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—Mother, don't you miss Walt —loafing around, & carting himself off to New York, toward the latter part

There is nothing new in the office—the same old story—I have rec'd a number of papers from England with

Velsor," mentioned in Walt Whitman's July 2, 1866 letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman as a driver in

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931], 35), and invited O'Connor to review Leaves of Grass on December 2,

Well, mother, I have writ quite a letter—it is between 2 & 3 o'clock—I am in Major Hapgood's all alone—from

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

1870" (Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77] 2:

the sick—& yet I know you wish to hear about them—every one is so unfeeling, it has got to be an old story—there

night, she died, & was buried the next Wednesday—they sent me word that the funeral was to be at ½ past 2—

either—any thing like a telegraphic dispatch or express box or the like should be addrest 456 Sixth st, 3d story

In an April 2, 1863, letter Jeff had requested "a copy of the Pacific R. R.

Thursday, 2 o'clock p. m.

must look over them Sunday— Well, mother dear, it is now after 12—I expect to get out a little from 2

Brooklyn, and the couple had four children — Arthur, Helen, Emily, and Henry (who died in 1852, at 2

Mother, I go down every day looking for a letter from you or Jeff—I had two from Jeff latter part of

They were in the rear as part of Meade's retreat—& the reb cavalry cut in between & cut them off & [attacked

Though there was little excuse for delay, Whitman remained in Washington until November 2.

Washington May 13 1864 | 2 o'clock p m Dearest Mother I wrote you a hurried letter late yesterday afternoon

K lost one acting Lt Sturgis killed, 2 men killed, 4 wounded—as I wrote yesterday I have seen here Corp

.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921], 2:29).

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

Harbor in June 1864— & he has had the bullet in him ever since—it was in a very bad place, the lower part

The first Reconstruction Act was passed March 2, 1867.

say I am astonished how good the houses are almost every where—I have not seen one regiment nor any part

I dont know whether I mentioned in my last letter that I took dinner with Col Fowler one day early part

my windows—I am writing this in my room— I am feeling just now well as usual in my general health—part

better the last few days—feel better—feel more like myself—I shall come & pay you a visit the first part

parties until a sensational account of Beecher's relations with Tilton's family appeared on November 2,

all right with him—it seems as if the 9th corps had returned to Vicksburgh, & some acc'ts say that part

Washington May 10 '64 (½ past 2 | p m) Dearest Mother, There is nothing perhaps more than you see in

Tuesday afternoon, 2 o'clock Dearest mother , I am writing this over at the office—I have made a sort

along comfortable—I can only move slowly yet—cannot walk any—at least any distance— Wednesday, April 2.

Elizabeth Lorang Ashley Lawson Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, [1]–2

thought of you too, how it must have exhausted you those hot days—I still occupy the same little 3d story

absence, to commence about Feb. 1st—I shall probably get it, but without pay, (or with only a small part

His letter of December 2, 1866 was even more unreserved in its praise of Whitman.

To-day quiet & warm & dull here muchly—I am sitting up in the 2d story room alone—door & windows open—Did

Louisa Orr Whitman left for Connecticut on July 2 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.

Beginning July 2, Whitman took his meals with Caroline Wroth, the wife of a Philadelphia importer who

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1977), 2:510.

Harper's Monthly ("A Summer's Invocation"; see the letter from Whitman to Harry Stafford of January 2,

stay here in N Y New York ten or twelve days & then home for a while —Lou I expect to spend a good part

two more letters—affectionately— Brother Walt —The books are for sale to any that want them—price $2—

Eldridge of June 23, 1873, Whitman had known Kate Hillard's writings since 1871.

Perot, evidently a friend of Kate Hillard, called on the poet on April 3, according to Whitman's notation

shivered to splinters—nobody hurt however, (only one man who jumped, the mail agent)—detained us there 2½

wheel chair but shall resume in a day or two—I am sitting here in the old den in Mickle st second story

taken me out riding very often, & I have been everywhere within several miles, & in all the outer parts

On January 2, 1879, Whitman's sister Hannah Heyde (1823–1908) had written a letter to Whitman, in which

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Lewis Wraymond, [2 October (?) 1868]

This draft was written on the verso of Walt Whitman's October 2, 1868 letter to Henry Hurt.Lewy Wraymond

is a tall & handsome lady, & her actions are so graceful as she moves about the stage, playing her part

Cavalry, was admitted to the hospital on August 2, 1863, with a wound in the left leg, which gangrened

directed me to leave & go north for change of air as soon as I had strength—But I am making too long a story

John Burroughs was also a participant in this skirmish; see Burroughs's letter to Whitman from August 2,

usual—most of the others are the same—there have been quite a good many deaths—the young man who lay in bed 2

hair—the chaplain took me in yesterday, showed me the child, & Mrs Jackson, his wife, told me the whole story

This letter is addressed: Miss Kate Hillard, | 186 Remsen street, | Brooklyn, | New York.

| 2(?) | 1885 | N.J.

. | 3-25-87 | 2 A | N.Y.

. | Jun 19 83 | 2 30 PM; P.O. | 6-19-83 | 7-1 P | N.Y.

It is postmarked: Camden | Nov | 14 | 2 PM | N.J.; P. O. | 11-14-82 | 7-1P | N.Y.

Dear Sir: I send Rolleston's last letter to me—Please look at the part marked in blue—Did you get a note

On March 2 Walt Whitman had sent a bill to the New York Herald for $100 for the pieces printed in January

See also Stilwell's letters to Whitman from July 5, 1864, and September 2, 1864.

"Three Young Men's Deaths," which appeared in the April issue (2, 318–319).

"The Dalliance of the Eagles" appeared in this magazine in November 1880 (2, 552).

Minto (1892), 2:32–33, 267–269; Harold Blodgett, Walt Whitman in England (1934), 15–17; The Works of

knowers, personal & literary)—H T has been & is faithful & invaluable to me—I have cull'd out some parts

any time within the next two weeks, I would sit either in the forenoon say 10 to 12—or afternoon say 2

just rec'd received —I will be happy to see you Saturday next—Will be in from 9 to 10½ forenoon—& from 2

Gilder (1888), and in Critic Pamphlet No. 2 (1898), in which Whitman was cited as the author and a page

20 '86 Dear Sir Yours of 19th rec'd received —Yes, Monday will suit me—will be ready for you by 10 1/2