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15 March 67 M 15 my dear walter i just write a line to you this friday Friday morning before breakfast

begins to look quite old jeff is to let him have 200 dollars he is in hopes of selling one to a sea captain

matty still has company mrs mason i felt walt as if i must write a line or two i am still troubled with my

wrist and my thumb it pains me some but i feel thankful i can dress myself and around Walt think you

the 6th inst. relative to proceedings pending in your District "to confiscate the property of the Captain

Joseph Conrad, Captain 29th U. S.

Dozens of pages of his rhythmic prose are not worth "My Captain," which among all his compositions comes

If Whitman, after the same length of time, proves more fortunate, it will be because he wrote "My Captain

Camden New Jersey April 17—noon— I have rec'd the Indexes— thanks—I send you a paper—I read my Death

After the lecture Whitman read "O Captain! My Captain!"

My father was a sea captain; sailed from Philadelphia to France was wrecked, lost at sea: rember remember

She had been married to a sea captain but was widowed when he was lost at sea.

In Captain Church's history of Philip's war, there are innumerable incidents for the painter.

Towards the close of the war, when Philip's followers were nearly all slain, and his ruin near, the captain

Tho generous old captain, touched by the picture of the chief's distress, allowed him to seize his gun

give up the ship although "the prize is won" Thanking you for the book and with hearty love from both my

sixty-five poems that had originally appeared in November Boughs (1888); while the second, "Good-Bye my

Bush is echoing the second line of "O Captain! My Captain!"

Loring, Captain 3d Michigan Volunteers, on account of "two and three years Volunteers."

As to me, I know I put in about three days of the greatest suffering I ever experienced in my life.

I wrote to Jeff how I had my pocket picked in a jam and hurry, changing cars, at Philadelphia, so that

I told you that George had been promoted to Captain —his commission arrived while I was there.

Dear mother, my love, Walt.

I send my love to dear sister Mat, and little sis—and to Andrew and all my brothers.

Moses Lane (see Whitman's letter from January 16, 1863) on the same day asked Captain James J.

Virginia.: "We have had another battle and I have come out safe and sound, although I had the side of my

jaw slightly scraped with a peice of shell which burst at my feet" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana,

During the battle at Antietam, George commanded his company, "as the Captain was not well although he

near Antietam, that Francis had left on a twenty-day furlough, and on November 10, 1862, he wrote: "Captain

Captain W. H. Dietz, Kingston, Tenn.

Since my return to the regiment we have been very buisy, and we still have a great deal to do in the

The next day after my return we received orders to be ready to move at a moments notice which we did

about noon the Same day took our backward track to the front of Petersburg, near to the place where Captain

is now in Charge of our Regimental Quarter Master and I will Send it home with the first Officer of my

There is no news of importance with us that would itnerest you So I will close by Sending my best respects

He had held the rank of captain since November 1, 1862, and after the war he attempted unsuccessfully

to secure a commission as a captain in the regular standing army (Jerome M.

machine, and that I must consign myself to the fate of the rest....Meantime I make about enough to pay my

I have directed that he apply for information to Captain Loyd Wheaton, of the 20th Manitoba expedition

Sir: Your letter of the 12th instant enclosing a communication from Captain Gillespie, Engineer of the

"The Captain sails away for Baltimore today, don't he?

he asked, after a pause, and to my "nothing" he added: "nor have I anything.

My mail was small enough: a letter from Bucke—a short one—in which he says his two brothers are still

As I had—my engagement being for tomorrow afternoon.

I did not prolong my stay. W. not in good talking mood. In such cases I never linger.

Newcomb, amounting to $101, for expenses incurred in securing the deposition of Captain James Speed,

My dear Mr Whitman: Am glad to see by a morning journal that you are well enough to undertake a visit

If you have no better place to go, I shall be happy to give you shelter under my roof no 15, East Seventy-fourth

In any event, I hope to hear your address, and to see you at my office.

I am anxious to have one or more contributions from you for my Cyclopedia for which we pay ten dollars

Just as he was about to recite 'My Captain,' a little girl, the granddaughter of Edmund Clarence Stedman

Commemoration Ode," which has often, since its publication, been contrasted with Whitman's own tribute, "O Captain

My Captain!" For further information on Whitman's views of Lowell, see William A.

Tennessee—and that the act on account of which he is prosecuted was done during the rebellion, while he was Captain

Grier notes that a portion of this notebook (beginning "How spied the captain and sailors") describes

that Court in favor of the State of Georgia, against yourself, General Meade, General Ruger, and Captain

Stanton that he, as well as yourself, wished me to appear in my official capacity to argue the motions

Upon the present motion, I feel no sort of embarrassment in resisting it in consequence of my known opinions

It is as follows:— "O captain! my captain!

Leave you not the little spot, Where on the deck my captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. "O captain!

my captain!

"My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse

But I with silent tread, Walk the spot my captain lies, Fallen cold and dead."

For instance, in section 35 of "Song of Myself," Whitman recounts a tale involving Amy's father, Captain

He explains his inspiration thus: Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, It

He explains the limit of his happiness: I merely stir, press, feel with my fingers, and am happy, To

touch my person to some one else's is about as much as I can stand .

Whenever he does this he writes lines that will live—notably, his "O Captain, my Captain," inspired by

the army hospitals, and his noble tribute to Lincoln (not so tender as the really rhythmic verses "My

Captain"), are things for young Americans to study.

the army is doing, or how the New York election went, so you see we are a long way behind the age  Captain

Mother, I must stop writing as my candle is going out, and I hope in a few days we will get where we

Francis, also of Buffalo, New York, was promoted to the rank of captain to replace Hazard when the latter

Remak seems to have been made in good faith by Captain Hagen, and that the services were cannot pay S

If Captain Cullen is a man of such worth and general good repute as seems probable from the telegram.

My best & warmest thanks to you, my dear good old friend, for your kind & most welcome p.c. of Jan 9

Last week I forwarded you a copy of my second one from him which I hope you have received.

The following is the list of friends to whom you wished me to send copies of my "Notes."

Nowell, Mrs Harrison & of course to my relatives & such of my personal friends as I thought likely to

with which you have dowered my life!

that he wants to use the photos for his "forthcoming little (2d) annex," which would become Good-Bye My

This expresses the mere fact, so far as I can read my inner self, though perhaps my own industry in life

, on the lines of author mainly, may not seem to corroborate my statement."

She was a widow and had been married to a sea captain. See Carol J.

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

Sunday afternoon My dear Walt wasent wasn't it good to get that from george and so lately i began to

read the names in the times to day today but georges was not amongst them they were all officers Captain

the same feelings but i feel better of it it seemed like as if there was A dozen crickets singing in my

bad feelings and i had A bad could cold in my head i could not sleep at nights but i feel better but

money out off the bank there was only 100) 50 dollar it was all right Jeffy see to it i have paid my

William Cook was a Captain in the 19th U.S. Colored Troops.

institutionalizing Jesse because, according to her December 25, 1863 letter, she "could not find it in my

The press work paper &c: of the little "Good-Bye my Fancy" make a first rate, good, satisfactory job—

Respectfully Walt Whitman This is Warren Fritzinger, my nurse & friend— Walt Whitman to George Ferguson

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

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

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

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

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

Is it practicable to fac-similize your plate (of course at our expense here) of my picture (in 1890)

to send here for my forthcoming little (2d) annex ?

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

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

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

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

I often see your name mentioned in the various papers, and I have your address in my Memorandum Book.

I am living with my Son in law his wife (my daughter) and their 2 children.

signature, might suffice and I would be pleased to hold a letter from you, one who I esteem, one who knew , my

Samuel Harris Smith (1829–1864) was a captain of the Union army and served alongside his brother Palin

Steel of South Carolina in 1880 that read: "At the battle of the Mine, at Petersburg, 1864, I was Captain

Company I, Seventeenth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, and in this desperate hand to hand fight, a Captain

Sims, of a New York regiment (I think from Brooklyn), as he mounted the breastworks immediately before my

man who tenderly nursed the wounded Union soldiers and as tenderly sung the dirge of their great captain

Abolitionist author of The Public Life of Captain John Brown and editor of the North American Review,

he has gone home to day today Buffalow Buffalo he is very much attached to George he said when the Captain

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

Sims, a captain in George Washington Whitman's Fifty-first New York Volunteers, had been the subject

out, George only suffered a minor injury: "I have come out safe and sound, although I had the side of my

jaw slightly scraped with a peice of shell which burst at my feet" (see George's December 16, 1862 letter

over before he went to bed, and "leave out in the hall," so I could secure it early in the morning, on my

He minds me most often of a captain—a great captain—chosen for a tempestuous voyage—everything against

It was from him I learned many of my best things about Lincoln.

It was a flash out of heaven: the man was a hero to me at once: I was enthusiastic over my discovery.

It was typical of the common soldier—not uncommon in any sense: my experience has been full of just such

Specimen Days (1882) Whitman says of the region where he was born, "the successive growth-stages of my

The voyage itself appears again and again, in the narrative style of "Old Salt Kossabone" and "O Captain

My Captain!

Brooklyn September 11 1864 My dear friend Well I am still home & no event of importance to write you

My illness has passed over, & I go around the same as formerly, only a lingering suspicion of weakness

their having any visitors—So you see I am still in business—Some of the cases are very interesting— My

mother is very well, & the rest the same—We have heard from my brother up to the beginning of this month

is well —We felt pretty gloomy some little time since, as two young men of the 51st N Y, friends of my

John Gibson Wright, captain of the Fifty-first Regiment, reported on August 8, 1864 that, when he had

to relinquish command of the regiment, George "discharged the duties of the responsible position to my

(Wright rose from captain to colonel in the Fifty-first Regiment; he was appointed to the latter position

Captain Samuel H.

describes himself well enough in the lines, I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable — , I sound my

He says (p. 31): Clear and sweet is my soul, and clear and sweet is all that is not my soul.

His tribute to Abraham Lincoln (p. 262), beginning "O Captain! my Captain!"

Whitman, Captain George Washington Whitman, Walt Whitman's younger brother by ten years, served in the

December, 1862, was commissioned as Captain; all these steps for conduct in the field.

.; Captain George Washington Whitman, Walt Whitman's younger brother by ten years, served in the New

Feb. 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, I was extremely pleased yesterday morning to receive your post card of

Thank you from my heart. How much I feel your kindness I cannot fully tell you.

It is called: " In Darkest London " and is a story of a Salvation Army captain engaged in the East end

It was originally published as Captain Lobe: a story of the Salvation Army (1889).

thought of your cordial invitation to me to write to you, but I have waited until I have got settled into my

Without much trouble I found a sunny room in Cambridge and having at last got my books within reach I

It is pleasant to be my own master again, and to be able, for the present at least, to follow my inclinations

—But I must stop, first, because you may find my garrulity tedious, and second, because the clocks have

Commemoration Ode," which has often, since its publication, been contrasted with Whitman's own tribute, "O Captain

My Captain!" For further information on Whitman's views of Lowell, see William A.

He delighted in making "acquaintances among the captains, boatmen, or other characters" (Complete 1201

far, he succeeds in presenting very much such a picture of the grave and courteous young Provincial Captain

My recollections of Walt Whitman date back to three or four years prior to the civil war.

Our chambers were the meeting places for several small circles of my young men friends.

My Captain!

But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead."

my captain!" above quoted. But the little KEEPSAKE is prized not the less on that account.

August 31st /91 Supreme Court Library Melbourne My Dear Master I have received and heartily thank you

My Fancy." I have not wanted to bother you during your severe illness, hence my silence.

Mr Sutherland & Jim Hartigan want a copy of "Good bye my Fancy." Could you send price, please.

those portraits where you appear with (as it were) storm tossed beard, your hat on, and a hearty, sea-captain-like

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

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

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

his January 16, 1872 letter to Rudolf Schmidt, Whitman wrote that Freiligrath "translates & commends my

him better than I expected, looks coarse & strong & healthy, has a sort of husky voice like a sea captain

I have written a short sketch as the result of my sea-shore sojourn, for the Boston "Wheelman" a new

Eldridge thinks that my publishers are dealing honestly with me.

When one of my books was published they sold the first 6 months 733 copies.

Osgood would gladly undertake my books; so would Dodd Mead & Co of Fine day here to-day, but have had

Symonds' piece reminded me, reminds me, of Captain Cuttle—the queer Captain Cuttle."

"The Captain would say in his own inimitable style: 'If the ship has gone down then she has gone down—if

My hope is, as the boys say, that it 'gets its roots in': you have heard that expression, eh?

My friends could never understand me, that I would start out so evidently without design for nowhere

"All my life here," he said, "is made up of pathetically little things: yet I don't know but all life