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She was simply but becomingly dressed in white, relieved by black lace, and her appearance altogether

being, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, to command," Whitman quotes, albeit with some alteration, William

See George Searle Phillips, Memoirs of William Wordsworth (London: Partridge and Oakey, 1852), 197–8.

White labor, versus Black labor White labor, versus Black labor.

whether it be submitted to the inhabitants of that territory for their fiat, the great cause of American White

indeed formed upon the wishes of the people, no doubt or shadow of doubt clouds the prospects of the White

Give us one thing or the other, gentlemen—black, if you will, or white if you will—but not the mulatto

In the election of 1840, Van Buren lost to William Henry Harrison (1774–1841), a former general during

President William Henry Harrison died from complications of pnuemonia four weeks after taking the oath

latter have been and are ready to exchange man for man as far as prisoners go, (certainly all the whites

See: Robert Swan, "Prelude and Aftermath of the Doctors' Riot of 1788: A Religious Interpretation of White

See: Robert Swan, "Prelude and Aftermath of the Doctors' Riot of 1788: A Religious Interpretation of White

Roediger, The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (London: Verso, 2002

William Leete Stone (1793–1844) was described in an 1856 biographical sketch as "the editor and one of

In Whitman's written appeal to the minds of all men (where "all men" refers to native-born white males

Roediger, The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (London: Verso, 2002

In Whitman's written appeal to the minds of all men (where "all men" refers to native-born white males

L INCOLN never reposes at the White House during the hot season, but has quarters at a healthy location

there, (I think the light is extra-powerful here,) besides a large effect of green, varied with the white

We have put the draft through, have conscribed a goodly lot of whites, blacks and Secessionists; and

some badly wounded—and, perhaps, never to rise thence,) the cots themselves, with their drapery of white

The "President's closing Levee" was the open inaugural reception at the White House, held the evening

5000 guests, including Frederick Douglass, who had initially been barred by guards from entering the White

Never before was such a compact jam in front of the White House, all the grounds filled, and away out

As the President came out on the capitol portico, a curious little white cloud, the only one in that

.; The "President's closing Levee" was the open inaugural reception at the White House, held the evening

5000 guests, including Frederick Douglass, who had initially been barred by guards from entering the White

It was to the effect that General William Walker , at the head of eight hundred filibusters fillibusters

filibuster in character or not—we have very little doubt that the world will yet hear more of General William

State that it did to govern a Slave State, received the cordial and zealous support of the Honorable William

Buen, a most venerable white–haired ancient, (we understand, just dead!)

In a word, are white children, even if born in poverty, to be grabbed by a policeman for no offence?

referring to John Tyler, who became the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) when President William

William "Filibuster" Walker was a doctor, lawyer, and newspaper editor whose nickname stemmed from his

I step softly over and find by his card that he is named William Cone, of the First Maine Cavalry, and

Missouri, Iowa, and all the Western States, temporarily camped here in Sherman's Union Major General William

There are two or three large stoves, and the prevailing white of the walls is relieved by some ornaments

O'Connor, the wife of William Douglas O'Connor.

Through the rich August verdure of the trees see that white group of buildings off yonder in the outskirts

Harewood Hospital, a model hospital like Judiciary Square and Lincoln, was built on the estate of William

There a miserable, half-crazy nigger, enveloped in a white shroud, was taken in the midst of a procession

The reverend clergy are off, some of them to Europe, some to the White Mountains, the lakes and other

The present number, besides its numerous learned and elaborate papers, such as those on White’s Shakspere

William C. Gover, The Tammany Hall Democracy of the City of New York [New York: Martin B.

White and Company, 1895], 4: 37). addressed the assemblage, and spurred them on to do their best in the

The Era , edited at this time by Parke Godwin (the son-in-law of poet and editor William Cullen Bryant

White and Company, 1895], 4: 37).; John Hughes (1797–1864) was a Catholic, Irish-born bishop and later

See William Godwin, St.

The ideologial founder of the Loco focos, William Leggett (1801-1839), advocated for free trade, and

delightfully variegated with rolls and slight elevations of land: on the highest of these I beheld a white

For instance, in a poem titled "The Ideal," by William H.C.

Levine, "William Shakespeare in America," Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America

Levine, "William Shakespeare and the American People: A Study in Cultural Transformation," The American

the reference to the “Youth’s guide to Polite Manners” could be related to the 1833 publication of William

Many advice manuals quoted William Scott’s definition of good-breeding from his 1817 publication of Lessons

Bright, we started forth to visit the other side, whereon the surf comes tumbling, like lots of little white

—Forms that the coffin shrouds in its white linings; voices that once sounded joyous and light, but which

William Baxter, living at No. 10 Franklin Place, died about 8 o'clock last evening from the effects of

Rusty black costume; white choker; look oddly compounded of severity, superiority, curiosity, apprehension

Dirty finery, excessively plentiful; paint, both red and white; draggle-tailed dress, ill-fitting; coarse

Nicholas Hotel was built in 1853 to rival the luxurious Astor Place with its white marble facade and

A well-built, portly old man, full, ruddy face, abundant wavy—almost frizzly—white hair, good forehead

It is the firm of William C.

Nicholas Hotel was built in 1853 to rival the luxurious Astor Place with its white marble facade and

With its distinctive white marble exterior and Gothic Revival design, Grace Church occupied a dramatic

On the significance of Upjohn's architecture see especially William H.

With its distinctive white marble exterior and Gothic Revival design, Grace Church occupied a dramatic

sees a slim, lank gentleman, with a suit of black, evidently made by a country tailor, and wearing a white

commemorate such a character as WASHINGTON On Whitman's connections to and fondness for Washington, see William

This city, its suburbs, the Capitol, the front of the White House, the places of amusement, the avenue

of the miserable chattels, lamenting their savage homes, and wondering to each other whither their white

As we passed Colman's, William Colman's bookstore was likely located at 203 Broadway.

See The Plays of William Shakspeare , ed. Samuel Maunder (London: J.W.

Now, a little nymph, with her white pantalettes, and gypsey hat, A brimmed hat with a low crown. and

A bill written by William B.

Maclay (1812–1882), a New York Democrat, as a response to Governor William Seward's (1802–1872) call

William Seward (1801–1872), as governor of New York, passed the so-called Maclay Bill to increase funding

The Maclay Bill was written by William B.

During Whitman's tenure at the Aurora , the Post editor was the poet and abolitionist William Cullen

See William C. Gover, The Tammany Hall Democracy of the City of New York (New York: Martin B.

Wisdom mentioned by Whitman is Captain William A.

paleness of the skin and mucous membranes; the lips lose their natural florid hue; the ears are cold, white

William Scott Stowell (1745–1836) was an English civil lawyer turned jurist and later a judge.

and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty Commencing with the Judgements of the Right Honor Sir William

.— The Herald of this morning has, strange to say, the magnanimity to declare that “William C.

Shepard, Colonel Shepherd, the son-in-law of William H.

the Revolution to the Age of Jackson [Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010], 481; William

Likely a reference to Whig William Henry Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign in which he was labeled

Transcript 1, No. 78 (Baltimore, July 15, 1840): 2; Richard Brookhiser, "We've Been Here Before: William

New York City at 31 years old, making him the youngest individual to ever receive the appointment (William