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I wish one of those old red Market Ferry cars were going to land you at our door once more!

If I were American-born, I certainly should not want to change it for any country in the world, and if

tapestry—and his figures "Audrey & Touchstone" are very much admired & have been bought by a rich American

O I do long for a little American sunshine.

Were Jessie & Hattie at home in St. Louis, I wonder, when you were there? Love from us all.

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

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

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

If only we were at 22nd St. to welcome you back & talk it all over at tea! Ah, those evenings!

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

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

Harry's parents, George (1827–1892) and Susan Stafford (1833–1910), were tenant farmers at White Horse

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

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

If it were not for the "two little breaths of words" I should be content with a vague yet none the less

William Rossetti and I were talking of it.

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

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

not quite suited for the expression of American democracy and American manhood.

The man, the American man, the laborer, boatman, and mechanic.

The great painters were as willing to paint a blacksmith as a lord.

How monotonous it would become—how tired the ears would get of it—if it were regular.

(Query—Why only American?) Bryant he likes.

He is in love with Denver City, and speaks admiringly of Missouri and Indiana.

City U. S. A. C. A. J. Hueckberny [?] to Walt Whitman, 24 June 1880

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

Deborah Stafford (1860–1945) was the sister of Harry Stafford, a young man whom Whitman befriended in

Debbie and Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood

Whitman's 'Calamus' Photographs" in Betsy Erkkila and Jay Grossman, Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American

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

think I will—she says "I have not felt it a 'new birth of the soul' merely , I felt that his poems were

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

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Street Mr W Whitman Dear Friend— I was ever so sorry today to see by the Paper you sent me, that you were

Lewis T. and Percy Ives were father and son, both artists.

and have been exceedingly interested—also I rec'd received the Paper— The hospitals during the War, were

I meant to have asked you, while talking of Roslyn, if you were ever there? Oh!

morning, there came a nice editorial, advocating fountains, such as they had in Philadelphia: and the City

Fathers were moved, and now we have all we want.

Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New

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

Schwarzwald, being intersected By the Neckar the highest point here is about 1580 high above level of the city

Rauch worked on the Camden ferry that Whitman frequently rode after moving to the city in 1873.

A Tennyson, Longfellow, Emerson, Whittier, Holmes, Browning, & a few others, English & American Poets

I wish you had given me a line to say what you were doing, and how you were.

Dear Sir: I hope the name subscribed hereto is not altogether forgotten by you; although when you were

I remember as though it were yesterday the first time I met you and the audacity with which I stopped

HEARD, BROKER IN PETROLEUM OIL CITY, PA., Oct. 25th 188 0 Mr. Walt Whitman, Camden N.J.

Dear Walt Your postal received was glad to hear from you and learn that at the time you wrote you were

well and enjoying yourself but sorry to hear you were sick at last accounts Your Dear Boy Harry Harry

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

Whitman, We were so delighted at receiving your books —& from you .

We have always intended owning them & were only waiting to return to our little house in town.

We read some of your poems to a group of people—artists etc., in London who were all intensely interested

Rossetti, your good friend, & others who all were anxious to hear of you.

Burroughs & Richard were camping out in September & there was a great deal of talk of W.W. under the

of poet and editor Richard Watson Gilder, was a painter as well as the founder of the Society of American

His parents were Sir Thomas Wyse, an Irish politician, and Marie Bonaparte, a French author.

The second that this truth is asserted with an especial colour of American egotism which good English

Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library).

February 16, Whitman received from Ruskin £10 for five sets of books through Bathgate, to whom the books were

not suited for the expression of American democracy and American manhood.

The great painters were as willing to paint a blacksmith as a lord.

How monotonous it would become, how tired the ear would get of it, if it were regular!

"That any American woman should say, 'Ah, me!

It pleased him very much, yet the tears were in his eyes. He asked me if I enjoyed religion.

How he Commenced to Write and the Way his Works were Received.

"How did you know we were aboard the train?"

You may say, in fact, that with true American instinct I feel like lecturing.

"Thought you were throwing away your life, did they?" asked the doctor.

Legally, however, the blacks were slaves.

tumble yet thanks to my horse fer for he is an easy goer. the french man of war here when you where were

nature, I should have laughed at him—But I feel while reading you (not your book, but you) as though I were

pathetic and too familiar story of suffering and unfulfilled promise" (Representative Sonnets by American

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

forgot to say that I expended $9.50 in pursuit of the recalcitrant, pirate —Worthington, in New York City

indeed that you have had such a "good time" in the west of the States, but it would be sad if you were

Chatto and Windus (of Piccadilly— London) have definitely answer'd the question as to whether they were

M Carpenter's copy of the book (1867) was pub d published by the American News Company, but I have seen

Thompson was a lawyer from London and member of the Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court of the city

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

Whitman's dealings with Trübner & Company were handled through Josiah Child.

The American News Company was a New York magazine—and later comic book—distribution company founded in

The American News Company published John Burroughs's Notes on Walt Whitman, as Poet and Person in 1867

I dare say that if a summary were served upon him he would be brought to his senses I don't know whether

Legget Brothers Bookstore last summer or spring & I was told either there or at Worthington's that they were

I do not know him, but he says he expects to go to Phila. soon to work on the American , a news paper

The article argued for an American music which would distance itself from European influences.

TRÜBNER & CO AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL LITERARY AGENCY. 57, & 59, Ludgate Hill, London E.C.

Whitman's dealings with Trübner & Co. were handled through Josiah Child.

sent Whitman $7.57 in payment for copies of Democratic Vistas, and noted that 61 copies of that work were

In 1722 six vessels of tolerable tonnage were launched in the St.

Lawrence canals were opened for traffic in 1846, according to the Hon.

Catharines, which were 200 feet long and 45 feet in width, thereby rendering St.

The following were the receipts of breadstuffs in this city during the past year, flour being reduced

In addition there were received the loads of 915 canal-boats and 13 lake vessels.

We, boys & girls were young, and merry, but we all felt the fresh country air, and later the deep pathos

I found your letter and Mrs Gilchrists and Mr Carpenters on my return, and we were much alarmed at first

by reports, that you were very sick, but yesterdays yesterday's Ledger, I think gave the true thing,

It seems to me that if one were to travel the world over one could not find anything to compare with

Watkins Glen is wonderful too, we were fortunate in Hotels, and , I brought home some views of the Glen

When I came home and found that the report was that you were very sick, I said that if I had known that

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

place when you come back you will remember that we had a new Rail Road under way running to Atlantic City

I saw old Col Colonel Johnson and Doctor Ridge last night they were blowing for Gen General Hancock Doctor

Ridge says he has been to New York and that New York city will give Hancock one hundred thousand majority

one about your arival arrival in London and a very good account of you us US fellows your friends were

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

And please do not write as if you were praising or blaming him, but set down, in the simplest and most

(New York: American News Company, 1867); "The Flight of the Eagle," Birds and Poets (Boston: Houghton