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Ray, a boss builder of this city.

Also known as the First Battle of Rappahannock Station, there were a couple of hundred casualties, and

It was fought between Grant and Lee; the results were inconclusive. fighting, and loss severe.

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive. loss slight. May 26.

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive. loss slight. June 2.

Also known as the First Battle of Rappahannock Station, there were a couple of hundred casualties, and

It was fought between Grant and Lee; the results were inconclusive.; In the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

Grant's Overland Campaign, Grant joined with Major General George Meade to fight Lee; the results were

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive.; Whitman apparently refers here to the Battle

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive.; The Battle of Bethesda Church was another

Then the elections of those days were sometimes held here.

John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms , 2nd ed.

The same offices were apt to be filled with the same persons again and again, year after year.

Here, from the earliest times, were "the polls" for election.

hand that were used in this article, including the piece's full title and sub-title.

However, two leaves in a notebook from the late 1850s or early 1860s (loc.05080) contain notes in Whitman's

hand that were used in this article, including the piece's full title and sub-title.; The Military Garden

; Old Colonel Green opened the Military Garden in 1810.; John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms

credit problems and eventual foreclosure.; The Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman who fought in the American

Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America (New York: Knopf, 1995), 37–39.; Before Brooklyn obtained a city charter

Next a hot and dusty little campaign, which resulted in capturing the City of Jackson, Miss.

It was fought with General Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.

Several of their officers and men killed were well-known Brooklynites.

The severed men fought bravely, but were pressed further away.

It was getting dark in the evening, and eventually they were taken prisoners.

.; Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American leader

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.;

It was fought with General Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.; The Battle of Spotsylvania

between Union Generals Grant and Meade and Confederate General Lee; the results of this battle also were

Lee.; The first two major battles of the Siege of Petersburg (Virginia, June 9 and June 15–18, 1864) were

Moreover, were there not the freshest and finest fish to be bought within stone-throw?

Light-house Keeper—and with an air which showed we were not going to stand on trifles, gave voice to

The very waters were as quiet as a stone floor, and we made a table by placing three boards on some barrels

Truly those were wonderful hours!

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

The material for this article is largely taken from Mary Louise Booth's History of the City of New York

(1860).

"S O REGULAR were [was] their lives that the lack of time-pieces made little difference.

This was a strictly family meal; dinner parties were unheard of, and the neighbor who should have dropped

Tea over, the party donned their cloaks and hoods, for bonnets were not, and set out straightway for

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

this period.; The material for this article is largely taken from Mary Louise Booth's History of the City

of New York (1860).

An explanation of our handling of the quoted material is given in No. 35, note #5.; These were ornamental

astonishing that immense quantities of good land lie yet untilled, within two hours reach of this great city

An immense city was sure to be that same Hicksville; now its sovereign sway enfolds a large unoccupied

thousands upon thousands of human beings, all lying unproductive, within thirty miles of New York city

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

nearer to rational comfort and decorum; but the several specimens of men, women and children whom I saw were

how few Americans there are who have not heard of thee—although there are equally few who have seen thee

Even to my unscientific eyes there were innumerable wonders and beauties all along the shore, and edges

There were earths of all colors, and stones of every conceivable shape, hue, and destiny, with shells

There were some of them tinged with pale green, blue or yellow—some streaked with various colors and

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

In 1836 it saw two rival stagings in New York City: it was performed in English as The Maid of Cashmere

last two papers, and since there are such ties of connection between the eastern counties and this city

The black-fish were biting famously, and I stood at the end of the dock, quite proud of a big fellow

It was a very pleasant and sensible party; the girls were unaffected and knew a hawk from a hernshaw,

who had been captured by Ninicraft, Chief of a hostile tribe, and kept for a long time in durance, were

And yet in all the deeper features of humanity—love, work, and death—they were the same.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

The members were nervous, from long drawn duty, exhausted, some asleep, and many half asleep.

For a moment, (and no wonder) the nervous and sleeping Representatives were thrown into confusion.

But it was over almost as soon as the drowsied men were actually awake.

of armed cavalrymen eight deep, with drawn sabres, and carbines clanking at their sides, and there were

excellent sun, with atmosphere of sweetness; so clear it showed the stars, long, long before they were

Building) and the "pasteboard Monitor" (a cardboard model of the Union ironclad ship, the USS Monitor) were

Douglass, who had initially been barred by guards from entering the White House because he was African-American

, that the way he used to paint his pictures was in the following manner: A position and direction were

Sandses, Joshua Sands and his brother Comfort Sands were wealthy landowners in Brooklyn in the early

Titus Titus was probably Abiel Titus, whose barn and slaughterhouse were located on Front Street.

houses in the depth of winter, with driving carts, sleighs, travelers, ladies, gossips, negroes (there were

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

His residence was situated on Front Street.; Joshua Sands and his brother Comfort Sands were wealthy

John) Garrison was a Brooklyn butcher.; Titus was probably Abiel Titus, whose barn and slaughterhouse were

Leaves of Grass Imprints (1860) Leaves of Grass Imprints (1860) Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 Ed Folsom Kenneth

this publication only. ppp.01860 Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass Imprints Boston Thayer and Eldridge 1860

University of Iowa Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives PS3238 .L35 1860, copy 1 updated

W E alluded in the last paper to the fact that though the inhabitants and wealth of Long Island were

mostly concentrated in Brooklyn, there were still other sections, forming the vast remainder of the island

, that were well worthy of record and of further investigation than has yet been afforded them by our

years, it was confidently counted on that this spot, and the railroad of which it was the terminus, were

We were along there a few days since, and could not help stopping, and giving the reins for a few moments

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

the Long Island Historical Society in 1863 and served as its president until 1873.; The Leffertses were

residence at the corner of Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue in 1838, was an executive of the Brooklyn City

Redding is unidentified.; James Henry Hackett (1800–1871) was an American actor associated with the Academy

Booth's excellent "History of the City of New York," "History of the City of New York from its Earliest

The windows were small and the doors large; the latter were divided horizontally, so that, the upper

Sideboards were not introduced until after the Revolution, and were exclusively of English origin.

"Sofas, couches, lounges, and that peculiarly American institution, the rocking-chair, were things unknown

but these pictures were wretched engravings of Dutch cities and naval engagements, with family portraits

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

company relocated to Southampton.; The Stadtholder was the chief magistrate of Holland.; "History of the City

of New York from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time," New York, 1860 (copyright, 1859), pp.

Brooklyn City Hospital in Raymond Street.—First Hospital Building in Hudson Avenue.

Gatherings were called in the churches, and subscriptions sought in every direction.

Institute," in American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876 , ed.

Nichols, Robert Nichols, a former general, had helped establish the city hospital in 1839.

Of the charity patients, 173 were accidents sent by the city.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

"; The Brooklyn City Hospital actually acquired its temporary accommodations on Hudson Avenue in October

Institute," in American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876, ed.

Giles Limited, 2006), 13–25.; Robert Nichols, a former general, had helped establish the city hospital

The hospital eventually became the Brooklyn City Hospital.; Our transcription is based on a digital image

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

All were swept away by the great fire of '48.

After the fire, the courts were transferred to City Hall. Mrs.

The population of Brooklyn was then but eighteen or twenty thousand.

Johnson was an Episcopalian pastor in New York City as early as the 1830s and as late as the 1860s.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

After the fire, the courts were transferred to City Hall.; The old Log Cabin to which Whitman refers

Johnson was an Episcopalian pastor in New York City as early as the 1830s and as late as the 1860s.;

of Brooklyn in 1837.; Joshua Rogers was another Brooklyn city Alderman in 1837.; R.

connected with the locality of our New County Court House and Supervisors' Building, opposite the City

We ought to premise that the region surrounding our City Hall, and this new building being put up for

The neighborhood of our City Hall was, even in old times, a sort of central spot, where the people of

It went by the name of the "Hessian Hospital," Hessian Hospitals were originally German institutions

Here too from the earliest times, were "the polls" for election.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Parmentier in 1825, was one of the first botanical gardens in the United States.; Hessian Hospitals were

representative to the Legislature and the Assembly, and a County Court Judge.; Before Brooklyn obtained a city

In 1843 and 1844 he was elected Mayor of the city, and he held a number of other offices before his death

president of the Brooklyn Fire Insurance Company.; Alden Spooner (1757–1827), who served in the American

Swarming and multitudinous as the population of the city still is, there are many thousands of its usual

They evidently preserve all the ceremoneousness ceremoniousness of the cit city —dress regularly for

gentility in your places; to which they ought to come for relief from the glare and stiffness of the city

Whitman as the author of the "Letters from Paumanok" series in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose (Garden City

Whitman as the author of the "Letters from Paumanok" series in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose (Garden City

In 1613 there were four houses on Manhattan island, occupied by Europeans—these were down towards where

Emory Holloway, (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921), 2:228.

The first serious attempts at planting a settlement here were in 1618.

These emigrants consisted mostly of Walloons, as they were called.

Romantic stories were told in early times about these same Rapljes Rapeljes .

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

See Genoways, Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet during the Lost Years of 1860–1862 (Berkeley

Emory Holloway, (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921), 2:228.; "Wallabout" is a mutation

Orient, (formerly Oysterponds,) Orient, New York was originally called Poquatuck after a Native American

Also, there were crabs, and divers diverse small fry.

Old times were talked of.

Those were jovial times, but now "it was all pride, fashion and ceremony."

They were lost in a terrible storm that came up while they were out at sea.

Whitman as the author of the "Letters from Paumanok" series in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose (Garden City

known Whitman works of this period.; Orient, New York was originally called Poquatuck after a Native American

tribe, but later changed to Oysterponds and, in 1851, to Orient.; Frederick William Lord (1800–1860)

(Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 [New York: Oxford University Press, 1999], 467, 642).; Whitman

Emory Holloway (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921), 250–254, and appears in brackets below

bluff overlooking Brooklyn Village (Edwin Burrows and Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City

It seemed as if all that the eye could bear, were unequal to the fierce voracity of my soul for intense

And yet there were the most choice and fervid fires of the sunset, in their brilliancy and richness almost

After travelling through the fifteen years' display in this city, of musical celebrities, from Mrs.

His feelings were not returned. with all her blandishments, never touched my heart in the least.

Whitman as the author of the "Letters from Paumanok" series in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose (Garden City

bluff overlooking Brooklyn Village (Edwin Burrows and Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City

the United States throughout the mid-nineteenth century, traveling as far west as Wisconsin in the 1860s

His feelings were not returned.; A limner is an artisan who illuminates manuscripts.; Our transcription

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

See Genoways, Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet during the Lost Years of 1860–1862 (Berkeley

The principal settlements were at Flatbush, and, according to tradition, the locality toward the shore

Besides their canoes, of which some were large and of elegant workmanship, and their bows and arrows,

furs, peltries, &c., with which the West India Company's return ships were freighted.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

See Genoways, Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet during the Lost Years of 1860–1862 (Berkeley

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, opened in December 1844 and was the first railway tunnel dug underneath a city

and potatoes—apple orchards with yellow fruit—farms and farm-yards, and farm operations, and cattle—were

An immense city was sure to be that same Hicksville: now its sovereign sway enfolds a large unoccupied

The historians were hazy on the dates.

thousands upon thousands of human beings, all lying unproductive, within thirty miles of New York city

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, opened in December 1844 and was the first railway tunnel dug underneath a city

of Jamaica, Long Island (Francis Hodge, "Yankee in England: James Henry Hackett and the Debut of American

The historians were hazy on the dates.

SOME POETICAL COMPARISONS BETWEEN COUNTRY AND CITY.—THE OLD COUPLE ON SHELTER ISLAND.

Yet were we a coarse and unhewn structure of humanity without them.

I noticed large numbers of cows in the neighboring fields: were they hers?

Yes, they produced well; the apples were sold.

Divers fatting hogs, in the pens; they also were designed for market.

Nobody knows, I think, what really good fish are, as you get them from your city markets.

It hath the same relation to the city served fish as the pure breath of some whole-toothed country girl

Sybaris, a city-state founded in 720 BCE in what is now southern Italy.

By 1860, there were three hotels on the island, and in 1870 the construction of Government Harbor, on

I suspect those two Tribunes were completely got by rote.

.; Sybaris, a city-state founded in 720 BCE in what is now southern Italy.

By 1860, there were three hotels on the island, and in 1870 the construction of Government Harbor, on

wicked in carelessness of material construction, like the crumbly structures sometimes run up in our city

The domestic architecture—the dwelling-house architecture—of the city (for our Architectural Wickedness

not slow to hire them on the great American principle, that I am as good as anybody; which, however,

The girls are well prepared by their city training for such advice as that, and they take it.

fear, could they know how large a proportion of the business men and active male population of the city

By 1807, the park and the surrounding neighborhood were known as Hudson's Square, and the park served

John's Chapel—A Chapel the City Fought to Save," New York Times, April 27, 2008.; While it is not clear

The "Short Boys" were a notorious nineteenth-century New York City nativist gang, involved in various

There were many such gangs (Swill Boys, Rock Boys, Old Maid Boys), all known for prowling the city streets

expensive fare and wealthy customers (Edwin Burrows and Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City

Somehow or other he always looks as if he were attempting to think out some problem a little too hard

(1789–1861) was president of the New York Academy of Medicine and an amateur historian of New York City

.; The "Short Boys" were a notorious nineteenth-century New York City nativist gang, involved in various

There were many such gangs (Swill Boys, Rock Boys, Old Maid Boys), all known for prowling the city streets

expensive fare and wealthy customers (Edwin Burrows and Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City

(1789–1861) was president of the New York Academy of Medicine and an amateur historian of New York City

Robert Bonner (1824–1899) edited the New York Ledger from 1855 to 1887 ("The Robert Bonner Papers 1860

The chief street of a great city is a curious epitome of the life of the city; and when that street,

See Sean Wilentz, Chants Democratic: New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788–1850

Now the street may be said to be at high tide, and from eleven until three the full sea of the city,

One of the few exceptions where cross-class socialization took place were city theaters.

See Timothy Gilfoyle, City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790

highly influential figure whom Whitman admired even though their opinions on issues such as democracy were

See Sean Wilentz, Chants Democratic: New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788–1850

1815̵1837 (New York: Hill and Wang, 1978).; By the mid-nineteenth century, America's urban centers were

One of the few exceptions where cross-class socialization took place were city theaters.

See Timothy Gilfoyle, City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

At the very earliest, schools and churches were established.

The original Dutch, it ought to be known, were among the most learned nations of Europe.

The universities of Holland were among the best.

Libraries were well stocked—and the invention of printing was really discovered there.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

See Genoways, Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet during the Lost Years of 1860–1862 (Berkeley

City Photographs—No. IV [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO. IV. THE BROADWAY HOSPITAL.

Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City.

For other articles about the hospital, see " City Photographs " (March 16, 1862); " City Photographs

" (March 22, 1862); and " City Photographs " (March 29, 1862).

They were to leave the next day in a vessel for the Gulf, where their regiment was; and they felt so

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Leader.]; Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City

For other articles about the hospital, see "City Photographs" (March 16, 1862); "City Photographs" (March

22, 1862); and "City Photographs" (March 29, 1862).; The Bloomingdale Asylum, the first of its kind

States, opened in 1808.; "Velsor Brush" was Whitman's pseudonym for a series of articles entitled "City

City Photographs—No. VI [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO.VI. THE BOWERY.

William Sefton and John Sefton were brothers.

American actor Edwin Forrest was a divisive figure, with numerous followers and enemies.

For such were the plays, and finely sustained, that we used to go and see at the Old Bowery.)

Louisa Medina was the first American female playwright to make a living as a dramatist.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

.; The Franklin Theatre, known for its small size, opened in 1835.; William Sefton and John Sefton were

An American version controversially cast the actress Adah Isaacs Menken as Mazeppa, traditionally a male

American actor Edwin Forrest was a divisive figure, with numerous followers and enemies.

See Joseph Norton Ireland, Records of the New York Stage, from 1750 to 1860 (New York: T. H.

Every great city is a sort of countryman-trap.

It is often better, if you are to visit a city friend, to proceed to his abode by foot or by omnibus,

The city ordinances expressly provide that full explanations shall be posted in plain sight within every

If your errand is in the city, you will probably find no great difficulty in learning your way.

Don't be in haste to make city street acquaintances.

See Louise Pound, "'Peter Funk': The Pedigree of a Westernism," American Speech 4.3 (February 1929),

Butler, of having an affair with the "harlot" Slavery.; Decoy houses, also known as "touch houses," were

They were close upon the Sound, and had an unusually bare and dismal and lonesome appearance.

There were hundreds of graves, all of generations long before our own; but from some reason or other,

Several of the tomb-stones were large flat ones, even with the ground, and quite covered with moss and

Some were crumbled away, some just poked out a few inches of their tops, above the surface.

It contains the graves of many of the "oldest inhabitants," some of whom were buried as early as 1620

The theatrical burlesques were usually humorous parodies of classical literary works, often in musical

well-known comedian and burlesque actor (Robert Clyde Allen, Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American

Sheridan.; Whitman alludes to the California Gold Rush of 1849, where the discovery of gold in the American

initiated a mass migration to California, which had been recently acquired from Mexico in the Mexican-American

Amid the Anglo-Saxon Protestant Christianity—so-called—of the city of New York, the African slave trade

Upon consideration, we substitute dashes for the names, which were originally inserted in full.

Through his friends, the firm in the city, he finds some vessel for sale.

A crew is engaged nominally for some West India or South American port—as far as possible with foreign

New London is a seaport city in Connecticut.

.; Lorenzo DeAngelis, George Nevins, and John Helms were Deputy US Marshals, Southern District of New

See also the note below regarding the Braman.; New London is a seaport city in Connecticut.; Whitman

Three men were tried in court for fitting out the slaver: Joseph Pedro da Cunha, Placido de Castro, and

The first two men were convicted, but de Costa escaped from a hotel on the way to the jail under the

He was discovered in 1860 under the name Garcia on board another slaver, the Kate, and was identified

Those who left the city.

call them both unwise and unhappy—speaking generally, for these were exceptions. 4.

, and the second from 1860 to 1862.

an independent city state.

Out into the street again; up and down the city.

and depicted the triumphant moment on November 25, 1783, when Washington and his army reentered the city

It was installed on June 5, 1856, and formally given to the city of New York on July 4.

, served two non-consecutive terms from 1855 to 1857, and the second from 1860 to 1862.

an independent city state.

Barnum's American Museum, which opened in 1842 and continued to operate until its destruction from fire

City Photographs—No. III [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO. III.

The case is recorded with great faithfulness and detail in the American Medical Register of this city

in 1832 and impressed American theater-goers.

John Watson served as President of the New York Academy of Medicine in the 1860s.

–1839) was an American painter. and this the coloring of Henry Inman.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

of the New York Hospital consisted mostly of prominent businessmen and wealthy patrons of New York City

in 1832 and impressed American theater-goers.

Edmund Kean was a famous actor and a contemporary of Kemble and Siddons, as were his son Charles and

–1839) was an American painter.; Henry Inman (1801–1846) was an American painter and John Wesley Jarvis's

City Photographs—No. V [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHs—NO. V. THE BOWERY.

we plunge at once into tides, indeed real vortices, of some of our modern kinds of life in a great city

, and significant, in certain respects, of this city, out of all the rest of the world.

Here Chatham street, Catharine and Division streets and the Bowery, all come together, and, as it were

Hyer, American-born, knocked out the Irish Sullivan in under twenty minutes.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

It underwent several name changes—Bull's Head Theatre, New York Theatre, Bowery Theatre, American Theatre—and

Hyer, American-born, knocked out the Irish Sullivan in under twenty minutes.; "Velsor Brush" was Whitman's

pseudonym for a series of articles entitled "City Photographs," which he published in the New York Leader

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

We suggest an inquiry that way to some antiquarian, and solemnly believe that if he were to burrow out

surmounting this was a cupola, over 125 feet from the street, from which one of the best views of the city

Ah, these city clerks are a peculiar race; on all occasions, you can tell them with as much certainty

To the left of the Heights, the open mouth of Fulton street, the great entrance to the city—up whose

surmounting this was a cupola, over 125 feet from the street, from which one of the best views of the city

the reader is probably aware what a wild and wide stretch of desert they are; but ten years ago they were

he suddenly came at right angles upon some tracks made in a loamy spot, and saw at once that they were

other house within five miles—and that there was only one bed in the cottage, the occupants whereof were

excellent sleep, and was disturbed by no dreams, is as true as that it would be well for many of our city

His perplexities were cut short by the loud clear voice of the young man outside: "Suke! Suke!

of his luck, and has doubtless astonished hundreds of fellow lawyers, around Nassau street, and the City

Deer Park, (we Americans seem to christen new localities according to contraries, like the way dreams

For there were also, in those days, perpetual quarrels and lawsuits between the people there, and the

An expert adept in city crime, however, would easily show it a clean pair of heels.

Shell heaps; kitchen middens of early Native American settlements.

See Isaac Backus, Church History of New England from 1620–1804 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication

"; Shell heaps; kitchen middens of early Native American settlements.; Our transcription is based on

Then New York will be more populous than London or Paris, and, it is to be hoped, as great a city as

cities.

This phrase signifies the "upper ten thousand," or upper classes of major American cities and is usually

According to the 1849 "Bulletin of the American Art Union," "The American Art Union . . . was incorporated

1852 ("The American Art Union," The New York Times , June 12, 1852).

on July 4, 1842 and was the first large-scale water distribution system to supply water to New York City

Reservoir was demolished in 1899 and replaced by the New York Public Library in 1911 (William Hayes, City

cities and is usually ascribed to author and critic Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867).; According

According to the 1849 "Bulletin of the American Art Union," "The American Art Union . . . was incorporated

1852 ("The American Art Union," The New York Times, June 12, 1852).

green and plentiful; and the best patches of Indian corn and garden vegetables I saw last autumn, were

For a discussion of American involvement in the opium trade, see Thomas N.

performances circa 1840–1860, see William A.

Moreover, were there not the freshest and finest fish to be bought within stone-throw?

Truly those were wonderful hours!

Hector St John de Crevecoeur (1735–1813) claimed, in Letters from an American Farmer, that Nantucket

For a discussion of American involvement in the opium trade, see Thomas N.

For a discussion on the American reception of Le Dieu et la Bayadere and other European ballet/pantomime

performances circa 1840–1860, see William A.

My two acquaintances were both born and bred in the city; they both were sent to good schools; both had

good masters; both were taken among good company; both are tolerably good looking; both dress neatly

There were references to these zones as early as the mid-eighteenth century and they continued to be

In the water, he can swim like a fish; and on horseback, he sits as easily as if he were part of the

somewhat new, he had spent some previous time in drilling those who were to take part.

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

There were references to these zones as early as the mid-eighteenth century and they continued to be

Behavior manuals such as these signified a change in American society that forced young men to learn

Hemphill, Bowing to Necessities: A History of Manners in America 1620-1860, (Oxford University Press,

1999).; The term “good breeding” was understood by nineteenth-century Americans to mean good manners

—Yielding to the gentle influence, I felt myself carried along as it were, like some expert swimmer,

I considered with pain that the golden hours of youth were swiftly gliding; and that my cherished hopes

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

These types of sentiments were very popular in the various temperance movements that swept through the

Young men were aspiring to climb the social ladder of American cities and therefore were often easily

effects do not follow: for there are some men who have such horse like constitutions, that if they were

I consider that we were placed here for two beneficent purposes, to fulfil our duty, and to enjoy the

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

These types of sentiments were very popular in the various temperance movements that swept through the

Young men were aspiring to climb the social ladder of American cities and therefore were often easily

calculated to depreciate mechanics, Most references to the term "mechanics" in the early nineteenth century were

associated with workers in a master-journeyman-apprentice system (see Charles Quill, The American Mechanic

Whitman is writing to young men who he felt were in danger of turning to putting their well-being and

The "act" of living genteelly generated anxiety for middle-class nineteenth-century Americans since the

Levine, "William Shakespeare and the American People: A Study in Cultural Transformation," The American

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Whitman works of this period.; Most references to the term "mechanics" in the early nineteenth century were

Whitman is writing to young men who he felt were in danger of turning to putting their well-being and

He also critiqued fashionable elements of American culture in "Sun-Down Papers [No. 9] From the Desk

Levine, "William Shakespeare and the American People: A Study in Cultural Transformation," The American

The highly bred Irishman, and the educated American seem to me the pinks of travellers.

by some statistician that there are eleven millions of Advertisements published annually in the American

The first charge was never made against the American people before—and will not be relied on by any body

, is, that men have placed a blind faith in one another , and in institutions that, results prove, were

NEW AMERICAN AUTHORESS.—Mrs. Emma D. M.

In another part of the procession were Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins, Daniel D.

The time arrived, but still the gratings were not removed.

Hour after hour passed on, and still we were not released.

But about 10 o'clock that forenoon the gratings were removed.

until long after the usual hour were our rations delivered to us.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

United States under President James Monroe (1817–1825).; DeWitt Clinton served as mayor of New York City

The monument to Major General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American

Monument was dedicated in 1843.; Dring's manuscript recollections of his experiences aboard the Jersey were

Feelings such as love and actions of kindness and generosity should, according to the sentimental Americans

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Feelings such as love and actions of kindness and generosity should, according to the sentimental Americans

laufen, to run, as "an idle man who seeks his living by sponging or expedients" (Noah Webster, An American

All the old philosophers were loafers. Take Diogenes for instance.

While the Loco Focos were ostensibly a rival faction to Tammany Hall, the base of operations for the

New York City Democratic Party, they were largely incorporated into the Party after Leggett's death.

These last hints I throw out darkly, as it were.

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

While the Loco Focos were ostensibly a rival faction to Tammany Hall, the base of operations for the

New York City Democratic Party, they were largely incorporated into the Party after Leggett's death.

See Sean Wilentz, Chants Democratic: New York and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788-1850 (

Or, more plausibly, he could be conflating the British Whigs with the American Whig Party (a rival to

There were Bromero, with his clam-rake, and narrow-brimmed straw hat; Senor Cabinet, with sedate face

We hoisted the American flag on a clam-rake handle, and elevated it in the air, very much to our own

The popular melodies of 'Auld Lang Sayne,' and 'Home, sweet Home,' were sung with great taste and effect

Before we went thither, however, I must not forget to record that we were entertained with some highly

See Douglas Noverr, Jason Stacy eds., Walt Whitman's Selected Journalism (Iowa City: University of Iowa

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

See Douglas Noverr, Jason Stacy eds., Walt Whitman's Selected Journalism (Iowa City: University of Iowa