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Whereas if a reasonable amount of intercourse were allowed, it would be a happy time with them, & Norah

Well, they were very courteous & indeed friendly to me & I think I have won over the mother but the father

An aspiring physician, Beatrice took the needed preparatory classes but was barred (as were all women

Those words were like a sharp knife plunged into me They choked me with bitter tears.

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an American abolitionist and frequent correspondent with Walt Whitman

At this time Gilchrist and Rossetti were contemplating purchasing Walt Whitman's new volumes and presenting

Having got at his secret, you soon learn to take stock of the American bard.

When we reflect that, among the American poets thus slightingly waived aside, were, to mention no others

In his ideal city "the men and women think lightly of the laws."

Fiske," was a leading American actress of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Tammany Hall is famous as the democratic machine in New York city politics.

Both painters were denounced by John Ruskin in similar terms in Modern Painters, The Complete Works of

1813–1873) was a Scottish explorer of Africa, and Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1835—1903) was a French-American

Fiske," was a leading American actress of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Tammany Hall is famous as the democratic machine in New York city politics.

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

The business would be unmixed pleasure to me were my capital larger, as I think I can serve humanity

stagnation in the business world, coupled with eight failures of those owing us, and many of the books that were

New York City June 8th, 1875 My dear Whitman: During my wanderings in the tropics, with my nervous system

I am one of those American writers who have always looked upon you as a noble, original, & characteristic

Dear Walt— I would not trouble you with this letter, were it not that I saw mentioned in the N. Y.

Sun the other day the fact that you were in very needy circumstances, if that is so will you let me know

writing to you before but you know how it is your self but I write you these few lines to let you know were

John Wilson Sprague (1817–1892) was a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

He was also a railroad executive for the Northern Pacific Railway and co-founded the city of Tacoma,

The King and the Crown Prince were in the church, reporters for foreign papers, also from America, swarmed

In June I met with professors and teachers of the university who in all earnest were Buddhists, believers

Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902) was an American author who wrote on California pioneering efforts.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), better know by his pen name, Mark Twain, was an American humorist

While in the market, the other day, with a party of us, we were all weighed; his weight was 200 pounds

Next the very finely gotten up Boston edition of 1860, in ordinary 12mo., which size has been adhered

All stood up, ready, as it were, to fall into the ranks for him.

It first commenced with a letter from the English laureate, full of courtesy to his American brother,

I rubbed my eyes a little to see if this sunbeam were no illusion; but the solid sense of the book is

In that case we will try and get together in New York City.

"Calamus" was first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

My berry crop & other crops were much injured.

thrown out of work in New York with about two Hundred others ten days before the Panic from the American

Britain Conn Connecticut and I have been here cince since I do not like it here I had rather be in the City

bout about $(15. 00 ) Dollars in the shop and this month I shall not have above ten Dollars If it were

(My last before this were July 18 and Aug 14 I will relieve you of any fears that I shall (of myself)

stoop where he and some company (our county tax collector, and county school superintendent &c &c) were

Physiognomy—to say the picture might indicate more of talent than warmth (it would be very unfortunate if it were

sent me in the New Republic's regular issue (that is the matter of it) about Foreign Critics on an American

keepsake as would be suited dignity or exalted worth the part that light I could be of your wish you were

I find however a sort myself in a change of belief about the question—when I thought were a direct work

26 and died 29, the day I was born—she of a family of ters from Virginia —her mother Motley —they were

Obedience was married to John Morehead (1760–1832), and they were the parents of John Motley Morehead

De Jersey &c were unknown 'till Willwell came to the front. Ah!

Those fine fruits were the only luxury I could have for some years after the end of the war.

John Newton Johnson (1832–1904) and his first wife, Clotilda Loveless Johnson (b. 1832), were the parents

the worst soar sore iever I ever seen he sufered suffered about 6 months very much indeed the pain were

Camden is reached by a ferry crossing the Delaware River from this city, and, but for being in a different

No American publisher will issue his works: the booksellers seem to regard him as a fair victim for fraud

magazine will accept his MSS., and the orthodox compendia of poetry contain none of his notably American

These notes were pencilled down sometimes on battlefields, and are often very thrilling.

I looked at him closely; his hands were strong and clean, his nails cared for.

subjects—make all except inspirations and intentions; must mould mold and carve and sing the ideal American

I wanted to know what the surroundings of this man were.

I always had an idea that poets were fed on finer food than falls to the lot of ordinary mortals, but

Michael Nash were Washington friends to whom Whitman referred frequently in his letters to Peter Doyle

Michael Nash was an old resident of the city; Whitman's December 5, 1873, letter to Doyle mentioned a

"Calamus" was first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

married to Ann Eliza Knickerbocker Farwell (1844–1932), and, at the time of this letter, the Farwells were

seeking refreshment between the pines of Thüringerwald, living among a very amiable and childlike population

crest of this huge and soft German body; but the body is so soft indeed, that one should think, there were

lost promotion through his sympathy with the French Revolution 1793—he sent some guns to them which were

—that we could chat over. and I think where were it so, how many nice Essays would be done that would

For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" (pp. 168–170) and "Carlyle from American

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

Scottish-born John Muir (1838–1914) was an American author, naturalist, and an environmentalist.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American poet, fiction writer, and literary critic.

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

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an American abolitionist, minister, and frequent correspondent

you—how are you getting along  now and then we see some little thing in the papers—the last was that you were

engaged in getting up another book —I was glad to know that you were feeling well enough— How is George

the account with fear & trembling—& only on reading it over a second time, was I satisfied that you were

you could come on & pay me a visit—Would you like to have me direct any letters or papers to the American

himself a stone cottage in a beautiful spot on the banks of the Hudson, 60 miles north of New York City

Probably the repetitions in this draft were eliminated in the version that was sent.

by my open window—it is very pleasant, plenty of trees & foliage, (though I live in a street, in a city

This postcard bears the address, "John Swinton | 134 E. 38th Street | New York City."

In an interview in 1879, Whitman complained that many American magazines were "in the hands of old fogies

like Holland or fops like Howells" (American Literature, 14 [1942–43], 145–146).

October 19, 1875, Gilchrist had written to Burroughs to inform him that Walt Whitman's English admirers were

Harned [Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918], 113).

Two on Emerson" and "A Final Word on Emerson" in the Galaxy in February and April, 1876; the essays were

The four brief postcards to Doyle in February 1875 were written on Fridays, and the discussion of his

The four brief postcards to Doyle in February 1875 were written on Fridays, and the discussion of his

This and Whitman's March 26, 1875 letter to Doyle were written on Fridays, if the year is correct.

The four brief postcards to Doyle in February 1875 were written on Fridays, and the discussion of his

The four brief postcards to Doyle in February 1875 were written on Fridays, and the discussion of his

At this time Gilchrist and Rossetti were contemplating purchasing Walt Whitman's new volumes and presenting

This and Whitman's March 19, 1875 letter to Doyle were written on Fridays, if the year is correct.

Silver, "A Note about Whitman's Essay on Poe," American Literature, 6 (1935), 435–436.On November 15,

…I am one of those American writers who always look upon you as a noble, original, and characteristic