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Walt Whitman's Account of the Scene at Ford's Theatre, in the New York Sun (12 February 1876) and were

By the bye, I am not quite American enough yet to enjoy the sound of the locusts & big grasshoppers—ours

But for the rest—I believe I am growing a very good American; indeed, certain am I there is no more lovable

I have sighed for dear little Concord many times since I came away—beautiful city as Boston is & many

—but Giddy begins to long for city life again. And then to New York about the 5th Nov November .

hope —till Herby went south again—that I should have a letter from you, in answer to mine, saying you were

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

Mannahatta Whitman (1860–1886) was Walt Whitman's niece.

essay, Whitman compares Fox, the founder of the Quaker movement, and Shakespeare, noting that both were

All were friendly & it was refreshing to emerge from the little hospital world. Mr.

If it were not for records accumulating mountain high I should have time to write to my friends.

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

Benjamin Gurney (1833–1899) was the son of Jeremiah Gurney (1812–1886), one of the founding figures of American

Please state names and when and where your great-grandfather & gr. great gd.mother grandmother were born

married and died; when & where your grandfather and grandmother were born m. married & d.; died; when

& where their children, (your uncles and aunts) were b. born d. died & when & where your father and

mother were and when & where their children were or died or where now living giving in each case the

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

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

wile while but i have quit and I do not go any more anymore now I am at home I wanted to go to the city

George Parsons Lathrop (1851–1898) was an American poet and novelist.

For more on him, see The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, ed.

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

The Roberts Brothers were bookbinders and publishers in Boston.

The firm began publishing around 1860.

What he calls ‘Feudal Literature’ could have little living action on the tumult of American democracy

If verbal logic were sufficient, life would be as plain sailing as a piece of Euclid.

To glance with an eye, were it only at a chair or a park railing, is by far a more persuasive process

for city and land for land.

A statement which is among the happiest achievements of American humour.

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

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

Friday, of course I could not do it, but I was very sorry when I learned that you wer were not coming

The envelope for the letter bears the address: Walt Whitman | Camden City | N.J.

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

Mother day, been she City before if she should no doubt but that she will stop in to see you on her her

Things are about as they were when you was down here, (any more than we have had a fearful storme storm

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

some time past, I took a dose of it as soon as I got it I was when and told on I look I did perhaps were

We are having a fine rain to-night down here, it hasn't come too soon either things were kneeding needing

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

Lucas and his wife were active in numerous professional and philanthropic organizations.

He has been quite restless & sleepless, & we were both nearly worn out.

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

I wish that you whare were that I could see you and comfort you.

Well I thought you were so sick it would be little satisfaction to you—then since the price of cotton

think I am solid and sound—I'd like to loafe with you in a country place or library or through a city's

on my other farm (B) is an old man (perhaps 60 or 62) a local Methodist preacher, hot tempered; exceeding

Two years ago this (kindly) "pedagogue" said he saw a Southern Newspaper then said you were cruel to

Memoranda statements of Southern cruelties, by stating how we suffered in Northern prisons—maybe you were

If I were rich I would insist that you should let me publish you in small parts with a little of comment

names to study anything, and I always distrusted getting right names from our composite, mongrel population

will say this—somebody had a curious story published in Blackwood's Magazine —it was copied by an American

Blackwoods for 1876, maybe you will find it, and need to be prepared to be indignant for I think you were

Ted Genoways (Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2004), 7:145.

cases requires skill more or less mechanical, which technical skill is often called 'art' as if there were

They were made in 1809, or about that time, and are contained in three volumes, lettered 'Siddons,' which

Exalted prophetic tone, as if the whole future were present to her soul.

UPPOSE an English Prime Minister were to persuade himself and a large section of the public that the

every circumstance of cruelty and indignity which could add bitterness to death; and suppose a bill were

lines unpublished in Whitman's life, but which appeared in other manuscript drafts with lines that were

The lines that appear in this manuscript were published posthumously as part of a poem titled Supplement

Portions of this manuscript were revised and used in The Sky—Days and Nights—Happiness, first published

The lines that appear in this manuscript also were published posthumously as "Supplement Hours," a poem

Deborah Stafford (1860–1945) was the sister of Harry Stafford. She married Joseph Browning.

OFFICE OF Water Commissioner, CITY HALL, (Market Street Entrance.) St.

been, probably, some 35 to 40 deaths by yellow fever during the season—out of this number some 6 or 8 were

from the South—or had been connected with the hospital boat that carries the sick people from the city

thing seems sure and that is that with proper sanitary laws—with good energetic health officers—no city

Only ten "local cases" of yellow fever were reported in St.

Because of the rapid growth of the city, the Bissell's Point Water Works was increasingly vulnerable

During these years, when they were apart, Whitman wrote Harry intimate letters: "Dear Harry, not a day

Perhaps the first American “celebrity photographer,” Sarony made much of his money selling portraits

Perhaps the first American “celebrity photographer,” Sarony made much of his money selling portraits

Perhaps the first American “celebrity photographer,” Sarony made much of his money selling portraits

Perhaps the first American “celebrity photographer,” Sarony made much of his money selling portraits

Perhaps the first American “celebrity photographer,” Sarony made much of his money selling portraits

edition—having rec'd received your subscription of 5£ (with an intimation from Robert Buchanan that no books were

loosing of corporeal ties not without their advantages, at last, if one reserve enough physique to as it were

The date and summary of the letter are drawn from an auction catalog put out by the American Art Association

wrote to her daughter Beatrice, who was in Boston, she had just moved to 112 Madison Avenue, New York City

If that were the case, the allusion to the lengthy letter to Herbert Gilchrist could clearly be to the

ride (did I tell you before)—Tuesday another, this time to a farm-auction , where all the neighbors were

lines, ask Herby—) I am glad Bee gets on so well (but I expected it) & my prayers might go up, (if it were

been at White Horse now for a fortnight) —My nieces are still with us (though just now at Atlantic City

He was in Atlantic City on August 29 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.

Monday & Tuesday last—expect to go down again Sunday—Just as I left your letter to Mrs S. arrived—All were

Wyatt Eaton (1849–1896), an American portrait and figure painter, organized the Society of American Artists

William Rudolph O'Donovan (1844–1920) was an American sculptor.

He was an associate of American artist Thomas Eakins and accompanied Eakins to Whitman's Camden home

This may have been the account of "The American Water Color Society" in the New York Tribune of March

This postal card is addressed: Herbert Gilchrist | 315 West 19th Street | New York City.

Since Whitman was in New York on this date in 1877, and since the Gilchrists were not in Philadelphia