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Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 December 1889

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

Sunday Evn'g Dec: 29 '89 Much the same things &c: continued—feeling dull & stupid—dark bad weather—my nurse

Edward Wilkins to Walt Whitman, 24 December 1889

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

would have stayed longer with you only for some of the Camden fellows that was keeping up the nurce nurse

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 24 December 1889

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

I am well pleased that you like your present nurse so well and hope he will stick to you and to the massage

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 7 December 1889

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

here alone in my den—one bunch of flowers on the table at my left & another on the right—& Warren my nurse

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 21 November 1889

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

Fritzinger, has just been up to see me—I like the two fellows, & they do me good (his brother Warren is my nurse

The Tragedies of Euripedes

  • Date: November 14, 1889; 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Euripedes | Theodore Alois Buckley
Text:

—have been out in my wheel chair for a 40 minute open air jaunt (propell'd by WF. my sailor boy nurse

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12 November 1889

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

in the Nov. sun—find my head & bodily strength pretty low yet (no improvement)—I like my sailor boy nurse

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 October 1889

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

Camden Oct:31 '89 "The same subject continued"—good bowel passage last evn'g— my sailor boy nurse (Warren

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30 October 1889

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

threatening rain—My sister Lou this forenoon with a nice chicken & some Graham biscuits—Warren (my nurse

Walt Whitman to Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe, [27 October 1889]

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

welcomed as sunshine—I am sitting here in my den as ever—dark & rainy to-day & yesterday—My Canadian nurse

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 22 October 1889

  • Date: October 22, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

22 '89 Fine sunny weather continued—Warren Fritzinger , one of Mrs D's sailor boys, is acting as my nurse

Susan Stafford to Walt Whitman, 21 September 1889

  • Date: September 21, 1889
  • Creator(s): Susan Stafford
Text:

Its A pleasure to know that you are comfortable—am glad to know that Mrs D & the nurse are kind I hope

Arnold and Whitman: The Author of "Light of Asia" Visits the American Poet

  • Date: 15 September 1889
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

to be wheeled out in the sunlight in his little coach, propelled by the strong arms of his Canadian nurse

Susan Stafford to Walt Whitman, 21 August 1889

  • Date: August 21, 1889
  • Creator(s): Susan Stafford
Text:

Its A pleasure to know that you are comfortable—am glad to know that Mrs D & the nurse are kind I hope

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 30 July 1889

  • Date: July 30, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

D and Ed Wilkins (my nurse) are good & so far I get along fairly with appetite, grub & sleep wh' of course

Walt Whitman to James W. Wallace, 4 June 1889

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

better—get out almost daily in the open air, push'd on a wheel'd chair by a stout Canadian friend, my nurse

Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 28 May 1889

  • Date: May 28, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

the river shore when I feel like it—have a good strong young Canadian (Ed Wilkins ) for my helper & nurse—have

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 8 May 1889

  • Date: May 8, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

onnor] (f'm the wife ) to day, & I am gloomy—Dr B[ucke] writes me every day & cheerily—Horace & my nurse

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 8 May 1889

  • Date: May 8, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

ashington] may-be unconscious,—may-be passing from life—meanwhile—thought o'ertoppling all else—my old nurse

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 6 May 1889

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

cogitating of a strong out-door push chair to get out in, to be propell'd by my good hearty Canadian nurse

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 1 May 1889

  • Date: May 1, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

night—(Ed goes—I am favorable)—& besides Dr Baker "graduates" this afternoon—you know he is my first nurse—last

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 February 1889

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

wanted, all ab't, mainly & detailedly O'C's condition & every thing relating to him —(a good strong man nurse

You must remember that I am housekeeper, nurse, marketer, & have to see that the house is decent, if

So far I am the only nurse, & if you have been as badly off as he is, you may have some idea of what

You will ask why we don't have a nurse & the answer is William does not want one, & is not ready yet,

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 12 February 1889

  • Date: February 12, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Ellen M. O'Connor
Text:

You must remember that I am housekeeper, nurse, marketer, & have to see that the house is decent, if

So far I am the only nurse, & if you have been as badly off as he is, you may have some idea of what

You will ask why we don't have a nurse?

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 8 February [1889]

  • Date: February 8, [1889]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

continue almost totally disabled from getting around, can hardly get across the room—have a good stout nurse

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 6 February 1889

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

friends from seeing me)—& for a month or so I was in a horrible plight—a nuisance to myself & all—but my nurse

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 1 February 1889

  • Date: February 1, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

of coffee— My housekeeper Mrs: Davis is compell'd to be temporarily absent these two days & Ed my nurse

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 28 January 1889

  • Date: January 28, 1889
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. O'Connor
Text:

you, but the pressure is so great that I can't get the moment to sit down, for as yet I am the only nurse

If things get worse I shall have to have a man to help me lift & nurse William.

I am sure he could advise me how to nurse & care for William in the best hospital manner,—as yet he has

Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 11 January 1889

  • Date: January 11, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

weeks ago —am very weak & unable to get across the room without assistance—but have a good strong nurse

Walt Whitman to Karl Knortz, 8 January 1889

  • Date: January 8, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

mutton-broth & milk & toast bread—am very feeble, cannot get across the room without assistance—have a nurse

Walt Whitman by Frederick Gutekunst, 1889

  • Date: 1889
  • Creator(s): Gutekunst, Frederick
Text:

Camden teacher and Whitman's friend, who insisted on the photos] and Ed: W [Ed Wilkins, Whitman's nurse

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 25 December 1888

  • Date: December 25, 1888
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

you & your hospital work, & realized for the first time the awful strain it must have been on you nurses

And give my regards to your Canadian nurse-friend.

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 20 December 1888

  • Date: December 20, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Ellen M. O'Connor
Text:

I am his sole & only nurse, & help to dress, undress & bathe him, & he is under no restraint to say how

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 20 December 1888

  • Date: December 20, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

him every day now—I am heartily glad you like Dr Walsh —I think you are well off as to doctors and nurse

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 19 December 1888

  • Date: December 19, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

away to see you and stay a little with you—but you have good doctors and I am glad to think, a good nurse

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 18 December 1888

  • Date: December 18, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

a good strong willing nurse , & good doctoring watch—I send my love & memories to Mrs: F., to Baxter,

Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 6–7 December 1888

  • Date: December 6–7, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Street—have not been out doors for over six months—hardly out my room—Have a good young strong & helper & nurse

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 24 November 1888

  • Date: November 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown author
Text:

Phil: Record Nov 24 As I write Ed W is making up the bed—he is a good nurse to me & does well—I believe

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 9 November 1888

  • Date: November 9, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I have plenty visitors enough & good ones—my appetite & sleep are fair—I have a new helper & nurse, a

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 October 1888

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

the same—Mr Musgrove rec'd a note from our friend Harned this morning that after Monday next a new nurse

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 24 October 1888

  • Date: October 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

I do not hear good accounts of your present nurse (Musgrove) and I have just written to Horace about

A Visit to Walt Whitman

  • Date: Thursday, October 18, 1888
  • Creator(s): William Summers, M. P.
Text:

I went first of all from Brooklyn to Washington to nurse some of my friends.

Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe to Walt Whitman, 1 October 1888

  • Date: October 1, 1888
  • Creator(s): Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe
Text:

been looking forward to as a happy reunion, was given over to anxiety & telegrams to doctors and nurses

Walt Whitman's Words

  • Date: 23 September 1888
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

He came out of the war poor, after having nearly exhausted his vitality in nursing soldiers in the hospitals

Nature supplied the place of a bride, with suffering to be nursed and scenes to be poetically clothed

Whitman's November

  • Date: 27 August 1888
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

Baker to nurse him.

The nurse found his position something of a sinecure, for his patient would have none of him and it was

his bed room, as he completed his toilet, by stamping his foot in it was the first intimation the nurse

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 21 July 1888

  • Date: July 21, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

ab't 120—remain in good spirits— Walt Whitman the proofs &c don't hurt me—I don't worry them—the new nurse

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 11 July 1888

  • Date: July 11, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

I am glad to think you are well enough to get on without a regular nurse but however well you get you

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 17 June 1888

  • Date: June 17, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

little or no grip on my brain—but the doctor gives favorable clues, says pulse is vigorable—my good nurse

Ernest Rhys to Walt Whitman, 7 March 1888

  • Date: March 7, 1888
  • Creator(s): Ernest Rhys
Text:

If I had known earlier I would have gone on to Los Angeles myself, to nurse the lad; but this seems unnecessary

Anna Gilchrist: Her Life and Writings

  • Date: 1887
  • Creator(s): Herbert Harlakendend Gilchrist | Anna Gilchrist | William Michael Rossetti
Text:

The child must have had a memory to remember her firstlesso— that of toddling from mother to nurse !

Babington, head the nurse, and we have also of Lying-in Hospital, so I feel sure all isbeing done for

That nurse, from allmy girlssay of her,seems tobe a most anxious painstaking woman.

— The nurse thinks that by next week Anne willbe quite up to her work. ...

Pray ask your 'nurse' and your 'sunshine' toaccept my love.

"Leaves of Grass"

  • Date: September 1887
  • Creator(s): Lewin, Walter
Text:

His brother having been wounded in an early engagement, he went to the front to nurse him.

Whitman's aim was not to supplant but to suplement the doctors and nurses by giving aid which they had

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