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article A Memorandum at a Venture 5 or 6 pages signed by my name in the forthcoming June number North American

own price given) —the newspapers specially like to have something up at the moment —this N A North American

Osgood & Co. wrote to me last May ('81) asking about a new & complete edition & suggesting that they were

was intended to be left out or expurgated—that the book must be printed in its entirety & that those were

me that the pieces the District Attorney specially & absolutely required to be entirely expurgated were

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

sharp-cut self assertion, One's-Self & also, or may be still more, to map out, to throw together for American

those days' efforts & aspirations—true, I see now, with some things in it I should not put in if I were

Probably these were the Misses Sallie and Carrie Howard listed in the 1866 Directory, or the Miss Garaphelia

On August 27 he wrote to O'Connor that Rees Welsh & Co. were "paying out their 3d edition."

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

As editor of the short-lived Saturday Press (1858–1860; 1865–1866), he printed "A Child's Reminiscence

" ("Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"), and, in 1860, praised Leaves of Grass when others condemned

See also Clapp's March 27, 1860 and October 3, 1867 letters to Whitman.

deeply Whitman's mother "affected" him: "Her cheerfulness, her infinite gentleness and tenderness, were

if any thing can justify my revolutionary attempts & utterances it is such ensemble —like a great city

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

So Eldridge is down at Petersburgh —if I were there at Washington & well I should want no better fun

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

If these were love letters, Whitman hardly treated Mrs. Beach's heart-stirrings discreetly.

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

my old nag & rig in the afternoon —So you see I have not utterly stopt stopped moving —but I feel exceeding

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

Tecumseh Sherman appear in Edmund Clarence Stedman and Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, eds., A Library of American

89 Thanks for N[elly]'s card & am cheer'd much —Have been looking at some vols: Stedman's great "American

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

If we were to begin the setting of the copy de novo you should certainly be obeyed in every detail &

You left out my remarks on 'Children of Adam', I believe they were good but I acquiesce—your additions

He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

When Mr Whitman was in Boston in 1860 Emerson was his frequent & cordial visitor.

evidently thinks that if the author of Leaves of Grass had any case to state, that walk on the common in 1860

Though Emerson's points were of the highest and keenest order, they sprang exclusively from conventional

Boston, 1881), 233–234; but it was obvious that Cooke's remarks about the relations between the two men were

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

March 29 '89 A long & good letter to-day f'm Stedman —he also sends me the vols: so far pub'd of "American

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

received —The printers are very slow—but will be coming along in a day [or] two—have a sudden rush—the American

New York City, has translated many of my poems in German, & published them.

Leaves of Grass to any purchaser, and informed Stevens, Marston, Tobey, and Comstock, all of whom were

Dear William O'Connor: As you were interested in Mr.

. | Washington City." Its postmark is indecipherable.

Involved according to Whitman were the "venom, jealousies, opacities…[of] a woman" (3:235–236), probably

James Parton (1822–1891) was a journalist and, according to the Dictionary of American Biography, "the

Allen, The Solitary Singer (New York: Macmillan Co., 1955), 209–210; Frank Luther Mott, A History of American

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who issued the 1860

chance it affords to ventilate the real account & true inwardness of that Emerson talk on the Common in 1860

What were Emersons Emerson's relations to Walt Whitman?

And my arriere and citadel positions—such as I have indicated in my June North American Review memorandum

—were not only not attacked, they were not even alluded to.

Certain am I that he too finally came to clearly feel that the "Children of Adam" pieces were inevitable

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

David McKay (1860–1918) took over Philadelphia-based publisher Rees Welsh's bookselling and publishing

For more information about McKay, see Joel Myerson, "McKay, David (1860–1918)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia

Only 300 copies were printed, and Whitman signed the title page of each one.

On June 29 O'Connor informed Whitman that Ingersoll and he were drawing up a memorandum for the Postmaster

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

Grier, "Walt Whitman, the Galaxy, and Democratic Vistas," American Literature, 23 (1951–1952), 337.

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

Bessie (d. 1919) and Isabella (1855–1924) Ford were sisters who lived together in Leeds.

They were friends and disciples (as well as cousins) of Carpenter, and active social reformers, working

death: "I think after your visit to him that his hold on life seemed to give way and his yearnings were

Home") from the August Galaxy, 12 (1871), 231–234, in which Swinburne's favorable comments on Whitman were

write a little—sort o' sundown sonnets —have some nice visitors—Sometimes foreigners—two or three American

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

was one half of the Boston based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who put out the 1860

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

Jones's report can be found in Stedman, ed., The Library of American Literature 3 (New York: Charles

themselves (O & Co) had some hand in the Marston-Stevens proceeding & rather egged it on—that they were

Winter, the drama critic of the New York Tribune, and Stoddard, a writer and reviewer, were old enemies

The famous 1860 stroll in the Boston Common (see the letter from Whitman to Abby M.

Price of March 29, 1860).

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

I did not think that you were going to die, but I could not possibly overcome the feeling that our dear

His shad and champagne dinners for Whitman were something of a tradition.

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908) was an American poet and critic who published several collections

Felix Adler (1851–1933) was a German American professor of political and social ethics.

Aldrich (1836–1907) was associated with Henry Clapp's Saturday Press from 1858 until its final number in 1860

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Jersey Aug. 24 p m Charles Eldridge was here yesterday noon—a pleasant 3 hour visit—went to Atlantic City

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who issued the 1860

afternoon & evening in the cars—felt quite well—enjoyed my lunch, the cold tea, &c—got in at Jersey City

Riley and Bathgate were friends of Ruskin (see Whitman's letter to Riley of March 18, 1879 and his letter

American Supplement to Enc: Brit: (p. 772) has a statistical rather friendly notice abt me &c —Love—

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to