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New York Tribune to say you were in Canada (not Camden) and intended to remain North some time: then

Even in his younger days, there is the best of evidence that his habits were correct, and his conversation

The "Amens" were uttered by a person immediately to the left of Mr.

Another: Not long since the Inquirer of this city published a lengthy article on cremation, giving interviews

elderly, full-bearded, gray haired artist has for years been frequenting the barrooms and hotels of this city

" 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

of countless squads of vagabond children, the hideousness and squalor of certain quarters of the cities

Revenue department at Washington, who is led by the course of his employment to regularly visit the cities

The great cities reek with respectable as much as non-respectable robbery and scoundrelism.

He found the average American in the United States' armies, under pressure of want, disease, danger,

If a motto were to be chosen for "The Two Rivulets," and for Walt Whitman generally, it should be that

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

my grandmother Whitman) had only one brother, who died a young man—(the grave-stones from his grave were

The notes are similar to many of Whitman's other jottings about family in the 1850s and 1860s.

The notes are similar to many of Whitman's other jottings about family in the 1850s and 1860s.

through slush and sand toilsome, the mortar dragging, "Patroling Barnegat" was published first in The American

"Patroling Barnegat" was published first in The American in June 1880.

manuscript was composed between May and June, 1880.; "Patroling Barnegat" was published first in The American

In addition, in the 1870s, Whitman repeatedly complained about how he was treated by American magazines

He sometimes exaggerated his neglect, as in the third-person account "Walt Whitman's Actual American

He argued there that he had been all but banned from American magazines.

In addition, in the 1870s, Whitman repeatedly complained about how he was treated by American magazines

He sometimes exaggerated his neglect, as in the third-person account "Walt Whitman's Actual American

He argued there that he had been all but banned from American magazines.

all the way, 800 miles, by good steamboat—(the doctor thinks it will do me good)—This is a splendid city

Hiskey's fellow employees on the Camden ferries, many of whom were cited in Specimen Days, ed.

Whitman's printed accounts of his activities in Canada were more colorful than his personal letters,

This postal card is addressed: Al: Johnston | 1309 Fifth anvenue | New York City | U S A.

I am writing this on Lake Huron—I am well so far—every body kind & hospitable—Al, I wish you were with

Johnston jeweler | 150 Bowery cor: Broome St | New York City U S A.

This letter is addressed: Charles W Post | Care of B D Buford & Co: | Kansas City | Missouri.

Broadway New York about a year ago bo't bought at auction the electrotype plates (456 pages) of the 1860

by a young firm Thayer & Eldridge under my supervision there and then in Boston, (in the spring of 1860

stored away and nothing further done;—till about a year ago (latter part of 1879) they were put up in

N Y New York city by Leavitt, auctioneer, & bought in by said Worthington.

I wrote back that said plates were worthless, being superseded by a larger & different edition—that I

Worthington bought the plates of the 1860 edition after they had been sold at auction by George A.

Richard Maurice Bucke informed Eldridge that he had lately discovered many copies of the 1860 edition

to be reimbursed: "I expended $9.50 in pursuit of the recalcitrant, pirate Worthington, in New York City

willing to go to law at someone else's expense.Worthington continued to use the plates until they were

In January 1881, Whitman sent copies of his article in The North American Review, "The Poetry of the

Canada August 4 '80 Dear Mont I have come on here (about 500 miles further) & am stopping in this city

—This is a large & busy city, the most important in Canada, ships and steamboats & immense numbers of

(you will see it on the map of Canada toward north east)—then back again to stay awhile in the old city

sent in the same manner as this to several other papers in Canada & The States—(no two papers in same city

print any notes of my jaunt yet—I am well, considering— —Addington Symonds has sent me a copy of the American

Bathgate, to whom the books were sent on February 19 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.

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).

Ewart, of New York City, it is probable that this note accompanied the volumes (Charles E.

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

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

is a singularly healthy, beautiful interesting country, this Canada, (it is as large as the U S—population

This letter is addressed: R W Gilder | office Scribner's Magazine | 743 Broadway | New York City.

This letter bears the address: R W Gilder | Scribner's Magazine office | 743 Broadway | New York City

peaceful Sunday—woods, field, sky, delightful—The S[tafford]s much as usual—Mrs S quite well—if you were

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

hours—Nothing new here—Your folks have been up to town twice this week—Van once & your father once—they were

Harry was working at the time in Atlantic City, N.J.

wish you could know my dear friend Mrs Gilchrist & her family, now 5 Mount Vernon, Hampstead—they were

His trips "on the water" were confined to his rides on the ferry from Camden to Philadelphia.

This letter bears the address: Thos: J Whitman | office Water Commissioner | City Hall | St Louis | Missouri

went on like a streak through New York and Pennsylvania—got into Philadelphia after 11 at night—(we were

an hour late,)—but the city looked bright & all alive, & I felt as fresh as a lark— I am well, my summer

with the Staffords from October 9 to 13, not at the seashore, unless he was with Harry in Atlantic City

These young men, like Nicholson, were employees in Richard Bucke's hospital.

of countless squads of vagabond children, the hideousness and squalor of certain quarters of the cities

Revenue department at Washington, who is led by the course of his employment to regularly visit the cities

The great cities reek with respectable as much as non-respectable robbery and scoundrelism.

He found the average American in the United States' armies, under pressure of want, disease, danger,

If a motto were to be chosen for "The Two Rivulets," and for Walt Whitman generally, it should be that

They are the American poetry which the Old World has been challenging us so long to produce; they "stir

himself in the universe, saying "Here at least, in the spirit, I have freedom and empire inalienable," were

I saw in the 'Academy' a paragraph saying that you were going to write something about the English poets

mean English- writing poets for I should greatly like to hear some of your definite ideas about the Americans

To say the truth, I never could quite accept your utter condemnation of all American authors, expressed

And do not the Americans do this also, to a certain extent?

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Stedman (1833–1908), the American poet and critic, wrote "Walt Whitman" for Scribner's Monthly, 21 (November

he early took the position of an iconoclast, avowing that the time had come in which to create an American

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.

deal better this summer than usual the Boys are all well Harry has not been in the store since you were

I see in Bob the noblest specimen—American-flavored—pure out of the soil, spreading, giving, demanding

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.

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

(See Artem Lozynsky, "Walt Whitman in Canada," American Book Collector 23 [July–August 1973], 21-23).

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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