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Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, [31 March 1887]

  • Date: March 31, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 30 July 1889

  • Date: July 30, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

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

Deborah Stafford (1860–1945) was the sister of Harry Stafford. She married Joseph Browning.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 30 January 1883

  • Date: January 30, 1883
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

This sentence and the postscript were written in red ink and perhaps added to the letter by Whitman at

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 3 May 1887

  • Date: May 3, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 29 March 1887

  • Date: March 29, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 25 April 1889

  • Date: April 25, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Deborah Stafford Browning (1860–1945) was Susan and George Stafford's daughter.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 23 July 1888

  • Date: July 23, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We both wanted to telegraph when you were so ill only we didn't know who to telegraph to, as Mr.

Annotations Text:

Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860–1895) was the count of Bogesund.

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 22 August 1889

  • Date: August 22, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 22 August 1888

  • Date: August 22, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 21 September [1886]

  • Date: September 21, 1886
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

giving out—I enclose one of Herbert's last letters —(I had written to him over a month ago, when you were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 21 June [1886]

  • Date: June 21, 1886
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 2 June [1881]

  • Date: June 2, 1881
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Theodore and William Heiniken (or Hieniken) were apparently brothers or perhaps son and father; see the

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 19–20 June 1890

  • Date: June 19–20, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

The Smith family were all friends and supporters of Whitman.

I see in Bob the noblest specimen—American-flavored—pure out of the soil, spreading, giving, demanding

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Deborah Stafford Browning (1860–1945) was Susan and George Stafford's daughter.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 19 April [1887]

  • Date: April 19, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

is referring to his lecture entitled "The Death of Abraham Lincoln," which he delivered in New York City

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 18 January [1887]

  • Date: January 18, [1887]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Susan Stafford
Text:

Ed was here an hour or so last evening, & we were glad to have him.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 16 January 1891

  • Date: January 16, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 12 November 1890

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

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 12 July 1888

  • Date: July 12, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Deborah Stafford Browning (1860–1945) was Susan and George Stafford's daughter.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 12 April 1887

  • Date: April 12, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 10 September 1888

  • Date: September 10, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 1 June [1887]

  • Date: June 1, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Camden June 1 Noon No Herbert yet, but he is in N Y city & I look for him every hour—Nothing new with

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 1 December 1890

  • Date: December 1, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

ab't him, & w'd like to send him something for Christmas present—And my dear Harry O how I wish we were

Annotations Text:

Though their correspondence slowed in the middle of their lives, the brothers were brought together again

Jessie and her sister Manahatta ("Hattie") were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

I see in Bob the noblest specimen—American-flavored—pure out of the soil, spreading, giving, demanding

Deborah Stafford Browning (1860–1945) was Susan and George Stafford's daughter.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 1 August [1887]

  • Date: August 1, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, [(30?) (December?) 1887]

  • Date: December 30, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan and George Stafford, 3 January 1890

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

If I were able how I sh'd like to come down there & be with you all—I often think ab't you all & ab't

old times over at the Creek—Debby was here yesterday, & she & the little girl were welcome & cheer'd

Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Sidney H. Morse, 28 February 1888

  • Date: February 28, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Thomas Eakins (1844–1919) was an American painter.

Walt Whitman to Sidney H. Morse, 24 February 1888

  • Date: February 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

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

Thomas Eakins (1844–1919) was an American painter.

Walt Whitman to Sidney H. Morse, 19 September 1888

  • Date: September 19, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Sheldon & Company, 18 May 1868

  • Date: May 18, 1868
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

which he observed: "If we except 'Leaves of Grass' and Emerson's works, there is little as yet in American

Walt Whitman to Sarah Tyndale, 20 June 1857

  • Date: June 20, 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

During the 1860s, Price and her family, especially her daughter, Helen, were friends with Whitman and

In 1860 the Price family began to save Walt's letters.

Emory Holloway (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page, 1921), 1:234–235.

See also Emma Hardinge, Modern American Spiritualism (New York, 1870), 149.

Andrew Jackson Davis (1826–1910) was an American Spiritualist.

Walt Whitman to Samuel Livingston Breese, November 1861

  • Date: November 1861
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

department—has for some time been working in the provision store—was yesterday told that "his services were

Annotations Text:

Graham (1824–1889) was constructing engineer of the Brooklyn navy yard; the dry-dock and landing-ways were

the Brooklyn navy yard from 1859 to 1861" (Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans

Walt Whitman to S. S. McClure, 6 August 1887

  • Date: August 6, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

This letter is addressed: S S McClure | Tribune Building | New York City.

Walt Whitman to S. S. McClure, 25 June 1887

  • Date: June 25, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

This postal card is addressed: S S M'Clure | Tribune Building | New York City.

Walt Whitman to Ruth Stafford, 25 October [1881]

  • Date: October 25, 1881
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We had a jolly time too—there were three hundred came & went—at 10 o'clock we had a supper—but one such

stop— Walt Whitman my address here for ten days will be Mott av: & 149 th street—Station L New York City

Annotations Text:

City.

Walt Whitman to Ruth Stafford, 24 June [1879]

  • Date: June 24, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

First he takes the four boys out, & then the four girls—I enjoyed their call—They were going off on a

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 7 December 1871

  • Date: December 7, 1871
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Schmidt's letter "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he left Denmark in 1860

The city directory in 1870 listed him as a draughtsman and in 1872 as a patent agent.

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 4 March 1874

  • Date: March 4, 1874
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

tour in Germany—O how I should like to be with you & go around with you, in some of those quaint old cities

I am saving up for you some pieces on American humor , which I will send, when ready.

Annotations Text:

F. presented "A Biographical Sketch—An American Poet Graduating from a Printer's 'Case.' "

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 4 June 1872

  • Date: June 4, 1872
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Clausen —All the real flavor of American fun resides in its idioms , which are untranslatable expressions

Annotations Text:

identified by Schmidt as "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he left Denmark in 1860

The city directory in 1870 listed him as a draughtsman and in 1872 as a patent agent.

I should like to write an article on 'American fancy' contrasting the grotesque humor that is scattered

With this letter are three newspaper clippings: "American Slang in England," "Artemus Ward and the Press

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 31 July 1875

  • Date: July 31, 1875
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

by my open window—it is very pleasant, plenty of trees & foliage, (though I live in a street, in a city

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 28 September 1880

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

is a singularly healthy, beautiful interesting country, this Canada, (it is as large as the U S—population

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 28 May 1872

  • Date: May 28, 1872
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I send you two or three humorous American works.

The subject of American humor is very difficult to treat fully & satisfactorily, even for a native.

In the books I send, the great difficulty will be the slang, the American local idioms, & the mis-spelling—all

more than the comic & pictorial papers) idiomatic, native specimens , (as minerals or insects)— American

Annotations Text:

Schmidt termed "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he left Denmark in 1860

The city directory in 1870 listed him as a draughtsman and in 1872 as a patent agent.

I should like to write an article on 'American fancy' contrasting the grotesque humor that is scattered

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 28 July–28 August 1874

  • Date: July 28–August 28, 1874
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

If letters addressed to me go to other cities, as they sometimes do, they are pretty sure eventually

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 27 January 1876

  • Date: January 27, 1876
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

interested in any thing about me —and the humorous pieces because I remember you are curious about American

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 25 January 1874

  • Date: January 25, 1874
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Schmidt had been told by "an American gentleman" that Walt Whitman was going to England.

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 25 April 1874

  • Date: April 25, 1874
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Schmidt called "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he left Denmark in 1860

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 24 December 1889

  • Date: December 24, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

The volume, edited by Horace Traubel, collected notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's

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

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 2 February 1872

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

The photograph, inscribed "To Walt Whitman | the poet of the american democracy," is in the Charles E

Schmidt's letter "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he left Denmark in 1860

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 19 March 1874

  • Date: March 19, 1874
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

In body I have always been, & still remain, stout , in the American sense, (i.e. not corpulent)— In my

recovering from an attack of erysipelas which had left large red blotches on his face—two other visitors were

up by an immense & general basis of the eligibility to manly & loving comradeship, very marked in American

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 16 January 1872

  • Date: January 16, 1872
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

central purpose of "Democratic Vistas" is to project & outline a fresh & brawny race of original American

there, for the sole & avowed reason that he was the writer of the book; that up to this time no American

Annotations Text:

Schmidt's letter "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he left Denmark in 1860

The city directory in 1870 listed him as a draughtsman and in 1872 as a patent agent.

time a somewhat shop-worn charge—a poet systematically persecuted by governmental authority and by American

In addition, sales were better than he admitted; Whitman wrote of strong sales in his January 26, 1872

Again Whitman omitted reference to the 1860 edition published by Thayer and Eldridge.

Walt Whitman to Rudolf Schmidt, 15 September 1872

  • Date: September 15, 1872
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

It is a great materialistic city full of the middling classes , (mechanics, laborers, operatives in factories

ample & respectable houses—there are almost no very miserable & vagabond classes or quarters in the city

Annotations Text:

Schmidt's letter "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he left Denmark in 1860

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