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Honered Honored Friend— Was beginning to fear you were ill.
Whitman's article "The American War" appeared in the London Examiner on March 18, 1876.
On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground
My wife received lately a letter from M G. to serve as an introduction for an American lady, M Edwards
Whitman that the writer is one of his ardent admirers, & that it was a rich treat to read in your American
I can but repeat my delight in this prospect, were it to be realized, & my wife's hope & my own that
See Catherine Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry 1860–1879: an Annotated Bibliography (London: Mansell, 2000
The second and third scraps were revised and contributed to Distant Sounds.
Both of these prose pieces first appeared in Specimen Days & Collect (1882–1883), and were included in
William Gardner Barton (1851–1890) was a writer and naturalist whose writings were featured in the collection
Most of Whitman's communications with Doyle were written on post cards.
letter bears the address: Miss Mannahatta Whitman | Care of Mrs Archer | Patapsco Seminary | Ellicott City
The whole collection would be sufficiently homogeneous, (and it were a fault to be too much so)—You just
113 east 10th Street | N Y New York City— March 13 Dear friend Yours of yesterday rec'd received —Shall
Eldridge was an old friend of Whitman and copublisher of the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.
Moore, Esq., formerly of the Philotechnic Institution of this city, and at present a resident of St.
The good folks of that delightful little place were about proceeding to church when the alarm was given
edition 72 pages, small quarto, was pub published in Brooklyn N Y New York in 1855 —Second New York City
1857—third 1860 (by Thayer & Eldridge Boston) —fourth New York City 1865—fifth Washington D C 1871—Sixth
Leypoldt & Co. were bookdealers with a store at 37 Park Row in New York City.
Bellows | 356 Fifth Street | bet Monmouth & Brunswick sts | Jersey City | N J.
Harry's parents, George (1827–1892) and Susan Stafford (1833–1910), were tenant farmers at White Horse
Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were
According to The Commonplace Book, the girls left on September 24 for Ellicott City, Maryland, where
Not a word about her disillusionment with the person who, not mentioned by name, was simply "an American
Herbert and Harry, however, were not on amicable terms (see Whitman's letter to Harry on August 7, 1877
Evidently the two young men were later on better terms, for, according to Harry's letter to Whitman on
Anne Gilchrist's daughters were Beatrice (1854–1881) and Grace (1859–1947).
strawberries most every meal— (The camp-out project in Aug: with J[ohn] B[urroughs] is magnificent —O that I were
"Yes—that was an actual moth," he told Traubel, "the picture is substantially literal: we were good friends
What is not often noted is that the photo simply enacts one of the recurrent visual emblems in the 1860
Black photo in 1860 (zzz.00134) and two photos of Whitman with his friend Bill Duckett, taken in 1886
moderation, has been all the past month visiting, riding, receiving, and jaunting in and about the city
audience to the most cultured and elegant society of New York, including most of the artists of the city
been thrown open on two special occasions for informal public receptions in compliment to him, which were
Whitman has explored the city and neighborhood, often as near possible after the fashion of old times
spirits, believes thoroughly not only in the future world, but the present, and especially in our American
AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL LITERARY AGENCY. 57. & 59. Ludgate Hill. London E.C.
tramp & strike questionsabout 1882prose1 leafhandwritten; This page of notes about the problems of American
Louis adopted a city charter on August 22, 1876, which abolished the independent state Board of Water
Commissioners and replaced it with a city Board of Public Improvements, a change similar to that made
The discredited political appointees of 1875 were apparently striking a final vindictive blow against
Jeff before they were replaced under the new law.
Nonetheless, the city council appointed Jeff as water commissioner on August 21 (Journal of the City
Six sections of this book first appeared as newspaper pieces in 1874, and then were collected and revised
evenigng evening & was glad to hear from you & to know that you are well & happy with your friends in the City
Revised portions of this draft were used as the first paragraph of the section titled Convalescent Hours
Our little Walter has been very sick since I saw you we were afraid we would lose him but is just well
passages are quoted as being the work of an immoral writer, and, altho' although I tried to show they were
ardent supporter of Walt Whitman's works in England (see Harold Blodgett, "Whitman and Buchanan," American
Originally entitled "Enfans d'Adam" in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, this cluster of poems celebrating
The poems, openly "singing the phallus" and the "mystic deliria," were too bold for their time and often
relationship with esteemed writer Ralph Waldo Emerson cooled after he refused Emerson's advice in 1860
Miller, Jr., " 'Children of Adam' [1860]," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R.
is on "Man's Moral Nature." this book as I say was inspired by yourself about six years ago in the city
"The Function of the Great Sympathetic Nervous System" (American Journal of Insanity, 43 (October 1877
In the next place I am one of the few in the West, I suppose I am the only one in this city, who has
I think there is no other American poet that has ever soared so high as you do at times, and hence no
They were very sad. No welcome had the poet for Art or Face, but to Death his door flew open wide.
them all by them selves themselves Please go and see them tell them I sent you to see how they ware were
Though Trowbridge became familiar with Whitman's poetry in 1855, he did not meet Whitman until 1860,
Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University
I was born in the year 1860.
Loe Strachey (1860–1927) was a British journalist, and for a time was the editor of The Spectator.
could forgive me for this—but you what has been a frequent mine—"if all the things which are done, were
left undone, and all the which are barely undone , were done, the world every way would present a very
myself, represent "falsehoods," and "the sale of slaves"—4 or 5 years before my father and mother were
. ☞ If the population of the world were divided into lots of ten thousand—separated—minds a blank on
I see in Bob the noblest specimen—American-flavored—pure out of the soil, spreading, giving, demanding
I told him you were probably away in the country. I liked the looks of Boston much.
We were at Alcotts only a few minutes. He spoke in a friendly way about you &c.
In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.
Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) was an American educator, abolitionist, and father of Louisa May Alcott
Loe Strachey (1860–1927) was a British journalist, and for a time was the editor of The Spectator.
Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were
Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were
Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were
Ed has gon gone to the City to day today and I have to tend for him and Ben wishes to go to the City
Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were
Father is going to the City to day today and Brother is away, so the house is almost diserted deserted
Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were
Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New
OK., they were over to Philadelphia after they left over to Swartse's, from what I hear them say.
Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were
Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were
Father has been to the city to day today and came home sick with the head-ache, so sick he had to go
Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were
Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New