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Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 October 1889

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

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 October 1888

  • Date: October 31, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

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

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

Her works include The Mill on the Floss (1860), Middlemarch (1871–1872), and Daniel Deronda (1876).

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 January 1889

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 December 1890–1 January 1891

  • Date: December 31, 1890–January 1, 1891
  • 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, 31 December 1888

  • Date: December 31, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

It is also of significance that as his health deteriorated, recordings in Commonplace Book were less

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 August 1888

  • Date: August 31, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30–31 March 1891

  • Date: March 30–31, 1891; March 30, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown author
Text:

previous stories, "The Carpenter," and "The Ghost," made some stir in the literary world at the time they were

Annotations Text:

The anthology A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, 11 vols

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

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

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30–31 January 1891

  • Date: January 30, 1891; 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown author
Annotations Text:

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

Stoddart's Encyclopaedia America, established Stoddart's Review in 1880, which was merged with The American

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30–31 August 1889

  • Date: August 30–31, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Six of Whitman's poems were published there between 1874 and 1892.

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

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.

[New York: The Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1990]).

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30 October 1889

  • Date: October 30, 1889; 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown author | Unknown
Text:

have not yet been delivered—Horace told me last night yours had not yet gone—I urged him to see they were

It has become known later that he is a German, of university education; but there were many at that time

easy to see how, in a character like Emin's—sympathetic, reflective and enthusiastic—noble purposes were

Her father & grandfather were deists.

Annotations Text:

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

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.

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

in New York City and Brooklyn.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30 June 1891

  • Date: June 30, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

The SS Britannic was a transatlantic ocean liner that traveled the Liverpool-New York City route from

Wallace to Mary Davis in the Papers of Walt Whitman (MSS 3829), Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30 June —1 July 1888

  • Date: June 30–July 1, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

From December 1887 through August 1888, 33 of Whitman's poems were published in the paper.

The witnesses were Mary O. Davis (see note 8) and Dr. Nathan M.

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, 3–4 October 1890

  • Date: October 3–4, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

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

Three of O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen

Rideing, the assistant editor, requested an article of about "4000 words" on "Recent aspects of American

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 3–4 November 1888

  • Date: November 3–4, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Have rec'd a nice letter this mn'g f'm Mary Costelloe, return'd to London city—all well—Pearsall S[mith

paper notices Boston Transcript & in the Phil: Bulletin , (of N B,) must have now reach'd you—they were

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, 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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 3 October 1891

  • Date: October 3, 1891
  • 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, 3 November 1891

  • Date: November 3, 1891; November 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown
Text:

Camden Nov: 3 '91 Wallace went off this mrn'g, to start out in the City of Berlin f'm NY. to-morrow mn'g

Annotations Text:

The SS City of Berlin was a British ocean liner which began transatlantic operation in 1875 and for a

They were mostly testimonials from friends, and benefits given in the theatres of New York City"; Pond

O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 3 March 1888

  • Date: March 3, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Messrs Ingram and Logue were much taken with y'r talk, impression, presence &c.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 3 July 1889

  • Date: July 3, 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, 3 January 1891

  • Date: January 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android

Jessie and her older sister Manahatta ("Hattie") (1860–1886) were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

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, 3 February 1891

  • Date: February 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

along same as usual—letter f'm J W Wallace Eng: — the Strand the new mag—not equal to the leading American

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 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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 3 April 1891

  • Date: April 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, [29]–30 June [1889]

  • Date: June [29]–30, [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.

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.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29–30 July 1891

  • Date: July 29–30, 1891
  • 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

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 September 1890

  • Date: September 29, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

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

Johnston (of New York) and Bucke were in the process of planning a lecture event in Whitman's honor,

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 November 1890

  • Date: November 29, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Both Johnston and Wallace lived in Bolton Lancashire, England and were the co-founders of the "Bolton

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 March 1891

  • Date: March 29, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

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

Meanwhile Traubel and Bucke were preparing a collection of critical (eulogistic) essays.

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 March 1889

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

29 '89 A long & good letter f'm Stedman & a present of the big vols: (all yet printed, 7) of his "American

Annotations Text:

" 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

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 Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 June 1888

  • Date: June 29, 1888
  • 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, 29 July 1890

  • Date: July 29, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which 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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 December 1888

  • Date: December 29, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

upon—Then I sh'd be tickled enough if I c'd think I had indeed skimm'd some of the real cream of the American

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 Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 August 1889

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

probably send the picture by him —just had to pay nearly $40 for taxes to the banditti who govern our city

Annotations Text:

Whitman paid a city tax of $25.28 on August 24 and a water tax bill for $8.40 on August 28.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 April 1891

  • Date: April 29, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Quaint Club was a social club that met monthly at different hotels and luxury steamers around New York City

Mather, "Club Life in New-York City," The Memorial History of the City of New-York, ed.

A newspaper account of these dinners suggests that they were scenes of biting comedy, often at the guest

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28–29 October 1890

  • Date: October 28–29, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

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

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

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, 28–29 October 1889

  • Date: October 28–29, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Not a few of us have met great audiences with bold words while the depths of purgatory were being stirred

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28–29 August [1890]

  • Date: August 28–29, [1890]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

went down to Long Island West Hills &c:—saw Herbert Gilchrist —saw John Burroughs — the Illustrated American

Annotations Text:

George," The Illustrated American 3 (August 30, 1890): 347–352.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 October 1888

  • Date: October 28, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 March 1889

  • Date: March 28, 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

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

For more information about McKay, see Joel Myerson, "McKay, David (1860–1918)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 June 1891

  • Date: June 28, 1891; 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown author
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, 28 July 1889

  • Date: July 28, 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

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, 28 February–1 March 1891

  • Date: February 28–March 1, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

or rather if it does not turn out a palpable failure)—Have two orders for the big book, one for N Y City

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

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 February–1 March 1890

  • Date: February 28–March 1, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

His investigative reports were much discussed and often had significant social impact.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 27–28 September 1889

  • Date: September 27–28, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837–1899) was a surgeon in the Union Army during the American Civil War and

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, [27]–28 October 1889

  • Date: October [27]–28, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

of his friendships with various authors, called Yesterdays with Authors (1871); two of the authors were

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, 27–28 April 1889

  • Date: April 27–28, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Walt, if I were in your fix I would think seriously of going there for the next six months or a year

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 27 October 1891

  • Date: October 27, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Three of O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 27 November 1888

  • Date: November 27, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

plump sweet partridges —& half one for my breakfast—went well—I suppose you rec'd the Critic and American

Annotations Text:

The partridges were sent by William H. Blauvelt of Richfield Springs, New York.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 27 May 1891

  • Date: May 27, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

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