant the open-eyed poet sees what the mere world-eyed mass never sees.

hive-bees, The North—the sweltering South—Assyria—the Hebrews—the Ancient of ancients, Vast, desolated cities—the

Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 15 November 1870

  • Date: November 15, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, in relation to the steamer "Quaker City

(copy enc.) case of "Quaker City." see Ins. Book B. p.170.

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, [5? July 1870]

  • Date: July 5?, 1870
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Text:

had six large ones taken i went alone i told the man i wanted very extraordinary ones fer for the were

Annotations Text:

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

Thomas Jefferson Whitman and family were in St.

During the 1860s, Price and her family, especially daughter Helen, were friends with Walt Whitman and

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

Helen's reminiscences of Whitman were included in Richard Maurice Bucke's biography, Walt Whitman (Philadelphia

Benjamin Helm Bristow to George S. Boutwell, 29 December 1870

  • Date: December 29, 1870
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Text:

instant, enclosing sundry papers relative to the seizure by certain parties of a piece of land in Denver City

S. to certain land in Denver City The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes

Real American Red Men

  • Date: 1870–1872
Text:

3116yal.00324xxx.00861Real American Red Men1870–1872prose2 leaveshandwritten; Draft of a prose piece

Real American Red Men

America to the Old World Bards

  • Date: 1870-1891
Text:

"Nat Bloom," the name that appears on the recto of the third leaf, was a New York City acquaintance of

Stephen K. Winant to Walt Whitman, May 1870

  • Date: May 1870
  • Creator(s): Stephen K. Winant
Text:

he has recently Examined it and I can show Certificates of Half a Dozen of the Best Doctors in the City

a Lasting favor Yours truly Stephen K Winant 435 West 32d Street Between 9 & 10th Avenue New York City

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, [16 March 1870]

  • Date: March 16, 1870
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Text:

his salary he told me to give matty the rent but as we have a new comer down stairs a girl baby they were

Annotations Text:

O'Connor, but those plans were scuttled (see Mattie's March 1, 1870 letter to Walt Whitman [Waldron,

The portion of the letter in the Yale Collection of American Letter is incomplete and lacks a closing

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

Louis Water Works, and served as the second president of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 23 September [1870]

  • Date: September 23, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Nash was an old resident of the city; Walt Whitman's December 5, 1873 letter to Doyle made mention of

The New York Times of September 15, 1870, reported that the Papal troops were evacuating various towns

The New York Times of September 15, 1870 reported that the Papal troops were evacuating various towns

W. A. Field to George S. Boutwell, 18 June 1870

  • Date: June 18, 1870
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
Text:

the "Cuba," her armament, &c, to clear for New York.,—and also that you authorize the issue of an American

Whether the vessel is entitled to an American register I have no knowledge, and express no opinion.

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 20 July [1870]

  • Date: July 20, 1870
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

(see Alexander Stimson, Express Office Handbook and Directory [Bedford, Massachusetts: Applewood, 1860

The offices and delivery service were known by the name Westcott's Express.

The open American association was affiliated with the Brotherhood (later the Irish Republican Brotherhood

Both organizations were dedicated to the cause of an independent Irish Republic (see Ireland and the

Amos T. Akerman to James B. McKean, 13 December 1870

  • Date: December 13, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

McKean, Chief Justice, &c, Salt Lake City, Utah Terr.

Matthew F. Pleasants to Publisher of the Nation, 22 March 1870

  • Date: March 22, 1870
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Box 6732, New York City.

Matthew F. Pleasants to William N. Clark, 31 January 1870

  • Date: January 31, 1870
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Benton City, Mo.

Matthew F. Pleasants to Francis C. Barlow, 29 March 1870

  • Date: March 29, 1870
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Barlow, Esq. 5 Beekman street, New York City.

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 23 February [1870]

  • Date: February 23, 1870
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

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

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

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

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to J. D. Cox, 8 June 1870

  • Date: June 8, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

Harrison, Esq. of Deer Lodge City, Montana Terr. of the 27th ult. enclosing his account for services

Matthew F. Pleasants to Henry Whitall, 25 June 1870

  • Date: June 25, 1870
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Henry Whitall, Esq. 10 East Fifth street, New York City.

Amos T. Akerman to James B. McKean, 19 October 1870

  • Date: October 19, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

McKean, Chief Justice of Utah Territory, Salt Lake City.

Matthew F. Pleasants to W. W. Jones, 20 May 1870

  • Date: May 20, 1870
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Deer Lodge City Montana Terr. Sir: In reply to your letter of the 9th inst.

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to T. W. Egan, 9 June 1870

  • Date: June 9, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

Box 5952, New York City.

Amos T. Akerman to A. B. Cornell, 19 October 1870

  • Date: October 19, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Hotel, New York City. Sir: In answer to your letter of the 30th ult.

Amos T. Akerman to W. M. Hinman, 5 December 1870

  • Date: December 5, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Hinman, Atlantic City Wyoming Terr.

Helen A. Horner to Walt Whitman, 8 February 1870

  • Date: February 8, 1870
  • Creator(s): Helen A. Horner
Text:

New York City Feb 8 th 1870 "Walt Whitman" O! Beloved Soul, so great! so beautiful!

A kiss from the lips of one born beneath a tropical sun a daughter of the Crescent City.

Amos T. Akerman to B. F. Potts, 10 December 1870

  • Date: December 10, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Potts, Governor, &c, Virginia City, Montana T.

Amos T. Akerman to P. H. Jones, 24 November 1870

  • Date: November 24, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Jones, Postmaster, New York City. Sir: Mrs. Clara L.

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, [6] February [1870]

  • Date: February 6, 1870
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

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.

Helen's reminiscences of Whitman were included in Richard Maurice Bucke's biography, Walt Whitman (Philadelphia

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to William W. Belknap, 22 January 1870

  • Date: January 22, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

relating to this reservation, but that there is such a suit pending in the Court of Claims in this city

Amos T. Akerman to Edwards Pierrepont, 29 November 1870

  • Date: November 29, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Edwards Pierrepont, No. 16 Wall street, New York City.

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Joseph R. Lewis, 3 February 1870

  • Date: February 3, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

Boisé City, Idaho T.

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