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I know I am glad that your selections were put into my hands first, so that I was lifted up by them to

The lines were probably drafted for the Centennial of 1876. What the word of power unbroken

ld like to see you very much it has been a long while since I wh think Visit to Washington when you were

According to the 1860 U. S.

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

contributors at least two of Walt Whitman's friends, Conway and Alcott; see Frank Luther Mott, History of American

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

Both your letters also reached me, and were cordially welcomed.

For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" and "Carlyle from American Points of

Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 4:208), he felt that "somehow when [Harte] went to London the best American

Louis Interviews of Walt Whitman," American Literature, 14.2 (May 1942), 146.

This piece of correspondence is addressed, "Peter Doyle, | Conductor, | Office | Wash & Georgetown City

. & Georgetown City RR. Co. | Washington | D. C." It is postmarked: "New-York | Sep | 6 | (?)."

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.

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

Your letter of 13th (last Saturday week,) in which you said the orders were for you to go to work next

. & Georgetown City RR. Co. | Washington, | D. C."

the points of that sort, I leave absolutely to you— My address remains as before at this office & city

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).

do you know (perhaps you do,) how the hard, pungent, gritty, worldly experiences & qualities in American

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

The Romes were old Brooklyn friends.

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,

is the only known surviving photograph taken by Fredricks, though Traubel’s comments suggest there were

Pratt, and which you were pleased to refer to me on the 8th inst., respecting the conveyance of certain

and deeds given therefore—and that, when the sales transpired, neither the vendor nor the purchasers were

Wilson, though it may be in this city.

These papers were sent to this office by the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying his letter of the

Akerman were reasonably acc't of A. T.

Akerman were rendered while he was United States Attorney.

If they were not, he can, of course, be paid a reasonable compensation out of any appropriation made

As you represent that your services in the case were retained by that Department, the Attorney General

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

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.

represented that the facts on which the application for an amendment of the agreed statement was made, were

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

18th 1870 My Dear Mother Mattie arrived all right on Wednesday abt about 3 ocl —in the afternoon—We were

These plans were not acted upon (Waldron, 70).

Carlyle's American Iliad in a Nutshell.

recent Editions, and English Readers would no doubt like to see a Copy of your letter to Emerson on American

Troops stationed at the fort in the 1870s frequently became involved in skirmishes against Native Americans

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

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

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

Some pieces which were pasted together have been lifted and photographed separately to show lines obscured

the volume consisted of four separately paginated books stitched together (an edited version of the 1860

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

Real American Red Men

It is possible these lines were composed between 1861 and 1870, when Whitman had most reason to employ

It is possible these lines were composed between 1861 and 1870, when Whitman had most reason to employ

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

off the platform of a Car, gave you a rose) I was compelled to many Car rides in my transit to "the City

. | Washington City. | D.C. It is postmarked: | JUN | 14 | 0; CARRIER | JUN | 14 | 7 PM.

Benton City, Mo.

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

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

Reports, and Vol. 28, Texas Reports, both of which we already have, and neither of which, I think, were

Gentlemen: The books mentioned in your letter of yesterday's date as having been forwarded by express were

Box 6732, New York City.

Clement were neither ordered nor authorized by this Department, they cannot be paid for by this Department

application to this Office for a copy of the opinions of her father and has been informed that we were

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