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Search : William White

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William Cook to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 19 February 1865

  • Date: February 19, 1865
  • Creator(s): William Cook
Text:

I am, very respectfully, William Cook Capt 9th U[nited].S[tates].

William Cook to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 19 February 1865

William Rideing to Walt Whitman, 17 October 1890

  • Date: October 17, 1890
  • Creator(s): William Rideing
Text:

Yours Faithfully William H. Rideing tman Esq.

William Rideing to Walt Whitman, 17 October 1890

Walt Whitman by Dr. William Reeder, 1891

  • Date: 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. William Reeder
Text:

William Reeder, 1891 Dr. William Reeder was a Philadelphia physician and admirer of Whitman.

William Reeder, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, [9 July 1882]

  • Date: July 9, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

to-day, a first-rate acc't account of the P O Dept. decision & commending it editorially—Talcott Williams

on the P[ress] is an ardent friend— William, I wish you would get an authentic copy of the P.

he dont don't know how deeply he has served me, & at a time when it told best— W W Walt Whitman to William

Nelson Jabo to Adeline Jabo, 21 January 1865

  • Date: January 21, 1865
  • Creator(s): Nelson Jabo
Text:

Jabo's health declined rapidly after the battle of White Oak Swamp, and he was ultimately discharged

Annotations Text:

Jabo's health declined rapidly after the battle of White Oak Swamp, and he was ultimately discharged

Sweet flag

  • Date: Between 1850 and 1855
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

the "tooth of delight" and "tooth prong") may relate to the following passage in the same poem: "The white

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 15 December 1863

  • Date: December 15, 1863
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
Annotations Text:

White & Company, 1904], 7:206).

Harry Stafford to Walt Whitman, 24 January 1878

  • Date: January 24, 1878
  • Creator(s): Harry Stafford
Annotations Text:

Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New

Thomas B. Freeman to Walt Whitman, 1 February 1877

  • Date: February 1, 1877
  • Creator(s): Thomas B. Freeman
Annotations Text:

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 1:32, 36, and 56.

Walt Whitman to Edward Cattell, 24 January 1877

  • Date: January 24, 1877
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Harry's parents, George (1827–1892) and Susan Stafford (1833–1910), were tenant farmers at White Horse

Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 7 April 1887

  • Date: April 7, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

They were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New Jersey, where Whitman visited them on

Monday, August 19, 1889

  • Creator(s): Horace Traubel | Traubel, Horace
Text:

That was the one William Swinton most affected—most read. You know about William Swinton?

Leaves of Grass: and his wife too: a fine, large, splendid, handsome woman—mother of children—for William

William went west—to Oakland—taught there in the college—was Professor of something or other.

Asked me for close particulars as to the Boston trouble—then— "Aside from that, William has been very

Wednesday, November 13, 1889

  • Creator(s): Horace Traubel | Traubel, Horace
Text:

"William O'Connor and Nellie O'Connor occupy a large place in my memory—not in my memory alone, but in

And now that William is no more—now that William is gone—gone forever, from physical sight—the great,

surpassing William!

She told me many things about the funeral—about William's death—the last days—which it was only possible

Walt Whitman: A Visit to the Good Gray Poet

  • Date: 19 April 1876
  • Creator(s): Frank Sanborn
Text:

. * * * I wither slowly in thine arms, Here at the quiet limit of the world, A white-haired shadow, roaming

Stevens street, near Fifth) is a still, Philadelphia-looking quarter, of long rows of brick houses with white

marble door-steps and white wooden shutters, in one of which, at a street corner, Whitman has taken

The poet now dresses in gray clothes, matching well with his hair and beard, and wears a white scarf

Who are you, dusky woman, so ancient, hardly human, With your wholly-white and turban'd turbaned head

Henry Stanbery to William H. Seward, 28 December 1867

  • Date: December 28, 1867
  • Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Text:

William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Henry Stanbery to William

William M. Evarts to William H. Seward, 31 October 1868

  • Date: October 31, 1868
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger William

Evarts to William H. Seward, 31 October 1868

Matthew F. Pleasants to George S. Derby, 19 January 1870

  • Date: January 19, 1870
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Pleasants to William Loughridge, which reads: "Sir: I am directed by the Attorney General to say that

Pleasants to William Loughridge.

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Henry Williams, 20 April 1870

  • Date: April 20, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

Henry Williams, Esq. Counsellor at Law. Savannah, Geo.

Lorang Vanessa Steinroetter John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Henry Williams

Amos T. Akerman to William H. Patterson, 22 April 1871

  • Date: April 22, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

William H. Patterson, Esq. San Francisco, Cal. Sir: You are hereby retained as assistant to the U.

Akerman to William H. Patterson, 22 April 1871

Amos T. Akerman to William W. Stow, 22 April 1871

  • Date: April 22, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

April 22, 1871 William W. Stow, Esq. San Francisco, Cal.

Akerman to William W. Stow, 22 April 1871

William H. Rideing to Walt Whitman, 3 October 1890

  • Date: October 3, 1890
  • Creator(s): William H. Rideing
Text:

I am, dear Sir, Faithfully Yours, William H. Rideing, assistant editor of the Review.

William H. Rideing to Walt Whitman, 3 October 1890

William Payne to Walt Whitman, 16 July 1890

  • Date: July 16, 1890
  • Creator(s): William Payne
Text:

I have the honor to be, Sir, your faithful admirer & Servant, William Payne.

To Walt Whitman Esq North America William Payne to Walt Whitman, 16 July 1890

Margaretta L. and William A. Avery to Walt Whitman, 1 March 1892

  • Date: March 1, 1892
  • Creator(s): Margaretta L. and William A. Avery
Text:

Margaretta & William A. Avery. Margaretta L. and William A. Avery to Walt Whitman, 1 March 1892

George Henry Williams to Walt Whitman, 30 June 1874

  • Date: June 30, 1874
  • Creator(s): George Henry Williams
Text:

Williams Attorney General. letter of dismissal from Attorny Gen's Office— Dismissal July 1, 1874 George

Henry Williams to Walt Whitman, 30 June 1874

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 14 October [1870]

  • Date: October 14, 1870
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Brooklyn Friday afternoon Oct. 14 Dear William O'Connor, I have just rec'd your letter.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to William D.

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 29 September 1884

  • Date: September 29, 1884
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

William, I wonder if you or Charles Eldridge couldn't help me to something there from the Medical Bureau—summaries

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 29 September 1884

Wednesday, January 20, 1892

  • Creator(s): Horace Traubel | Traubel, Horace
Text:

Later in afternoon I saw Williams again and he gave me some account of the visit.

Stedman was for going right up but Williams instructed Mrs.

I shook my head—Williams exposing me—I arguing, "I don't see the bitterness of it."

"I consider him a dying man," and Williams himself said he was "shocked" to see him so changed.

But Williams agreed with me rather than with Stedman.

Personal Recollections of Walt Whitman

  • Date: June 1907
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. Calder
Text:

at the door of our room—which served both as dining and sitting room—was answered by my husband, William

The landlord was consulted, the room could be rented, and on the return of Walt and William from the

It was soon after that Whitman's old friend, William Swanton, who was war correspondent for one of the

Even so remote and unheard-of a subject as the white beard of Secretary Welles—then Secretary of the

William Henry Channing was living. They had often asked us to bring Whitman, and he and Mr.

Saturday, March 15, 1890

  • Creator(s): Horace Traubel | Traubel, Horace
Text:

W. thinking: "How different William was!—the prince of company!

There was no company like William—I never met another, man or woman.

When we were all in Washington together, it was always 'Walt' and 'John' and 'William'—the choice of

Walt Whitman by Dr. William Reeder, 1891

  • Date: 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. William Reeder
Text:

William Reeder, 1891 Dr. William Reeder was a Philadelphia physician and admirer of Whitman.

William Reeder, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 5 December 1887

  • Date: December 5, 1887
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

Williams & Everetts this evening after work, & passed a few rapt moments in looking at the bust of you

He seems to have acted on Sidney M's suggestion abt about Williams & Everett's being a better place than

Kennedy William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 5 December 1887

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 21 November 1863

  • Date: November 21, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Cooper has been coaxing, persuading, begging, entreating, commanding even William to go on with them

shall not unless some strong pressure is brought to bear between now & Monday, for I can see that William

Dear Walt, we long for you, William sighs for you, & I feel as if a large part of myself were out of

William E. Babcock to Walt Whitman, 21 January 1865

  • Date: January 21, 1865
  • Creator(s): William E. Babcock
Text:

Before Petersburg NY January 21st, 1865 Friend Walt Haveing this morning received a letter from Lieut William

Sending my best respects to Your Mother and Your Self hoping to hear from you soon I remain Yours &c William

your Brother Capt Geo Whitman 51st NY N Prisoner of War Danville, V[irgini]a C[onfederate] S[tates] William

Review of Leaves of Grass (1855)

  • Date: September 1855
  • Creator(s): Norton, Charles Eliot
Text:

White and beautiful are the faces around me…the heads are bared of their fire- caps firecaps — The kneeling

Examine these limbs, red, black, or white… they are very cunning in tendon and nerve; They shall be stript

She sits in an arm-chair, under the shaded porch of the farm house— The sun just shines on her old white

An Hour Among the Porcelain Manufactories in Greenpoint

  • Date: 3 August 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

, glittering with mica and newly arrived from Connecticut, and here lay small hillocks of the snow white

Then came the door plates with their dark grounds and white letters, and very familiar looked the interesting

We fear that there were more than sufficient “numbers” for church-pews, done in nice white and gold letters

Cluster: Leaves of Grass. (1871)

  • Date: 1871
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

little islands, larger ad- joining adjoining islands, the heights, the villas, The countless masts, the white

grave, an ancient sorrowful mother, Once a queen—now lean and tatter'd, seated on the ground, Her old white

on the cold ground, with forehead between your knees; O you need not sit there, veil'd in your old white

A Word Out of the Sea

  • Date: 1867
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Winds blow South, or winds blow North, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains

shadows, Recalling now the obscure shapes, the echoes, the sounds and sights after their sorts, The white

What is that little black thing I see there in the white? Loud! loud! loud!

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

bay to notice the vessels arriving, Saw their approach, saw aboard those that were near me, Saw the white

pennants, The large and small steamers in motion, the pilots in their pilot- houses pilot-houses , The white

pass up or down, white-sail'd schooners, sloops, lighters! Flaunt away, flags of all nations!

A Word Out of the Sea

  • Date: 1860–1861
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Winds blow South, or winds blow North, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains

shadows, Recalling now the obscure shapes, the echoes, the sounds and sights after their sorts, The white

What is that little black thing I see there in the white? Loud! Loud! Loud I call to you my love!

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.

  • Date: 1881–1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

bay to notice the vessels arriving, Saw their approach, saw aboard those that were near me, Saw the white

pennants, The large and small steamers in motion, the pilots in their pilot- houses pilot-houses , The white

pass up or down, white-sail'd schooners, sloops, lighters! Flaunt away, flags of all nations!

William M. Evarts to William H. Seward, 18 February 1869

  • Date: February 18, 1869
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
Text:

changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar William

Evarts to William H. Seward, 18 February 1869

Matthew F. Pleasants to S. F. Keyes, 19 January 1870

  • Date: January 19, 1870
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Text:

Pleasants to William Loughridge, which reads: "Sir: I am directed by the Attorney General to say that

Pleasants to William Loughridge.

William Payne to Walt Whitman, 19 June 1890

  • Date: June 19, 1890
  • Creator(s): William Payne
Text:

you will excuse the great liberty I take & subscribe myself your very obedient & admiring servant William

Payne Treasurer of the Burrough of Portsmouth William Payne to Walt Whitman, 19 June 1890

Sophia Williams to Walt Whitman, 16 February 1888

  • Date: February 16, 1888
  • Creator(s): Sophia Williams
Text:

Very Cordially Sophia Wells Royce Williams February 16, 1888— Sophia Williams to Walt Whitman, 16 February

William Carey to Walt Whitman, 5 December 1891

  • Date: December 5, 1891
  • Creator(s): William Carey
Text:

Yours sincerely William Carey 5 December 1891 William Carey to Walt Whitman, 5 December 1891

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 7 December 1880

  • Date: December 7, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

New York & to-day I receive from B the following postal: "Leavitt sold the plates to a Mr Williams (for

$200—Leavitt never saw or heard of any sheets —Worthington must have bo't bought the plates from Williams—He

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 8 November 1890

  • Date: November 8, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Gleeson White, an Englishman whom Whitman described as a "middle-aged man very gentlemanly & pleasant

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 2:575.

White had requested permission to visit in his letter of November 2, 1890.

Review of Leaves of Grass (1855)

  • Date: 1 April 1856
  • Creator(s): Eliot, George
Text:

, And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones Growing among black folks as among white

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 10 November [1868]

  • Date: November 10, 1868
  • Creator(s): Louisa Van Velsor Whitman
Text:

poor little fellow i miss him very much they had the funeral last he was put in a casket lined with white

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 4 April 1891

  • Date: April 4, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

I also send you this week's Black & White wh: contains a portrait of and article on Bismarck —one of

Annotations Text:

The Black & White: A Weekly Illustrated Record and Review was an illustrated British weekly periodical

In 1912, the Black & White was incorporated with another periodical, The Sphere.

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