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1Undated, on the American Idiomloc.05186xxx.00469[(for name?]

ruminates about a title, presumably for the piece published as Slang in America, first in the North American

Prentiss, which were revised and appeared in Memoranda During the War (1875–1876) before being collected

Vaults, a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook (loc.00348) that probably dates to the early 1860s

apparently recording the poet's early idea for the poem first published as Chants Democratic 20 in 1860

preparations for the printing of November Boughs, Whitman told Horace Traubel, "Some of these bits were

Alexander Smith's Poems1854-1855prose1handwritten; This is a note on Scottish poet Alexander Smith and American

from Smith about "a great forthcoming Poet"; Whitman quoted this passage in his An English and an American

Poet published in the American Phrenological Journal in October 1855. 1854 Alexander Smith's Poems

1Undated, on the American Idiomloc.05224xxx.005241st DemocracyBetween December 1867 and May 1868prose2

to form part of the same sheet of paper, and form an outline for the three essays—only two of which were

of the second poem in the cluster titled Thoughts when it was first published in Leaves of Grass (1860

intended as a second preface to the poem before its title revision in 1881, portions of this manuscript were

the poem became section 16 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first draft page correspond to verses

of the poem during Whitman's lifetime: he rejected it from his Blue Book Copy of Leaves of Grass in 1860

.00929xxx.0085751st New York Veterans1864prose1 leafhandwritten; A partial draft of Fifty-first New-York City

The notes on female nurses during the war were used in Female Nurses for Soldiers, first published under

, of the sixth poem in the cluster titled Thoughts when it was first published in Leaves of Grass (1860

between rough drafts of poems in this notebook (called An Early Notebook in White's edition) and the 1860

On surface 54 is a passage that seems to have contributed to the 1860 poem that became Song at Sunset

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

1Undated, on the American idiomloc.05215xxx.00067?

1Undated, on the American Idiomloc.05187xxx.00469[?

titles of two articles; one was published as Slang in America, first in the periodical the North American

Though Whitman apparently intended these notes for a preface, portions of this manuscript were used in

With substantial additions and revisions this evolved into section 37 of Calamus in 1860; after further

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

visit to Egypt, two sets of manuscript notes about Egypt that Edward Grier dates to between 1855 and 1860

The 1860–61 edition of Leaves of Grass introduced two new poems created in this way: Poem of Many in

After all, Not to Create Only, written for the opening of the fortieth Annual Exhibition of the American

Sheets from the pamphlet were included in some copies of the 1871 Leaves of Grass.

Whitman wrote this poem following a request by the Committee on Invitations of the American Institute

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y., Toronto: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921).

This manuscript contributed to the poem Proto-Leaf, which was first published in the 1860 edition of

Two of the scraps (the second and fourth) were inscribed before being cut apart to insert the material

1871prosehandwritten11 leaves; These notes served as background for Whitman's discussion of current popular American

This manuscript probably dates to the early 1860s, as it appears to have been inscribed after the writing

the leaf (duk.00795), which contains draft lines that contributed to poems first published in the 1860

"Nat Bloom," the name that appears on the recto of the third leaf, was a New York City acquaintance of

The lines were incorporated as lines 90 and 91 in the poem Thy Mother with Thy Equal Brood, first published

relationship with the lines on another manuscript in the University of Virginia collection, which were

revised to form part of section 14 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, a set

American air I have breathed

These pages were transformed into section 13 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass.

American Laws

ideas in this manuscript came from an article entitled Thoughts on Reading that appeared in the American

Whig Review in May 1845 (Notes on Whitman's Reading, American Literature 26.3 [November 1954]: 352).

American literature must become distinct

duk.00035xxx.00610MS 13The American people ever1856prose2 leaveshandwritten; A manuscript about the California

The American people ever

manuscriptAmerican Poets1850–1891prosehandwritten; A partial draft of Old Poets, first published in North American

American Poets

11tex.00003xxx.00501[Americans are charged with disproportionate brag and]1819-1872poetryprose1 leafhandwritten

[Americans are charged with disproportionate brag and]

surplus of a hundred millions & more]1891prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript is a partial draft of American

, which first appeared in the March 1891 issue of North American Review under the title, Have We a National

in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.. A plate mark can be clearly seen on the verso.

The poem was first titled Poem of Walt Whitman, an American in the 1856 edition, and Whitman shortened

the title to Walt Whitman in 1860–1861.

and by, above, and My tongue can never be content with harness, below, make a connection with the 1860

The lines were used in the first poem in that edition, eventually titled Song of Myself.

; This manuscript is an early draft of a portion of the opening poem of the Calamus cluster in the 1860

or clusters of poems, including "The States," "Prairies," "Prairie Spaces," "Prairie Babes," and "American

The notes were revised and incorporated into the first poem in that edition, eventually titled Song of

leafhandwritten; On one side are two lines, heavily corrected, from a draft of the poem first published in 1860

It is possible that these lines are related to the poem Year of Meteors. (1859–1860), although other

It is possible that these lines were present on the manuscript when he made his transcription but have

Given the use of the 1855 wrapper paper, this was likely composed between late 1855 and 1860.

Grier, the handwriting in the first and third paragraphs is that of the 1850s or 1860s; that of the second

The eight poems from this sequence were then reprinted in a section of November Boughs entitled Sands

preparations for the printing of November Boughs, Whitman told Horace Traubel, "Some of these bits were

surfaceAbout the 1850s or 1860spoetry1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript, probably written in the 1850s or 1860s

This poem became section 21 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first manuscript page became verses

cm, 8 x 13 cm, and 12.5 x 13 cm; This poem became section 19 of the cluster Leaves of Grass in the 1860