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Search : William White

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Thomas W. H. Rolleston to Walt Whitman, 4 June [1881]

  • Date: June 4, 1881
  • Creator(s): Thomas W. H. Rolleston
Text:

of light, the March-wind blows upon the Wicklow hills; Blows from over the blue Channel, making the white

like a dream again— And again the same hills and rocks, again the Sky, again the blue Channel with white

Thursday, November 22, 1888.

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

"I have been wondering if there may not be a better paper than white for our books," adding: "Has the

havealready been experimenting for centuries—three or four of them—and that this is the result: for white

apper, indisputably for white."

Thursday, July 9, 1891

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

Had patched to the Reeder picture this, written on a slip of white paper: "Beth: Walt Whitman's and parents

was never consulted, and of which he had no more knowledge than any other routine clerk about the White

now repeat that, in obedience to a telegraphic request from President Lincoln, I visited him at the White

Leaves of Grass, 1871–72 edition

  • Creator(s): Mancuso, Luke
Text:

recognize her finds its analogue in the historical agitation in 1871–1872 over the inability of the white

The insurrection of African-American struggles for recognition, as well as the revolt of Southern whites

of Grass can be read as an (unconscious) resistance of Whitman's egalitarian solidarity against the white

Cluster: Leaves of Grass. (1867)

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

The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and red morning-glories, and white and

sun- set sunset —the river between, Shadows, aureola and mist, light falling on roofs and gables of white

Sun-Down Poem.

  • Date: 1856
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

notice the arriv- ing arriving ships, Saw their approach, saw aboard those that were near me, Saw the white

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

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

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.

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

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

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

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

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

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

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

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

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

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

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

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

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

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

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 24 July 1864

  • Date: July 24, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I hope you too are well—William, I rec'd the volume of Navy Reports, transactions of iron clads, fights

light housework—My sister & her children are well—(Nelly, I write these particulars for you)— Well, William

all the news—tell me how is Ashton—Good bye & God bless you, my dear friend— Walt Walt Whitman to William

Number I

  • Date: 14 October 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The firm fine-grained meat, white as snow, and of indescribable sweetness, of a good-sized blue-fish,

Calomel, or mercurial chloride, an odorless, tasteless, yellowish-white mineral paste, was used extensively

Compositor; a typesetter. the flashing of the white bones in the sunlight, and the ornamental flourishes

very voracious creature; so voracious that, instead of a bait, we fasten a piece of bone, or even a white

Annotations Text:

Calomel, or mercurial chloride, an odorless, tasteless, yellowish-white mineral paste, was used extensively

Whitman Reads New York

  • Creator(s): Kevin McMullen
Text:

rebel against their owners, setting fire to a building near Broadway, and threatening to kill any whites

Three beads of black and six of white were equivalent, among the English, to a penny, and among the Dutch

Here the aboriginal money circulated,—small polished shells, some white, some black, strung on the sinews

Three beads of this black money, and six of white, were equivalent to an English penny, or a Dutch stuyver

Walter, William T. "Long Island." In , edited by Joanna Levin and Edward Whitley, 3–14.

Walt Whitman at Home

  • Date: 14 April 1889
  • Creator(s): Richard Hinton
Text:

The white beard—so singularly clear and pure and silken in aspect and texture makes nobly venerable the

The arched eyebrows are also white, like bows of driven snow.

Is the latter's little book of 1867 worth nothing, or is it of no importance that William D.

saturnine-looking business man named Houston—at least to me he seemed what I say—was in the handsome white

and soft, almost roseate-hued face, with the tired but still affectionate eyes, all framed in the white

William M. Evarts to William H. Seward, 16 February 1869

  • Date: February 16, 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, 16 February 1869

Amos T. Akerman to Isaiah T. Williams, 4 February 1871

  • Date: February 4, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

Williams, Esq. U. S. Commissioner, No. 27 Chambers st. New York.

Williams, 4 February 1871

Amos T. Akerman to William W. Belknap, 11 February 1871

  • Date: February 11, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Text:

William A. Johnson, principal, and certain U. S. Soldiers, as witnesses (S. C.) John W.

Akerman to William W. Belknap, 11 February 1871

Walt Whitman by William Kurtz?, ca. late 1860s

  • Date: ca. late 1860s
  • Creator(s): Kurtz, William
Text:

Walt Whitman by William Kurtz?

Kurtz's "Rembrandt" style of light and shadow, a style he pioneered in 1867.For more information on William

The School Bill

  • Date: 8 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

During Whitman's tenure at the Aurora , the Post editor was the poet and abolitionist William Cullen

See William C. Gover, The Tammany Hall Democracy of the City of New York (New York: Martin B.

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 26 September 1889

  • Date: September 26, 1889
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. O'Connor
Text:

Traubel in my letter to him for the photograph of William, & also for the pictures of the "laughing Philosopher

You know he married the daughter of our dear friend William Henry Channing who used to be in Washington

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 29 November 1889

  • Date: November 29, 1889
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. O'Connor
Text:

Last year I had William & Harold Channing, but I think we did not ask any guest, William was already

William J. Linton to Walt Whitman, 1 July 1885

  • Date: July 1, 1885
  • Creator(s): William J. Linton
Text:

If you go you must see W m William Bell Scott, the painter and poet, the first (unless, Dante Rossetti

from you and believe me always heartily yours WJ Linton from Linton July 1 '85 see notes Oct 6 1888 William

Walt Whitman to William Michael Rossetti, 26 January 1876

  • Date: January 26, 1876
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Walt Whitman to William Rossetti 431 Stevens st. cor West. Camden, N. Jersey, U.S.

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William Michael Rossetti, 26 January 1876

Perry, Bliss (1860–1954)

  • Creator(s): Leon, Philip W.
Text:

Perry, Bliss (1860–1954) Bliss Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and graduated from Williams

Stedman, John Burroughs, Talcott Williams, J.T.

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 26 July [1871]

  • Date: July 26, 1871
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Dear William O'Connor, I take it by the enclosed from Rossetti that he has sent me the Westminster by

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 26 July [1871]

Abraham Simpson to Walt Whitman, 19 August 1867

  • Date: August 19, 1867
  • Creator(s): Abraham Simpson
Text:

Edited by William A. Hammond, M.D., and E. S. Dunster, M.D. Subscription, $5,00 per annum. II.

Edited by William A. Hammond, M.D. Subscription, $5,00 per annum. III.—The Philobiblion.

By William Seller, M.D., etc., and Henry Stephens. A book for every Farmer and Rearer of Cattle.

By William Murray, M.D., etc. (In press.) LIGHT; ITS INFLUENCE ON LIFE AND HEALTH.

Saturday, October 24, 1891

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

Frank Williams there—later Jastrow—later still Morris.

Williams told me this. Lincoln Eyre's mother, Mrs.

Williams astonished and pleased.

I promise, knowing W. has copies and would do it, and that Frank Williams could nowhere else get them

Liked Williams immensely. On way to Philadelphia we made notes on boat.

Sunday, August 30, 1891

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

(W. says, "Yes, I guess I saw that letter—William had several from Newman about that time—all noble,

hand; innumerable Whitman newspaper excerpts which she designs for Bucke's collection; scrapbook of William's

W. says, "I am sure William was more right than John in all that.

How magnificent William had to be when he crossed swords with anyone!

O'Connor alive with anecdote and story—brings new pictures of William and W.

Leaves of Grass: The Sesquicentennial Essays

  • Date: 2007
  • Creator(s): Belasco, Susan | Folsom, Ed | Price, Kenneth M.
Text:

William White, 3 vols. [New York: New York University Press, 1978], 1:263). 28.

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 3:676. 15.

White, William. “More about the ‘Publication’ of the First Leaves of Grass.”

White, William. “The First (1855) Leaves of Grass: How Many Cop- ies?”

White, William. “An Unknown Whitman ms on the 1855 Leaves.”

Friday, October 23, 1891

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

W.W. at 4:15 and with him first to see Talcott Williams, at Press, who was fortunately in and with whom

Afterward came in Frank Williams, and still later Harned—and these made the party.

Wallace next me, opposite us Morris and Clifford, to the right Frank Williams and Buckwalter, to the

The Emerson letters were brought out (I had them in my pocket) and read aloud—Frank Williams the 1855

Williams recalls "the night Ingersoll sat here with us, spouting Shakespeare."

Monday, November 19, 1888

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

"Williams sends us good news from Russia, that most inaccessible of all countries.

that is: William can do that sort of thing better than any man writing to-daytoday."

"Yes," said W., "I noticed what William has to say about him.

W. shook his head over William's anti-Garfield argument. "Suppress the piece? Why suppress it?

: who 'dwho'd have thought of diving for it but William?

Review of Leaves of Grass (1891–92)

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

eminent and distinguished subject-matter: Lowell's 'Choice Odes, Lyrics, and Sonnets,' in a setting of white

Review—

  • Date: 23–24 May, 1865
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

had been battle flags Pioneers with axes on shoulders the crowds the perfect day—the clear sky—the white

wooding at night

  • Date: Between 1848 and 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

—he was called "Doctor"; wore a white cravat; was deaf, tall, apparently rheumatic, and slept most of

In the course of the

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

Are you not from the white blanched heads of the old mothers of mothers?

Metropolitan Police Commission

  • Date: 7 July 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We stepped in for a few moments at the depot of the Metropolitan Police Commissioners in White street

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 2–3 August 1891

  • Date: August 2–3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

sea The corn now 3 feet high is in full ear the fields are all bordered with wildflowers—yellow & white

Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 26 March 1879

  • Date: March 26, 1879
  • Creator(s): Anne Gilchrist
Text:

great deal of the educated coloured people at Boston—was at the meeting of a literary club—the only white

[The summer heats may be]

  • Date: 14 August 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The reverend clergy are off, some of them to Europe, some to the White Mountains, the lakes and other

Herbert Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 15 January 1882

  • Date: January 15, 1882
  • Creator(s): Herbert Gilchrist
Text:

jove though we havent haven't seen the sun here for one, two, three, four days: a solid impenetrable white

[Ninety-five in the shade]

  • Date: 28 June 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The streets have broken out into an eruption of white indispensables and hot weather caput-coverings,

Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, 29 December, 1890

  • Date: December 29, 1890
  • Creator(s): Charles L. Heyde
Text:

Clearest sky I ever saw—norwest quite purple—Snow white on roofs and posts—Lake steaming, seething, cold-compressed—freezing—unusual

John Newton Johnson to Walt Whitman, 7 October 1874

  • Date: October 7, 1874
  • Creator(s): John Newton Johnson
Text:

The white population predominates here enough to free us from the unpleasantness experienced in other

Buffalo Free Soil Convention (1848)

  • Creator(s): Lueth, Elmar S.
Text:

viewed the extension of slavery as detrimental to American democracy and as unfair competition for white

Epicurus (341–270 B.C.)

  • Creator(s): Altman, Matthew C.
Text:

New York: Bliss and White, 1825. Epicurus (341–270 B.C.)

Ernest Rhys to Walt Whitman, 2 March 1889

  • Date: March 2, 1889
  • Creator(s): Ernest Rhys
Text:

great arm-chair—as during my visits a year ago,—a never failing friendly presence behind the black-&-white

"We Two Boys Together Clinging" (1860)

  • Creator(s): Smeller, Carl
Text:

activeness also recalls the wrestling apprentices in "I Sing the Body Electric" (1855), the kind of young white

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 7 November 1891

  • Date: November 7, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

I send you this week's Black & White & Christian Commonwealth containing portraits of & articles on two

Annotations Text:

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

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.

Henry Stanbery to William H. Seward, 13 January 1868

  • Date: January 13, 1868
  • 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

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Henry Williams, 18 April 1870

  • Date: April 18, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Text:

Henry Williams, Esq. Counsellor at Law, Savannah, Geo. Sir: Your letter of April 10th is received.

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

Henry Stanbery to William A. Dart, 26 September 1866

  • Date: September 26, 1866
  • Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Text:

Williams, Dep. U. S. Marshal at Buffalo, called upon Gen.

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

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