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Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, 2 January 1890

  • Date: January 2, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Charles L. Heyde
Text:

Van Ness and American Hotels L.S. DREW H.N. CLARK MANAGERS Burlington Vt.

National Literature

  • Date: 1890 or 1891
Text:

leafhandwritten; The first page of a draft essay that was published in the March 1891 issue of The North American

It was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), under the title American National Literature before

several different colors of pencil, and the two scraps of paper that constitute this manuscript leaf were

[Then Another and very grave point]

  • Date: 1890–1891
Text:

.00012xxx.00560[Then Another and very grave point]1890–1891prose1 leafhandwritten; A partial draft of American

, which appeared in the March 1891 issue of North American Review, as Have We a National Literature?

In general civilization

  • Date: about 1890
Text:

This is a draft of the essay Whitman later published as American National Literature in Good-Bye My Fancy

, 1890" from the North American Review. In general civilization

Old Poets

  • Date: 1890
Text:

The essay was first printed in the North American Review in November 1890 and later reprinted in the

Germany, or even Europe

  • Date: 1890-1891
Text:

1891prosehandwritten1 leaf; This manuscript led to a passage published in Have We a National Literature, (North American

March 1891), and in Good-bye My Fancy 2nd Annex to Leaves of Grass (1891), in the section entitled American

Walt Whitman by Dr. John Johnston, 1890

  • Date: 1890
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

July 15, 1890, and that evening photographed Whitman and his favorite nurse, Warren Fritzinger, who were

Walt Whitman and Warren Fritzinger by Dr. John Johnston, 1890

  • Date: 1890
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

Philadelphia to visit Whitman on July 15, 1890, and that evening photographed Whitman and Fritzinger, who were

Walt Whitman and Warren Fritzinger by Dr. John Johnston, 1890

  • Date: 1890
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

Philadelphia to visit Whitman on July 15, 1890, and that evening photographed Whitman and Fritzinger, who were

Camden’s Compliment to Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1889
  • Creator(s): Horace L. Traubel
Text:

While a portion of the lettersreceived in season were read, and them printed in local many of were the

Not tilllateron were thecheers given, but when given they were given several times, and vehemently.

Happy that one city of titlundis- • puted !

However true itmight once have been that American books were not read, or that there were few or none

I have seemed to myself to reach a fairer judgment of American tendencies and ofthe spiritof the American

Gems from Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Elizabeth Porter Gould | Walt Whitman and Elizabeth Porter Gould
Text:

for city and land for land.

greatest city in the whole world.

what joys were thine!

It pleased him very much, yet the tears were in his eyes. He asked me if I enjoyed religion.

The rest were carried ashore and laid down in one place or another."

Walt Whitman to Edward Wilkins, 31 December 1889

  • Date: December 31, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

it is y'r own choice & satisfaction—wh' is a great point—Nothing very new or different here—If you were

Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 3–4 August 1889

  • Date: August 3–4, 1889; 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown author | Unknown
Text:

Only July 1 there were 660 patients, including epileptics, and the physical and mental benefit derived

The elaborate preparations that were made for disaster in establishing a line of retreat exhausted their

Annotations Text:

George and his wife Susan were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New Jersey, where Whitman

Elizabeth Porter Gould to Walt Whitman, 30 December 1889

  • Date: December 30, 1889
  • Creator(s): Elizabeth Porter Gould
Text:

This is but an added nod to the effort I am always making to bring to you the friendly love of our American

Were I the man-of-war bird he has pictured us Nothing could keep me from flying that way.

Annotations Text:

The notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday celebration in Camden, on

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

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 Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 December 1889

  • Date: December 29, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, 27 December 1889

  • Date: December 27, 1889
  • Creator(s): Charles L. Heyde
Text:

Van Ness and American Hotels L.S. DREW H.N. CLARK MANAGERS Burlington Vt.

E.C. Waters to Walt Whitman, 24 December 1889

  • Date: December 24, 1889
  • Creator(s): E.C. Waters
Text:

and prohet prophet of his Native land—We will be able now to enjoy and appreciate it in full—as we were

Annotations Text:

Howard Helmick (1845–1907) was an American painter, engraver, and illustrator who who lived in London

Edward Wilkins to Walt Whitman, 24 December 1889

  • Date: December 24, 1889
  • Creator(s): Edward Wilkins
Text:

I had a very good time Christmas, went home & helped to eat the turkey, all my sisters & brothers were

Annotations Text:

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

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 24 December 1889

  • Date: December 24, 1889
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

Eldridge (I suppose your old publisher of 1860—29 years ago!)

Annotations Text:

Henry Harland (1861–1905) was the American novelist and co-editor with Aubrey Beardsley of The Yellow

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

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who issued the 1860

Susan (1833–1910) and George Stafford (1827–1892) were the parents of Whitman's young friend, Harry Stafford

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

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

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 21 December 1889

  • Date: December 21, 1889
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. O'Connor
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

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who issued the 1860

John W. Wroth to Walt Whitman, 18 December 1889

  • Date: December 18, 1889
  • Creator(s): John W. Wroth
Text:

I sent to the City of Mexico for some feather cards for you but they have not arrived, but as soon as

Annotations Text:

Mexican feather cards were sought-after items, with tropical birds on the cards crafted from actual bird

Walt Whitman to Ellen M. O'Connor, 18 December 1889

  • Date: December 18, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who issued the 1860

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

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

John Burroughs to Walt Whitman, 17 December 1889

  • Date: December 17, 1889
  • Creator(s): John Burroughs
Annotations Text:

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

Harrison S. Morris to Walt Whitman, 13 December 1889

  • Date: December 13, 1889
  • Creator(s): Harrison S. Morris
Text:

Bucke anent the American articles—all of which Traubel has probably conveyed to you my gratitude for,

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 Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 December 1889

  • Date: December 13, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Sometimes as I read it I feel as if my whole previous life were rolling en masse through me, and as if

at the same time vast vistas were opening ahead which I longed and yet half dreaded to enter.

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 13 December 1889

  • Date: December 13, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Whitman told Traubel that the poem was "a sort of handshake and hug, to show them we were here, met them

Walt Whitman to David McKay, 11 December 1889

  • Date: December 11, 1889
  • 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

John Addington Symonds to Walt Whitman, 9 December 1889

  • Date: December 9, 1889
  • Creator(s): John Addington Symonds
Text:

Those lines which I wrote in September of this year, & which I am glad to see now circulated, were calculated

It was called: "Long I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me" [Calamus 8. ed: 1860–61].

Annotations Text:

Whitman deleted this poem from the Calamus cluster after 1860.

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 8 December 1889

  • Date: December 8, 1889
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

Sometimes as I read it I feel as if my whole previous life were rolling en masse through me and as if

at the same time vast vistas were opening ahead which I longed and yet half dreaded to enter.

Ernest Rhys to Walt Whitman, 7 December 1889

  • Date: December 7, 1889
  • Creator(s): Ernest Rhys
Text:

bright morning, or at night when the glamour in the sky & the glitter of Camps below & the hum of the city

Some of his friends were beginning to think he meant to settle oversea for good.

We have a young American novelist over here at present with his wife,—Henry Harland ("Sidney Luska.")

Meanwhile this probation in a world's city is helpful & good, fortunately, in other ways.

Annotations Text:

The notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday celebration in Camden, on

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

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

Henry Harland was an American author who wrote under the pseudonym Sidney Luska (Josh Lambert, "As It

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 7 December 1889

  • Date: December 7, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897) was a naturalist and editor of American Naturalist.

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 3 December 1889

  • Date: December 3, 1889
  • 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

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 29 November 1889

  • Date: November 29, 1889
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. O'Connor
Annotations Text:

Harold and Grace were the nephew and niece, respectively, of O'Connor.

Caroline K. Sherman to Walt Whitman, 27 November 1889

  • Date: November 27, 1889
  • Creator(s): Caroline K. Sherman
Text:

and while he did not underrate their possible value, his disposition was to ignore them unless they were

He saw, too, that there were indications here and there in all classes of a deeper feeling of human solidarity

Carpenter tells us: "I began to wonder if the most sensible and obvious thing for me to do were not to

Just a little glimmer, as it were, in the darkness, but if others did the same the illuminations would

Annotations Text:

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

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American author, poet, and abolitionist best known for writing

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 21 November 1889

  • Date: November 21, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

see me—I like the two fellows, & they do me good (his brother Warren is my nurse)—I sent you "the American

Annotations Text:

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

book by his American translator.

The notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday celebration in Camden, on

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

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

Samuel H. Grey to Walt Whitman, 20 November 1889

  • Date: November 20, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Samuel H. Grey
Text:

89 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Sir I have rec d . with very great pleasure the copy of yr. works w h you were

the hope that yr. days may yet "be long in the land" to whose literature you have given the true American

Charles Aldrich to Walt Whitman, 18 November 1889

  • Date: November 18, 1889
  • Creator(s): Charles Aldrich
Text:

Faithfully yours Charles Aldrich Webster City, Iowa Nov 18, 1889.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 16 November 1889

  • Date: November 16, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 November 1889

  • Date: November 13, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12 November 1889

  • Date: November 12, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

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

Jessie Louisa Whitman to Walt Whitman, 10 November 1889

  • Date: November 10, 1889
  • Creator(s): Jessie Louisa Whitman
Annotations Text:

1884, when George and Louisa moved to a farm outside of Camden and Whitman decided to stay in the city

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 9 November 1889

  • Date: November 9, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 8 November 1889

  • Date: November 8, 1889
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. O'Connor
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

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 8 November 1889

  • Date: November 8, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Ellen M. O'Connor, 7 November 1889

  • Date: November 7, 1889
  • 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 Richard Maurice Bucke, 6 November 1889

  • Date: November 6, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

The notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday celebration in Camden, on

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

The notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday celebration in Camden, on

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 6 November 1889

  • Date: November 6, 1889
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

big as the old one and only up one stair which is quite an improvement on the old hall (where you were

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 5 November 1889

  • Date: November 5, 1889
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Annotations Text:

The notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday celebration in Camden, on

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 4 November 1889

  • Date: November 4, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

The notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday celebration in Camden, on

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

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

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

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