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Walt Whitman Letters from a Travelling Bachelor, Number III New York Sunday Dispatch 28 October 1849 [1]
Walt Whitman Letters from a Travelling Bachelor, Number IV New York Sunday Dispatch 4 November 1849 [1]
.00298 Walt Whitman From a Travelling Bachelor, Number IX New York Sunday Dispatch 16 December 1849 [1]
.00299 Walt Whitman From a Travelling Bachelor, Number X New York Sunday Dispatch 23 December 1849 [1]
per.00300 Walt Whitman From a Travelling Bachelor, XI New York Sunday Dispatch 6 January 1850 [1] per
See the letter from Whitman to Nathan Hale, Jr., June 1, 1842, The Correspondence , ed.
Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 1:25.
See the letter from Whitman to Nathan Hale, Jr., June 14, 1842, The Correspondence , 1:26.
"Literary," The Boston Post , September 5, 1842, [1].
"The Democratic Review for Sept.," The New York Tribune , September 3, 1842, [1].
—An Early Death," The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine 1 (May 1844): 230–231.
The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine," in A History of American Magazines: 1741–1850 , vol. 1
John Inman, "Magazine Literature," The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine 1 (January 1844): 3.
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
—An Early Death The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine May 1844 1 230–231 per.00334 Written for
The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine," in A History of American Magazines: 1741–1850 , vol. 1
See The Editor [John Inman], "Magazine Literature," The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine 1 (
January 1844): [1]–5.
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
Record" Walter Whitman Eris; A Spirit Record The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine March 1844 1
" (March 30, 1842) and " Scenes of Last Night " (April 1, 1842).
Whitman edited the Aurora from February 1, 1842 to April 30, 1842.
"Reuben's Last Wish" Walter Whitman Reuben's Last Wish New York Washingtonian May 21, 1842 [1–2] per.00324
The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine," in A History of American Magazines: 1741–1850 , vol. 1
John Inman, "Magazine Literature," The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine 1 (January 1844): 3.
Walter Whitman, "The Little Sleighers," Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette , September 6, 1844, [1]
Douglas Noverr, and Edward Recchia, eds., The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: The Journalism, vols. 1–
See Bergman et al., The Journalism , 1:183. No other reprints of the story have been discovered.
A Tale of Fantasie New York Sunday Times and Noah's Weekly Messenger March 31, 1844 [1] per.00327 Written
" (March 30, 1842) and " Scenes of Last Night " (April 1, 1842).
Walter Whitman, "The Reformed," The Evening Post , November 19, 1842, 1.
Budget , November 26, 1842, [2]; Walter Whitman, "The Reformed," Republican Farmer , November 29, 1842, [1]
See Walter Whitman, "From 'Franklin Evans,'" Wiskonsan Enquirer , February 9, 1843, [1].
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
On February 1–2, 1843, less than three months after the story's publication as part of Franklin Evans
Introductory," The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art, and Science , January 1845, 1–
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
An Indian Story," The Dollar Newspaper , July 16, 1845, [1]; W. Whitman, "Ladies Department.
"The Death of Wind-Foot" Walter Whitman The Death of Wind-Foot The American Review June 1845 1 639–642
Frank Luther Mott, "The Aristidean," in A History of American Magazines: 1741–1850 , vol. 1 (Cambridge
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
Long Island Forty Years Ago," The Long Island Farmer and Queens County Advertiser , February 9, 1847, [1]
"Some Fact-Romances" Walter Whitman [unsigned] Some Fact-Romances The Aristidean December 1845 1 444–
The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine," in A History of American Magazines: 1741–1850 , vol. 1
See The Editor [John Inman], "Magazine Literature," The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine 1 (
January 1844): [1]–5.
See Walter Whitman, "The Child and the Profligate," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle , January 27–29, 1847, [1]
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
A Chronicle of New-York," The Hudson River Chronicle , December 19, 1843, [1]; "The Love of the Four
A Chronicle of New-York," Boon's Lick Times , January 27, 1844, [1].
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
See Frank Luther Mott, A History of American Magazines: 1741–1850 , vol. 1 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Each installment appeared on the front page of the issue, and the June 1, 1846, issue of the paper featured
"Arrow-Tip" Walt Whitman [unsigned] Arrow-Tip The Aristidean March 1845 1 36–64 per.00336 Written for
See Frank Luther Mott, A History of American Magazines: 1741–1850 , vol. 1 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
Shirval: A Tale of Jerusalem" Walter Whitman Shirval: A Tale of Jerusalem The Aristidean March 1845 1
" The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art, and Science 1.1 (January 1845): 1–
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
Whitman The Boy-Lover American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art, and Science May 1845 1
Child-Ghost: A Story of the Last Loyalist," Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette , September 17, 1842, [1]
; "The Child-Ghost: A Story of the Last Loyalist," Concord Freeman , October 25, 1844, [1].
" (March 30, 1842) and " Scenes of Last Night " (April 1, 1842).
"The Madman" Walter Whitman The Madman The Washingtonian and Organ January, 28 1843 [1] per.00330 Written
Frank Luther Mott, "The Aristidean," in A History of American Magazines: 1741–1850 , vol. 1 (Cambridge
"Richard Parker's Widow" Walter Whitman Richard Parker's Widow The Artistidean April 1845 1 111–114 per
See Walter Whitman, "Revenge and Requital," The Wayne Sentinel , September 10, 1845, [1].
A Tale of a Murderer Escaped, The Cinncinati Daily Enquirer , October 13–17, 1845, [1].
1846), "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
A Fact" and "Wild Frank's Return," The Lancaster Intelligencer , April 7, 1863, [1].
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
Whitman, "Wild Frank's Return (1841)," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle , May 8, 1846, [1].
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
Jane" Walter Whitman Little Jane The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat December 7, 1846 [1]
In three days of constant work I finished the book" (1:93).
See Bergman, et al., The Journalism , 1:87.
See Bergman, et al., The Journalism , 1:90.
Introduction to Creole Subjects in the Colonial Americas: Empires, Texts, Identities , 1–59.
The New World (November 1842): 1–31. - - -. "The Reformed." The New York Sun .
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
See "A Legend of Life and Love," Stanstead Journal , August 13, 1846, [1].
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
A Tale of a Murderer Escaped The Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat September 7–9, 1846 [1] per
Massachusetts, see Walter Whitman, "Bervance: or Father and Son," Barre Gazette , December 31, 1841, [1]
Frank Luther Mott, "The Union Magazine," in A History of American Magazines: 1741 to 1850 , vol. 1 (Cambridge
"[Walt Whitman's mother]," Madison Weekly Herald , August 15, 1877, [1].
reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), " The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier " (June 1–
Walter Whitman, "The Last of the Sacred Army," Camden Democrat , January 24, 1885, [1]; See also the
See Walter Whitman, "The Tomb-Blossoms," The Great Western Magazine and Anglo-American Journal 1 (July