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though slowly—I enclose a piece of mine just written for Commencement Poem to a College near Boston city—the

headquarters of the Universalists—my piece is to be read by proxy— I enclose you some pieces more on American

interested in that subject—& a very amusing & 'cute letter by a lady about the darkeys down South—American

&c—It is entirely different from the English, or English–German — We have been having one of our American

me here—he is settled on a little farm of his own on the Hudson river, 60 miles north of New York city

Department of Justice Washington sent Sept. 17, 18 71 I send herewith the copy of my American Institute

Send the revised proofs to me by mail, directed to this city, and I will promptly return them.

I have no authority to speak for them, but I think the American Institute will want several hundred copies

criticized William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (reprinted in American

This letter is addressed: R U Johnson | Century Office | Union Square | New York City.

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

Undoubtedly Dora Wheeler (1856–1940), who in the 1880s painted portraits of numerous American authors

describes the Williams family home as "a sort of asylum (like old churches, temples) when so many homes were

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

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

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

He assisted Dana in editing the first edition of the New American Cyclopaedia, and in 1873 he was engaged

the editor of the New York Sun from 1868 until his death and was at one time co-editor of the New American

See American Literature, 25 (1953), 361–362.

is not with the draft letter, appears in his Commonplace Book under September 5, 1876: two volumes were

Richard Bentley and Son were London publishers.

deeply appreciate them, & do not hesitate to accept & respond to them in the same spirit in which they were

The last three lines of the endorsement were added three years later.

Your letters of April 18 and 28th were very comforting to me.

especially as I can & will give, to each generous donor, my book, portrait, autograph, myself as it were

I wish I were a rich man . . . and you should certainly never want anything your heart craved . . . happy

you have fulfilled your life, & spoken—in tunes no thunders can silence—the beautiful message you were

This letter bears the address: R W Gilder | Scribner's Magazine office | 743 Broadway | New York City

Broadway New York about a year ago bo't bought at auction the electrotype plates (456 pages) of the 1860

by a young firm Thayer & Eldridge under my supervision there and then in Boston, (in the spring of 1860

stored away and nothing further done;—till about a year ago (latter part of 1879) they were put up in

N Y New York city by Leavitt, auctioneer, & bought in by said Worthington.

I wrote back that said plates were worthless, being superseded by a larger & different edition—that I

Worthington bought the plates of the 1860 edition after they had been sold at auction by George A.

Richard Maurice Bucke informed Eldridge that he had lately discovered many copies of the 1860 edition

to be reimbursed: "I expended $9.50 in pursuit of the recalcitrant, pirate Worthington, in New York City

willing to go to law at someone else's expense.Worthington continued to use the plates until they were

Walt Whitman Were the artist to visit Philadelphia I would sit to him here in my own room—good place

This letter is addressed: R W Gilder | office Scribner's Magazine | 743 Broadway | New York City.

The British Quarterly Review for October contained an article on "American Poets" in which Whitman, according

Camden New Jersey U S A June 20 1885 Dear old friend If convenience helps I want to present two American

night—H's letter rec'd —thanks—Harrison Morris has been over to see me a very pleasant visit—bro't "The American

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

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

people sent over yesterday to ask whether we wanted to "count the tickets" in the boxes first, as they were

There were 1600 to 2000 people, (choice persons,) one third women (Proceeds to me $869.45)—I went over

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

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

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Whitman's poems "The Pallid Wreath" (January 10, 1891) and "To The Year 1889" (January 5, 1889) 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

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

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

violin lesson—Horace has been here this evn'g—I have rec'd the 10th & concluding Vol. of Stedman's "American

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

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

A Library of Great American Literature: From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time was an eleven-volume

On October 3, 1890, Whitman had accepted an invitation to write for The North American Review.

The North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States.

Whitman's friend James Redpath joined the North American Review as managing editor in 1886.

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

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

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

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

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.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

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

His political and religious views were seen as controversial, and after his death he became a source

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

The handwriting in this letter reveals graphically the "deathly weakness": "action" and "sunshiny" were

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

to a good round old age. for you deserve it well and you also deserve well of your country. for you were

on May 31, 1889, as the result of the cataclysmic failure of the South Fork Dam; over 2200 people were

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

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

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

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

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

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

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

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

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

Ingersoll, and there were also speeches by the physicians Richard Maurice Bucke and Silas Weir Mitchell

William Rudolph O'Donovan (1844–1920) was an American sculptor.

He was an associate of American artist Thomas Eakins and accompanied Eakins to Whitman's Camden home

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

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

For more on Corning, see his entry in The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictorary of Notable 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

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

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

On October 3, 1890, Whitman had accepted an invitation to write for The North American Review.

," which was published in The North American Review 125 (March 1891), 332–338.

The North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States.

Whitman's friend James Redpath joined the North American Review as managing editor in 1886.

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

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

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

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

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

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

Whitman is referring to the group of thirty-one poems taken from the book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) that were

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

Later, after the city of Camden purchased Whitman's Mickle Street house, Dr.

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

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

" 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

At this time relations between Rhys and William Sloane Kennedy were strained; on March 1 (?)

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

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

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

Frank Baker (1841–1918) was an American anatomist from New York.

He also edited American Anthopologist and authored several medical monographs, including two papers on

Burrage, A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography (Baltimore: The Norman Remington Company, 1920).

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

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

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

"Old Poets" appeared in the North American Review in November.

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

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