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letter from Ezra H Heywood—dated Princeton, Mass: Massachusetts —Heywood has been arrested by Comstock—part
As I write, it is a cloudy moist warmish Sunday, 10¼ a. m. pleasant—quiet here—I am up in my 3d story
. | Nov | 13 | 430 AM | 1882 | 2.
under—of which I the slightest idea though—but I feel sure the book will gather added, perhaps a main part
The Herald supported Whitman against the Boston censors on May 24 and 28, and on June 2 it quoted Oscar
A front-page story on July 15 quoted at length the defense of Leaves of Grass offered by the Reverend
AM | 1883 | 2.
spirited drives along the Wissahickon, the rocks and banks, the hemlocks, Indian Rock—Miss Willard, Miss Kate
Whitman was again with the Smiths from December 30 to January 2 (Whitman's Commonplace Book).
The issue also contained a review of Specimen Days (2–3).
. | Feb | 20 | 4 30 AM | 1883 | 2.
account & formal letter shift the relative positions—but taking in Judge R[ay]'s remarks which are a part
"a dozen times" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915], 2:
. | Dec | 18 | 430 AM | 1882 | 2.
size, same sort of type, binding &c as L of G—same price—as I write, (Sunday afternoon) up in my 3d story
It is postmarked: Philadelphia | Dec | 14 | 2 PM | (?); Washington, Recd. | (?) | 5 AM | 1882 | 2.
| 2.
compliment)—the wonder is not that there are a few errors & plate-breakages—but that there are so few—your part
. | Jun | 14 | 4 30 AM | 1883 | 2.
Do you see in the Heywood trial, the Judge peremptorily ruled out the L of G Leaves of Grass slips part
the indictment—(which ruling out "was received with applause") & H was afterwards on the remaining part
or parts acquitted.
. | Apr | 15 | 4 30 AM | 1883 | 2.
the support he received from Whitman for his Baconian theories is evident in his letter of October 2.
O'Connor informed Whitman on October 2, 1884, that he would have trouble in obtaining the material which
weather here—lately rain & fog, most a week—but to-day is bright & fine—I am sitting up in the 3d story
Stafford (see the letter from Whitman to Harry Stafford of January 2, 1884).
Camden Wednesday Evn'g Jan 2 '84 Dear Son & Comrade I have got word from you once or twice —& glad to
here in the Spring & leave Camden—I don't know where) — Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 2
. | Jun | 19 | 4 30 AM | 1883 | 2.
. | Aug | 30 | 4 30 AM | 1883 | 2.
. | Feb | 24 | 4 30 AM | 1883 | 2.
. | Feb | 24 | 4 30 AM | 1883 | 2.
. | Feb | 22 | 430 AM | 1883 | 2.
Whitman's "eyes were full of tears" (With Walt Whitman in Camden [New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915], 2:
William White [New York: New York University Press, 1977], 2:325).
Though no letter of receipt is currently known, Whitman marked the order "paid" (Daybooks and Notebooks, 2:
This letter is endorsed: "Answ'd Dec 2/83."
It is postmarked: Philadelphia, Pa. | Oct | 1 | 11 AM | Transit; Washington, Recd. | Oct | 2 | 4 30 AM
| 1883 | 2.
not already done) to forward the parcel to you at Providence— I last night forwarded proofs of good part
the text—but helping the typography & reader—I think most decidedly helping — The foot note (early part
| 1883 | 2.
. | Sep | 14 | 4 30 AM | 1883 | 2.
. | Sep 17 83 | 2 30 PM.
This letter is endorsed: "Answ'd Dec 2/83."
It is postmarked: Camden | Sep | 25 | 4 PM | N.J.; Washington, Recd. | Sep | 26 | 5 AM | 1883 | 2.
It is postmarked: Camden | May | 2(?) | 188(?)
Richard Maurice Bucke visited Whitman from December 2 to 5, and Burroughs joined them on December 4 (
Death of General Grant," with the title "As One by One Withdraw the Lofty Actors," was sent on April 2
. | Jul | 2? | 9 AM | 1890 | Transit, Philadelphia, PA | Jul | 23 | ? PM | 1890 | Transit.
. | 9–1–90 | 11 AM | 9; London | AM | SP 2 | Canada.
the name of " Old Poets—(and other things) —don't know what I sh' make of it—moderately short—ab't 2½
See Bucke's letter to Whitman of September 2, 1890.
last complete —after 33 yr's of hackling at it all times & moods of my life, fair weather & foul, all parts
O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android
Washington, Nov. 2, 187– I offer the enclosed Poem "The Mystic Trumpeter" for the January number, 1872
Church, 2 November 187[1]
2 | (?) (Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library).
Whitman had praised the book's opening chapters in his May 2, 1875 letter to John Burroughs.
[New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977], 2:76).
This reference to visiting Anderson and Archer, who had offices in New York, on January 2, 1868, is somewhat
Mann replied to Whitman's queries on April 2, 1874 (Oscar Lion).
Jersey May 2 . Dear John Burroughs, I send you a letter, &c.
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 2 May
Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 2 September
Sally Mead, whom Whitman had mistaken for her sister Phebe Pintard in his April 1–2, 1873 letter to Louisa
Canterbury Tales, a collection of 24 tales in Middle English, primarily written in verse, presented as stories
May 10, 1889 Our dear friend O'Connor died peacefully at 2 a m yesterday.