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Reminiscences of Walt Whitman: Memories, Letters, Etc.

  • Date: 1896
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
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referring to his nurse, "Warry," as his sailor boy, he said that he had been of great service to him

Davis, and the nurses.

About twenty minutes before his death he whispered to his nurse, "Warry, shift," the pain in his side

Conversations with Walt Whitman: My First Visit

  • Date: 1895
  • Creator(s): Sadakichi Hartmann
Text:

critics, so that they might write about him; at one period I even though of becoming his voluntary nurse

Walt Whitman: A Study

  • Date: 1893
  • Creator(s): John Addington Symonds
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Walt Fredericksburg battle, started for the camp upon the Rappahannock, nursed hisbrother through, and

also the dire events of the great war, the very saddest aspects of which he daily studied his as a nurse

Then he comes to us as lover, consoler, physician, nurse ; most tender, fatherly, those about to the

smiles; And I have watch'd the death-hours of the and seen the infant old; die; The rich, with all his nurses

In RE Walt Whitman: Walt Whitman at Date

  • Date: 1893
  • Creator(s): Horace L. Traubel
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within a few months paid him a visit, made a series of photographs of dwelling, street, room, and nurse

men need to know of him is his wonderful simplicity and capaciousness—that manuscript, house, room, nurse

In RE Walt Whitman: Round Table with Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1893
  • Creator(s): Horace L. Traubel
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Plato gives in the first pages of the Republic—enjoying the abiding presence of sweet hope, that 'kind nurse

Complete Prose Works

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

Some of the nurses are excellent. The woman-nurse in this ward I like very much. (Mrs.

by the lady-nurses of other wards.

Each has its ward surgeon and corps of nurses.

FEMALE NURSES FOR SOLDIERS.

Is it for the nursing of the young of the republic?

Walt Whitman in Boston

  • Date: August 1892
  • Creator(s): Sylvester Baxter
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Pensions had already been given to nurses, but somehow the project failed; possibly because Whitman had

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 16 March 1892

  • Date: March 16, 1892
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

I was very sorry to hear from M rs Traubel that you were going to lose your good, kind nurse M Zeller

Walt Whitman's Dying Hours

  • Date: 13 February 1892
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

A trained female nurse, he said, took care of Mr.

The Good Grey Poet

  • Date: 4 February 1892
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
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But as soon as war was declared, Whitman threw up all other appointments and went in to serve as a nurse

He nursed over a hundred thousand men with his own hands, for five years he had not more than two nights

Edward T. Wood to Walt Whitman, 21 December 1891

  • Date: December 21, 1891
  • Creator(s): Edward T. Wood
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—He also gave my nurse each night instructions that at the end of each 2 hours, I should take a milk

Walt Whitman's Good-Bye

  • Date: 12 December 1891
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
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States and principal cities, North and South—went to the front (moving about and occupied as army nurse

Day with Walt Whitman

  • Date: 8 November 1891
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
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Ushered into the snug little parlor, the visitor noted the retreating foot falls of the nurse as she

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 3 October 1891

  • Date: October 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

D sick quite badly—neuralgia—Warry my nurse is helpful & good—of course I am up now & sitting by the

Walt Whitman to Edward Wilkins, 30 September 1891

  • Date: September 30, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Doughty & Maggie well—Warry still my nurse & satisfactory—Horace Traubel married & well—faithful as ever—So

Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1891

  • Date: August 2, 1891
  • Creator(s): Charles L. Heyde
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I obtained a nurse, for my time was occupied in procuring remedies—all day—until allmost almost night

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 7 July 1891

  • Date: July 7, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I got over the 4th favorably—am sitting here by the window as usual—have had a good supper—My nurse has

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 June 1891

  • Date: June 28, 1891; 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown author
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Representatives of matrons, sisters and nurses of the Kingdom waited on the Princess Louise of Schleswig–Holstein

these simple lines, being the latest and probably the last from his pen: Take, lady, what your loyal nurses

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 26–27 June 1891

  • Date: June 26–27, 1891; June 27, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston | Unknown author
Text:

Yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, representatives of the matrons, sisters and nurses of the

Lord Tennyson has written these lines in the first volume of his works:— Take, lady, what your loyal nurses

Walt Whitman to George Ferguson, 22 May 1891

  • Date: May 22, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Respectfully Walt Whitman This is Warren Fritzinger, my nurse & friend— Walt Whitman to George Ferguson

A Talk with Walt Whitman

  • Date: 19 March 1891
  • Creator(s): J. Alfred Stoddart
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Type-setting, carpentering, editing, army nursing, all these resulted in my love for humanity and sympathy

To One Shortly to Die.

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

argue, I bend my head close and half envelop it, I sit quietly by, I remain faithful, I am more than nurse

Our Old Feuillage.

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

planter's son returning after a long absence, joy- fully joyfully welcom'd and kiss'd by the aged mulatto nurse

Song of the Exposition.

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

cross-cut,) To cultivate a turn for carpentering, plastering, painting, To work as tailor, tailoress, nurse

Song for All Seas, All Ships.

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

Thou sea that pickest and cullest the race in time, and unitest nations, Suckled by thee, old husky nurse

First O Songs for a Prelude.

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

determin'd arming, The hospital service, the lint, bandages and medicines, The women volunteering for nurses

Leaves of Grass (1891–1892)

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

planter's son returning after a long absence, joy- fully joyfully welcom'd and kiss'd by the aged mulatto nurse

cross-cut,) To cultivate a turn for carpentering, plastering, painting, To work as tailor, tailoress, nurse

Thou sea that pickest and cullest the race in time, and unitest nations, Suckled by thee, old husky nurse

determin'd arming, The hospital service, the lint, bandages and medicines, The women volunteering for nurses

argue, I bend my head close and half envelop it, I sit quietly by, I remain faithful, I am more than nurse

Cluster: Sea-Drift. (1891)

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

Thou sea that pickest and cullest the race in time, and unitest nations, Suckled by thee, old husky nurse

Cluster: Drum-Taps. (1891)

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

determin'd arming, The hospital service, the lint, bandages and medicines, The women volunteering for nurses

Cluster: Whispers of Heavenly Death. (1891)

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

argue, I bend my head close and half envelop it, I sit quietly by, I remain faithful, I am more than nurse

Walt Whitman to Bernard O'Dowd, 3 November 1890

  • Date: November 3, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

badly—but I keep fair spirits & suppose mentality & (as before written) fair appetite & sleep—have a good nurse

Walt Whitman to David L. Lezinsky, 28 October 1890

  • Date: October 28, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Davis, my housekeeper, is well—She has been off to Kansas & Colorado on a jaunt—Warren Fritzinger my nurse

Walt Whitman to Ellen M. O'Connor, 25 September 1890

  • Date: September 25, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

bodily wreck, cannot get across the room without holding on to something or being led—have a stout man nurse

John H. Johnston to Walt Whitman, 23 September 1890

  • Date: September 23, 1890
  • Creator(s): John H. Johnston
Text:

being whisked over here in two hours, then after three days good solid rest, with Mrs Davis & your nurse

G. Jarrell to Walt Whitman, 15 September 1890

  • Date: September 15, 1890
  • Creator(s): G. Jarrell
Text:

You were a "Nurse" in 1861. You are the biggist of humbug Poets of this or precedent generation! G.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 24 August 1890

  • Date: August 24, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

afternoon—Tom Harned last evn'g—Geo: Stafford (the elder) yesterday—Cool weather here—fine sunny—My nurse

Walt Whitman to Bernard O'Dowd, 12 July 1890

  • Date: July 12, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

have a good strong tight cane chair & get out in it almost every day —propell'd by my stout young man nurse

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 18 June 1890

  • Date: June 18, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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early supper (do not eat dinner at all, find it best)—have massage every day—bath also—have a good nurse

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 18 June 1890

  • Date: June 18, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Ingersoll to me —my nurse is down stairs practising on his fiddle—he gets along well— Walt Whitman Walt

Walt Whitman's Home

  • Date: 29 April 1890
  • Creator(s): Anonymous | Fred C. Dayton
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department by Secretary Harlan and gained him the friendship of Tennyson, and of the days when its author nursed

Walt Whitman to Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe, 10 February 1890

  • Date: February 10, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

America Feb: 10 '90 — It is near sunset after a bright winter day & I am waiting for my supper—my young nurse

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 10 February 1890

  • Date: February 10, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

had sent you word not to—all right now tho—it is ab't sun-down—I am waiting for my supper—My young nurse

Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe to Walt Whitman, 3 February 1890

  • Date: February 3, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe
Text:

Karin is babbling on the floor, playing with blocks, & both nurses are adding a not insignificant share

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 25 January 1890

  • Date: January 25, 1890
  • Creator(s): richard Maurice Bucke | Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

In a good hospital you would be surrounded by absolutely capable attendants (doctors and nurses) and

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 22 January 1890

  • Date: January 22, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

well—Logan writes—am sitting here dully enough—stupid—no exhilaration—no massage or wheel-chair to day—my nurse

has disappear'd for the day—now 3½ oclock—If I had a good hospital, well conducted—some good nurse—to

Walt Whitman by Dr. John Johnston, 1890

  • Date: 1890
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

Philadelphia to visit Whitman on July 15, 1890, and that evening photographed Whitman and his favorite nurse

Walt Whitman and Warren Fritzinger by Dr. John Johnston, 1890

  • Date: 1890
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

Bolton, England, this photograph shows Whitman in his wheelchair, attended by his last and favorite nurse

When Warry’s parents died, Mary became his guardian, and she talked him into becoming Whitman’s nurse

Walt Whitman and Warren Fritzinger by Dr. John Johnston, 1890

  • Date: 1890
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
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Bolton, England, this photograph shows Whitman in his wheelchair, attended by his last and favorite nurse

When Warry’s parents died, Mary became his guardian, and she talked him into becoming Whitman’s nurse

Camden’s Compliment to Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1889
  • Creator(s): Horace L. Traubel
Text:

together up-stairsby two capable policemen, were wheeled into the hall.Whitman's Canadian friend and nurse

His best yearshad been devoted to the sacred duty of nursing thesick and wounded soldiers in the army

Gems from Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Elizabeth Porter Gould | Walt Whitman and Elizabeth Porter Gould
Text:

personal presence and emanating ordinary cheer and magnetism" that he was able to help, than by "medical nursing

He gives fine praise to the surgeons, nurses and soldiers—"not a bit of sentimentalism or whining have

and many a mother's son amid strangers passing away untended there, for the crowd was too much for nurse

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