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in some tangible shape: & I c.d could at this moment tell you of at least 3 several plans wh. which were

, & you vouch for as less strong than the facts, proves that some more cheerful preceding accounts were

Krieg, chapter 8, "Dublin," Walt Whitman and the Irish (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000), 190

Were it not that I find the uncertainty about this most embarrassing, & the presumable chance of enlisting

Memoranda During the War (1875) chronicles Whitman's time as a hospital volunteer during the American

If it were not for unduly trenching upon your space, I would like to show you the passages which the

I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that American has yet contributed.

seemed the sterile and stingy nature, as if too much handiwork or too much lymph in the temperament were

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

When the author of “Leaves of Grass” was in Boston in 1860, Emerson was his frequent and cordial visitor

This general statement of the relations between the two men explains the talk upon Boston Common in 1860

And my arriere and citadel positions—such as I have indicated in my June North American Review memorandum—were

not only not attacked, they were not even alluded to.”

Chadwick may try to say that if Walt Whitman had any case to state, that hour with Emerson in 1860 was

The lines that make up this manuscript were probably drafted for the Centennial of 1876.

The lines that make up this manuscript were probably drafted for the Centennial of 1876.; The manuscript

especially as I can & will give, to each generous donor, my book, portrait, autograph, myself as it were

I wish I were a rich man . . . and you should certainly never want anything your heart craved . . . happy

you have fulfilled your life, & spoken—in tunes no thunders can silence—the beautiful message you were

Whitman—she was practical enough to arm herself with letters of introduction to various Americans.

is not with the draft letter, appears in his Commonplace Book under September 5, 1876: two volumes were

Richard Bentley and Son were London publishers.

deeply appreciate them, & do not hesitate to accept & respond to them in the same spirit in which they were

The last three lines of the endorsement were added three years later.

the office, Harry Stafford—I know his father & mother—There is a large family, very respectable American

This postcard bears the address, "John Swinton | 124 East 38th st | New York City."

This letter's envelope bears the address, "John Swinton | 13413 East 38th Street | New York City."

Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908), an American poet, was staying with Philip Bourke Marston (to whom

Your letters of April 18 and 28th were very comforting to me.

Whitman wrote for the first time to this distinguished American sculptor on April 12, 1876.

Ward (1830–1910) was, according to Dictionary of American Biography, "the first native sculptor to create

but the bad deathly spells are very rare, (almost unknown) the last three months—I want to go to N Y city

Nash were old Washington friends of Whitman and Doyle.

Joaquin Miller was the pen name of Cincinnatus Heine Miller (1837–1913), an American poet nicknamed "

Memoranda During the War (1875) chronicles Whitman's time as a hospital volunteer during the American

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Joaquin Miller was the pen name of Cincinnatus Heine Miller (1837–1913), an American poet nicknamed "

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

This postcard is addressed: John Swinton | 134 East 38th street | New York City.

He was also secretary of the American Philosophical Society from 1858 to 1885.

His daughters were Margaret White Lesley Bush-Brown and Mary Lesley Ames (both mentioned in Whitman's

Nash were old Washington friends of Whitman and Doyle.

was unneeded, hurtful to my case, & join'd joined with his allusions to the matter in his public American

March 11 letter to the News , is well taken, & true without exception —particularly all about the American

their copies carefully sent to their addresses by mail prepaid, (as I find this is the best way)—There were

Wallis (1811–1891) was an artist and Keeper of the Art Collection at the South Kensington Museum from 1860

"Walt Whitman's Actual American Position," which appeared in the West Jersey Press on January 26, was

In the West Jersey Press, Whitman protested his neglect by American readers, publishers, and poets.

Joaquin Miller was the pen name of Cincinnatus Heine Miller (1837–1913), an American poet nicknamed "

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

Krieg, chapter 8, "Dublin," Walt Whitman and the Irish (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000), 190

This is to acknowledge yours of the 25 th March—those of the 16 and of the 20 , duly rec'd received , were

The letters referred to were written on March 30 and March 31.

dear friend, I would ask of you the favor to see, if convenient, whether the enclosed article The American

"The American War" was published in The Examiner; see Whitman's letter to Rossetti of June 26, 1876.

B. first, & then me —say, if I were sick, or were poor, why then ,—&c. &c.

interested in any thing about me —and the humorous pieces because I remember you are curious about American

Whitman, who had lived with the Prices at various times in the 1860s, evidently did not visit them after

Congress, Washington, D.C.) and his letters reveal, many copies of the second printing to English and American

Jessie and her sister Manahatta "Hattie" (1860–1886) were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

1884, when George and Louisa moved to a farm outside of Camden and Whitman decided to stay in the city

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Walt Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me

(June 20) were accompanied with lists of subscribers' am'ts amounts & addresses—the names on which lists

Ward (1830–1910) was, according to Dictionary of American Biography, "the first native sculptor to create

Walt Whitman wrote for the first time to distinguished American sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward (1830

Ward (1830–1910) was, according to Dictionary of American Biography, "the first native sculptor to create

Stillman (1828–1901), an American painter and art critic, visited Walt Whitman in Washington in December

William James Stillman (1828–1901), an American painter and art critic, visited Walt Whitman in Washington

McCarthy, Jr. (1860–1936).

Since the Gilchrists were in Philadelphia in December 1876, and since Whitman accompanied Eldridge to

My dearest friend, I do not approve your American trans–settlement —I see so many things here, you have

yet no idea of—the American social & almost every other kind of crudeness, meagreness, (at least in

Jessie and her sister Manahatta ("Hattie") were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

After All, Not to Create Only") was published in 1871; see Whitman's August 5, 1871, letter to the American

After All, Not to Create Only") was published in 1871; see Whitman's August 5, 1871 letter to the American

women, nearly all of whom she knew well, giving me, among the rest, descriptions of Personnel that were

have tended it— My sister and brother Geo: George are well—My other sisters, nieces, & brother Jeff , were

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

Though their correspondence slowed in the middle of their lives, the brothers were brought together again

He was also secretary of the American Philosophical Society.

Harned, ed., The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman [Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, and

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

Joaquin Miller was the pen name of Cincinnatus Heine Miller (1837–1913), an American poet nicknamed "

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

My thoughts were with on the 4th.

Should you know some good memoirs and relations of contemporaries about the Anglo-American work?

accusations of homosexuality; accusations that Petersen was inappropriately involved with schoolchildren were

Richard Bentley & Son were London publishers.