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Broadway Pageant, a poem which first appeared as The Errand-Bearers, Brooklyn Daily Times (27 June 1860

Whitman revised the poem as A Broadway Pageant (Reception Japanese Embassy, June 16, 1860) in Drum-Taps

1875-1876prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript contains a list of trial titles and subtitles which were

drafts.loc.00132xxx.00155[Skirting the river]1880poetryhandwritten1 leaf12.5 x 19 cm; These lines were

containing trial lines for the poem first published as Patroling Barnegat in the June 1880 issue of The American

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

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

See The New-York Historical Society Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564–1860 (New Haven: Yale University

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

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 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

. | New York City. It is postmarked: Camden | FEB | 26 | N. J.

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

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

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

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

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

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

was co pied into some (I dare say numerous) English papers; & one Editor wrote asking what was the American

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

has had very sore feet and legs, so bad that he could not have worked, even if he had had it. they were

Storms P.S. we got a letter from Uncle George last night—he had no work, and his limbs were not very

According to the Paterson, New Jersey City Directory (1876), Speer was a driver with a home at 48 Pearl

St. in the city.

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

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

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

He assisted Dana in editing the first edition of the New American Cyclopaedia, and in 1873 he was engaged

the editor of the New York Sun from 1868 until his death and was at one time co-editor of the New American

See American Literature, 25 (1953), 361–362.

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

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

The magazine in question will contain contributions by well-known English and American authors. from

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My berry crop & other crops were much injured.

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

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

Remember it is not amongst strangers but as it were your own folks.

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

woman's postscript) have I told you at any time that I have been & am preparing a vol: volume of Amer: American

I wish you were here now that the storms seem over.

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

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

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

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

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

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