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Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 18 August 1863

  • Date: August 18, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

must be now back again in Kentucky, or that way, as I see a letter from Cairo, (up the Mississippi river

Walt Whitman to Lewis K. Brown, 8–9 November 1863

  • Date: November 8–9, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

clutched him by the arm, & poured out the greatest singing you ever heard—it poured like a raging river

population is 1,500,000), almost every body well-drest, & appearing to have enough—then the splendid river

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 6 May 1864

  • Date: May 6, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

must have it in this morning that the Army of the Potomac has made a move, & has crossed the Rapidan river

that lies in the rear of the Army of the Potomac, (from Warrenton, Virginia, & so to Rappahannock river

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 10 June 1864

  • Date: June 10, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Corps—Another rumor, more likely, is that our base of the army is to be changed to Harrison's Landing on James river

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 14 June 1864

  • Date: June 14, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

home for a week or fortnight for a change—the rumor is very strong here that Grant is over the James river

Walt Whitman to Frederick Locker-Lampson, 28 September [1880]

  • Date: September 28, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

: September 28 — I have been spendin the whole summer in Canada, mostly on the Lakes & St Lawrence river—have

Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 20 June [1880]

  • Date: June 20, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Carpenter's address is 45 Brunswick Square, Brighton England—The waters here Lake Huron & St Clair river

Walt Whitman to Ruth Stafford, 22 June [1882]

  • Date: June 22, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

this time but I will be down soon & tell you all the news —After I write this I am going out on the river

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 10 September [1882]

  • Date: September 10, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

& then go out & over the ferry to Philadelphia—I don't know what I should do without the ferry, & river

, & crossing, day & night—I believe my best times are nights—sometimes appear to have the river & boat

Walt Whitman to Montgomery Stafford, 4 August 1880

  • Date: August 4, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

several days in "the Lakes of the Thousand Islands"—that is what they call a part of the St Lawrence river

Island or Old Jersey—but it is all fresh here)— —I am going on some 400 miles further—north east to the river

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 February [1878]

  • Date: February 26, 1878
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

usual—nothing new—have been down in the country the last week—It is now noon & I am just going out & over the river

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 24 July [1880]

  • Date: July 24, [1880]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

London Ontario Canada July 24 pm Dear Sister, I am much better—& expect to start on a long St Lawrence river

Walt Whitman to Abraham Paul Leech, 26 August [1840]

  • Date: August 26, [1840]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

as far ahead of "the fat gentleman in striped trousers," as a Baltimore clipper does beyond a North River

Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 14 February 1884

  • Date: February 14, 1884
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

heard from Deb —I hope she is all right—Well, bad as the weather is, I must up & go out & across the river

Nicaragua

  • Date: 29 May 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Total force of the Allies, exclusive of 1,200 Costa Ricans, if, as alleged, on the river, 18,000.

, 250 were discharged, 435 were at Rivas on the 1st of May, and 80 surrendered or escaped down the river

The Celebration Yesterday

  • Date: 2 September 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

counter-celebration here; for literally every one went from both districts of this city to the other side of the river

The hegira across the East River commenced at an early hour yesterday morning, and continued all the

Every car going towards the ferries, every boat plying on the river, and every vehicle in New York plying

from the river to Broadway, was crowded.

The shipping in the river was almost universally in “full dress,” all their colors and signals flying

“Washington Letter Writers”

  • Date: 16 December 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

To set down and write to the “Roaring River Republican” a complete exposure of the disgraceful motives

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 28 August 1889

  • Date: August 28, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

days—weather cooler here—get out a little in propell'd wheel chair—was out last evening to sun set at river

Walt Whitman to Josiah Child, 20 November 1888

  • Date: November 20, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

nearly altogether physically wreck'd (paralysis &c)—am living here in my little shanty by the Delaware river—Best

Walt Whitman to Mary Whitall Smith, 20 July 1885

  • Date: July 20, 1885
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

ecstatic life-pourings as it were of precious wine or rose - water on vast desert sands or great polluted river—taking

Philadelphia)—I keep pretty well, considering—dont go out at all till toward sundown, but get on the river

Walt Whitman to Charles W. Eldridge, 20 July 1889

  • Date: July 20, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

O'C (I fear by accounts) is left with very little financially—spent an hour down by the Delaware river

Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 22 July [1877]

  • Date: July 22, 1877
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

evening (the moon & Jupiter in conjunction, & I speering them all the way home & especially on the river

The Public Lands

  • Date: 25 June 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Peter’s River way to the Missouri, every “extra claim” is taken up.

Brooklynites in Kansas

  • Date: 9 June 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

from north to south, from east to west,—from Bangor to Galena, from the Penobscot to the Savannah river

The Police and Fire Telegraph

  • Date: 10 September 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

after connecting Williamsburgh with Brooklyn, to Astoria, and thence by a submarine cable across the river

History of the Introduction of Water into the City

  • Date: 25 April 1859
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

vegetation, a clear surplus of 500,000 gallons per annum, which ordinarily would go to the supply of rivers

(Boston) surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,230 '' '' 62 feet under surface . . . 2,210 Hudson River

(at Albany) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,320 Mohawk River (at Cohoes) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,880 Patroon's

Creek (used for Albany Water Works) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,720 Thames River (at

London . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,000 New River (supply for London) . . . . . . . . . . 19,200 Hampstead

New Publications

  • Date: 7 February 1859
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

It is a narrative of the exploration of the Tributaries of the River La Plata and adjacent countries,

steamer "Water Witch" was placed under the command of the author, with instructions to explore the rivers

prosecution of his duty, Lieutenant Page made explorations which embrace an extent of 3600 miles of river

one at that and being separated even from this by the Cordilleras of the Andes, it is only be her rivers

The Metropolitan Police Law

  • Date: 9 January 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Board, transferring one of the departments of the government of Brooklyn to the other side of the river

Bathing

  • Date: 27 June 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Every morning and evening the East and North Rivers ought to show not hundreds but thousands and tens

The Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

  • Date: 6 August 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Zoology of the Mammoth Cave, together with a brief description of all the rooms, avenues, domes, rivers

Green River, with its towering cliffs, is but a few hundred yards from the hotel, and afford good fishing

The entrance to the Cave is one hundred and ninety-four feet above the Green River, and is about twenty-five

those parts of the Cave where no rocks have fallen, the floor presents the appearance of the bed of a river

Sparks), extends from the River Hall to the Mammoth Dome, a distance of three-quarters of a mile.”

A Gossipy August Article

  • Date: 12 August 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Weehawken, Greenwood Cemetery, the ships sailing down the Narrows to the South, and the boats on the East River

Rowdyism

  • Date: 16 November 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

unfortunately prevalent in our large cities, and we refer more particularly to our mammoth neighbor across the river

What They Want

  • Date: 12 November 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

that which is now disturbing the peace and endangering the safety of the great metropolis across the river

Walt Whitman to Edward Dowden, 4 March 1876

  • Date: March 4, 1876
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I get out nearly every day, but not far, & cannot walk from lameness—make much of the river here, the

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 24 July [1880]

  • Date: July 24, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Mrs B[ucke] (as human as I ever met, both)—Monday morning next I start on a long Lake & St Lawrence river

Walt Whitman to Thomas Nicholson, 17 December [1880]

  • Date: December 17, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I get out on the river, (the Delaware) or over in Philadelphia most every day—lately I go down to the

The river is full of ice & the boats have a pretty tough time—but the nights are light, the full moon

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 23 June 1885

  • Date: June 23, 1885
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

As I write it is a delightful day—temperature perfect—I take the car to the ferry, & get out on the river

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 2 February 1872

  • Date: February 2, 1872
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

south window I can see a far-stretching & noble view, many, many miles of open ground, the Potomac river

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 18 June [1872]

  • Date: June 18, 1872
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

the day, but mornings & nights perfect—No moonlight walks out beyond Uniontown here—but I go on the river

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 9[–10] October [1873]

  • Date: October 9–10, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

day & night—he has settled up & sold out in Washington, & left—He is building a home on the Hudson river

—has 10 acres of land on west side of river.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 September [1873]

  • Date: September 12, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

—I hear quite often from John Burroughs—he has bought a spot of land, right on the Hudson river, about

N.Y. & is building himself a house there, right on a steep bank, with the road on one side, & the river

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 31 October [1873]

  • Date: October 31, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

It makes a pleasant little trip as the river here is most as wide as the Potomac from 7 th st. wharf—has

Walt Whitman to Thomas W. H. Rolleston, 22 January 1884

  • Date: January 22, 1884
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

well as usual—A severe winter here—have had fine sleigh-rides, & enjoyed them—or some days on the river

Walt Whitman to Robert Pearsall Smith, 20 June 1890

  • Date: June 20, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

down hill)—we have had some very hot weather—just present just right cool enough—I get down to the river

Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 13 July [1880]

  • Date: July 13, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

the Lakes, and all down the St Lawrence, (the "Thousand Islands" &c) and so on far north to a great river

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 6 May [1881]

  • Date: May 6, 1881
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

you & George down a couple of big fresh ones, such as I see them bringing in every haul, from the river—A

seemed to be much greater even than usual—well I took some three hours of it—then slowly across the river

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28–29 October 1889

  • Date: October 28–29, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

ab't L of G—probably the last pages are the most curious & incredible—Have had some New England (Fall River

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12 November 1889

  • Date: November 12, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

hearty massage at 1 & went in wheel chair soon after 2—quite a jaunt—went to the bank—went down to the river

side—sun, river & sky fine—sat 15 minutes in the Nov. sun—find my head & bodily strength pretty low

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 6–8 September 1889

  • Date: September 6–8, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

day—these middle hours—not well—lying down a good deal—bowel action yesterday— y'rs rec'd —out to river

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 18 July 1889

  • Date: July 18, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

to-day (for the first since you sent)—am sitting here after my supper, & shall go out in wheel chair to river

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