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The group first appeared in print in the 1860 Leaves of Grass with this poem as section 1.
50-51uva.00195xxx.00240American Laws1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaf 1 19.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves 2
On the verso of the manuscript is the letter from the editors of the Critic, dated November 1, 1890,
Leave of absence till March 1, '70.
manuscript is catalogued with an envelope addressed to Herbert Gilchrist, postmarked 28 January 189[1]
1855 Leaves (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
and 1862 in Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
lcl.00005xxx.00792811 WAL/1/1Three Young Men's Deaths[To proof reader]1878prosehandwritten1 leaf; Three
1[1865 or before], war and hospital notes and memorandaloc.01554xxx.00975Make a conclusion1863-1875prose1
manuscript (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
Grier [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:32n).
Philadelphia, May 12 189 1 Dear Walt Whitman, I hand you my check for the precious book into which you
Believe me, Thine sincerely, Mary Whitall Cosetlloe Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe to Walt Whitman, 1 September
see notes April 12 1888 "The Nineteenth Century," 1 Paternoster Square, London, E.C.
Asylum, London, March 12, 83 I have yours of 9 th & proofs down to galley N o 18 —If 1 st batch proofs
see notes April 6 1888 1 East 28 th. St. New York City Dec. 29. 1884 Dear Mr.
B[ucke] is well & busy—I was out driving to-day, 11 to 1—Nothing definite done to my "November Boughs
THOUGHTS. 1 OF ownership—As if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter upon all, and incorporate
AS THE TIME DRAWS NIGH. 1 As the time draws nigh, glooming, a cloud, A dread beyond, of I know not what
Tuesday, March 1, 1892Stopped at 328 at 8:15 A.M. Happy to learn W. had passed an easier night.
Tuesday, March 1, 1892
April 1 st 1891.
John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 1 April 1891
M Chicago, June 1 st 18 89 My Dear Old Friend The enclosed I clipped from the Inter Ocean today, and
Reed to Walt Whitman, 1 June 1889
1/4 to 5 a.m. Mch 17 '85 Brooklyn N.Y. 220 Washington St.
Capt Sam's sword is now in 13th Regmt armory—his remains in Greenwood P H S 1/4 to 7 a.m.
The parallelism in the lives of the two men (yourself & Millet) is wonderful: for instance 1 Both born
by at least one critic as a fine and original conception" The true W. came out 1855 (36 years old) 1
thankful enough that they are as well as they are—Mother, I was glad to get your letter of Tuesday, April 1.
close—I hope you will have a pleasant Sunday—Love to you, dear mother, & to all—it is now about ½ past 1
that such economic injustice "is an evil... that... sows a public crop of other evils" (Uncollected 1:
(Gathering 1:150–151).As a poet, however, Whitman often presented himself as one who has the unique capacity
(Whitman, Blue Book 1:188).
Thus the statements in lines 1 and 10 which from 1856 to 1867 read "For I swear I will go farther" and
I then took the 1-40 pm train I did not chang cars again until I got to Chicago Friday evening I got
the copperheads are completely played out My Regiment (the 5th Wis) cast 450 vots all Republican but 1
N EW Y ORK C ITY , 1 September, 1848.
Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 1 September 1848
As the wife of George, who "believes in pipes, not poems" (Traubel 1:227), Louisa was probably also somewhat
Vol. 1. Small, Maynard, 1906; Vol. 4. Ed. Sculley Bradley. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1953.
Leaves of Grass 1 1.
Most significantly, after the 1871 edition Whitman excised from the end of section 1 a strikingly explicit
In the wet dream or masturbatory climax of section 1, the dreamer's penis, in the symbol of a pier, reaches
These critics have persuasively interpreted the tangled imagery accompanying the wet dream of section 1
This reading, while offering a persuasive explanation of sections 1 and 2, has more difficulty justifying
Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 8 (1990): 1–15.Hutchinson, George.
" (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
It was numbered section 22 of Calamus in 1860: the lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-6 of
Edward Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984) 1:
Binckley, Assistant Attorney General. ante. p.1.
the ninth number of his Brooklyniana series, which was published in the Brooklyn Standard on February 1,
Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York University, 1984), 1:120. such a thing as ownership
1850s" (see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
(No. 1), under the section heading Autumn Scenes and Sights.
(No. 1), under the section heading A Fine Winter Day on the Beach.
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
details, see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:
and 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
Sep. 16th 189 1 My Dear Walt Whitman For the sake of the good your works & life have done me I should
Wroth to Walt Whitman, 1 January 1891