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On March 2, 1863, he asked O'Connor to visit him in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.

ask George whether any thing could be done with $500 cash about getting a lot & moderate-sized two story

wanted to throw off everything like work or thought, for a while—& be with my old mammy at least a good part

was believed by many—but as near as I can make it out, it proves to be one of those unaccountable stories

these times—Saturday night we heard that Grant was routed completely &c &c—so that's the way the stories

forenoon & also evening—he was more composed than usual, could not articulate very well—he died about 2

Friday afternoon—Feb. 7 ½ past 2 Dearest mother , I am still anchored here—sit up some, but only for

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921), 2:

altogether like getting well—the hospitals are very full—I am very well indeed—pretty warm here to–day— 2

else that Lee has hurried back, or is hurrying back to Richmond— Whether there is any thing in this story

Jeff wrote of Hannah on May 2, 1863: "We have not heard from Han since the letter that I sent you.

Similarly, Lane sent dollar contributions from six individuals on May 2, 1863.

March 12 and March 19, 1867 letters to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, and by Whitman's letter of April 2,

According to the Baltimore American, Emerson lectured at the Peabody Institute on Tuesday, January 2,

have here—for several days past, it has been thawing & melting—Here in the office, it is the same old story—it

o'clock—the Attorney Gen'l. & Ashton have gone to the Supreme Court—they go most every day now from 11 till 2—

Mother, I send you the part of the N. Y. Times, containing a good long piece about me. It is the N.

Daily Times, of Sunday, Dec 2—but perhaps George or Jeff brought it to you last Sunday.

Raymond, on December 2, 1866, granted O'Connor four columns for a review of the new Leaves of Grass;

Thereafter he compiled extremely successful textbooks, and established the magazine Story-Teller, in

Doran Company, 1926) 2:30–34. Note also Whitman's interest in Mrs.

There are no extant letters from George until April 2, 1863, when, as Walt Whitman predicted, George

The O'Connors expect to move the coming week—They have got a nice little new house, two story, five rooms—it

about an even chance, go or stay, with a little leaning toward the first—But, mother, to make a long story

See Whitman's letters from January 2–4, 1863.

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921), 2:

well & hearty enough, & was never better, but my feelings are kept in a painful condition a great part

set up & had my bed made by Pete—I am already beginning to feel something like myself—will write in 2

it—I think the soldiers from the New England States & the Western states are splendid, & the country parts

that I have lived for eight or nine days amid such scenes as the camps furnish, and had a practical part

[New York: Rowan and Littlefield, 1906-1996], 2:157), and, upon his arrival on the following day, took

shall, i dont think it will be quite so extensive. the cheapest house that you could build would be a 2

story house with 2 rooms below and 2 rooms above with a shed kichen with no fireplace in the house except

suggested that Thayer and Eldridge print Leaves of Grass; see The New Voice, 16 (4 February 1899), 2.

See Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden (1906–1996), 2:396; William Sloane Kennedy, The Fight

Morning Chronicle, Stanbery began his defense of Johnson on May 1 and concluded his address on May 2.

On May 2, 1868, Francis P.

—dear sister Mat, I quite want to see you & California, not forgetting my little Hattie too— Walt 2 o'clock

.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:28–29; and Charles I.

.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921], 2:38–39).

in the Brooklyn Daily Union of September 22, 1863 (The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, 2:

It is quite an interesting story, & I will tell you all about it when I come home.

here to the office, about a mile & a half—Mother, I have not much to write about, only the same old story

sport around— Every thing here now is inauguration —& will be till the 4th of March is over— for my part

On March 2, 1873, Ursula Burroughs reported to her husband how much Walt Whitman had enjoyed the ride

March 12, and March 19, 1867 letters to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, noting that by the time of his April 2,

Knapp, who wrote to Whitman on April 2, 1876 (Henry W. and Albert A.

16, 1862 (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1906–96], 2:

of the confinement—I still go around daily & nightly among wounded—Mother, it is just the same old story

move out & give the owner possession—I like my new quarters pretty well—I have a room to myself, 3d story

Dearest Mother, I suppose you got my letter last Saturday, 21st—All goes along at present the same old story—nothing

see him—& he told O'Connor he had received a number of letters about that piece in the Times of Dec. 2,

had a present of a beautiful knife, a real Rogers' steel, to-day from the Attorney General—Mother, $2

Barrus, Whitman and Burroughs, 35), and he published O'Connor's review of Leaves of Grass on December 2,

things I don't like, but there are others very good indeed—it is situated in the healthiest, sweetest part

moderate—want to see you, dear mother, very much indeed, but don't think I shall leave till latter part

the magazine publish Burroughs's "Walt Whitman and His 'Drum-Taps,'" which appeared in The Galaxy, 2

Sunday afternoon ½ past 2 Well, mother dear, here I sit again in the rocking chair by the stove— I have

letter of the 17th—I have been thinking about you this cold weather—& especially the storm latter part

According to Thomas Jefferson Whitman's December 21, 1866 letter to Walt Whitman, Bergen contributed $2

I send George papers now & then—Mother, one of your letters contains part of my letter to the Union,

street, not far from Pennsylvania avenue, (the big street here,) & not far from the Capitol—it is in 3d story

for rooms, I went in to see a couple of furnished rooms about like our two in Wheelers houses (2d story

are not so very dear, very much the same as in Brooklyn—dear mother, Jeff wrote in his letter latter part

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America , 2

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2–8 February

Washington | March 2 1864 Dear mother You or Jeff must try to write as soon as you receive this & let

can—Well good bye, dear mother, for present—write soon— Walt Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington , July 2, 1866.

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 July 1866

file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, [2

Washington Feb 2 1864 Dearest Mother, I am writing this by the side of the young man you asked about,

love—he says he knows he would like you if he should see you— Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2

Attorney General's Office , Washington April 2, 1867 .

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 April 1867

, 1867 and March 12, 1867 letters to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, and at the time of the poet's April 2,

Mother, & all the rest too—there is nothing new or different with me—I can only write you the same old story

The "Statue of Freedom" was formally unveiled on December 2, 1863.

See Glenn Brown, History of the United States Capitol (Washington, Government Print Off: 1900–1903), 2:

Carver hospital & again saw the man of the 51st, Thos McCowell, who told me of George, up to latter part

I questioned him, & his story was very clear, so I felt perfectly satisfied—he is wounded in hand, will

See also Whitman's letter of February 2, 1864.