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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I wrote back that said plates were worthless, being superseded by a larger & different edition—that I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
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.
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.
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.
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.
is a singularly healthy, beautiful interesting country, this Canada, (it is as large as the U S—population
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
" 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
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.
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.
On verso detached from Leaves of Grass, part of Poem of Joys, first published in the 1860 edition of
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
come the Peopleabout 1890prose1 leafhandwritten; A prose fragment that Whitman used in the essay, American
National Literature, first published in the North American Review in March 1891, under the title Have
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.
revised, partial draft of A Memorandum at a Venture, first published in the June 1882 issue of North American
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
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
1Undated, on the American Idiomloc.05189xxx.00469[Names and Slang]After 1880prose1 leafhandwritten; In
ruminates about a title, presumably for the piece published as Slang in America, first in the North 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.
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.
This letter bears the address: R W Gilder | Scribner's Magazine office | 743 Broadway | New York City
1Undated, on the American Idiomloc.05188xxx.00469[?
referred to here in a trial title as "Slang and Names in America," was first published in the North American
Ewart, of New York City, it is probable that this note accompanied the volumes (Charles E.
1Undated, on the American Idiomloc.05173xxx.00469How Would it Do1880-1885prose1 leafhandwritten; This
draft with trial titles and general ideas for the essay Slang in America, published in the North American
This letter is addressed: R W Gilder | office Scribner's Magazine | 743 Broadway | New York City.
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.
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
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
This postal card is addressed: Al: Johnston | 1309 Fifth anvenue | New York City | U S A.
The poem had been first published in The American in June 1880.
This letter bears the address: Thos: J Whitman | office Water Commissioner | City Hall | St Louis | Missouri
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.
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.
forgot to say that I expended $9.50 in pursuit of the recalcitrant, pirate —Worthington, in New York City
HEARD, BROKER IN PETROLEUM OIL CITY, PA., Oct. 25th 188 0 Mr. Walt Whitman, Camden N.J.
sent in the same manner as this to several other papers in Canada & The States—(no two papers in same city
City U. S. A. C. A. J. Hueckberny [?] to Walt Whitman, 24 June 1880
Whitman's 'Calamus' Photographs" in Betsy Erkkila and Jay Grossman, Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American
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
in the essay "The Poetry of the Future" first published in the February 1881 issue of The North American
They are the American poetry which the Old World has been challenging us so long to produce; they "stir
He is in love with Denver City, and speaks admiringly of Missouri and Indiana.
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
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
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.