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Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 14 July 1891

  • Date: July 14, 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

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, 14 January 1890

  • Date: January 14, 1890
  • 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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 14 January 1888

  • Date: January 14, 1888
  • 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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 14 February 1891

  • Date: February 14, 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, 14 December 1890

  • Date: December 14, 1890
  • 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

There were recurrences of the illness in the spring and early summer of 1891 (March to June), and in

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 14 August 1890

  • Date: August 14, 1890
  • 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

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

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 14 August 1889

  • Date: August 14, 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, 14 August 1888

  • Date: August 14, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Aug: 14 '88 Sunny & cool to-day—nothing new in my case—bowel action—my lines on Sheridan's burial 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, 14 April 1889

  • Date: April 14, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I wish that we all were near you, if so be that we might make an occasional hour brighter for you & contribute

Her husband is in the new London City Council and is becoming prominent in abilities & in his profession

He bites hard—says "it wd be a vast pity if the book were to fall through," owing to my obstinacy I suppose

Annotations Text:

O'Connor), and then the O'Connors were to send the letters to Bucke.

" 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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13–14 November 1889

  • Date: November 13–14, 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, 13–14 June 1891

  • Date: June 13–14, 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

Whitman is referring to a financial scandal involving the City Treasurer of Philadelphia, John Bardsley

Bardsley was accused of misappropriating and embezzlement of city funds.

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) was an American critic, poet and editor of The Atlantic.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 September 1890

  • Date: September 13, 1890
  • 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

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

Whitman is referring to Robert Ingersoll's "Tolstoi and 'The Kreutzer Sonata,'" The North American Review

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 September 1888

  • Date: September 13, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Stedman's 13 pages of Ex[cerpts] from me in his "American Literature" (ab't 9th Vol) have been shown

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

The article appeared in volume seven of A Library of American Literature, 501–513.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 October 1888

  • Date: October 13, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

typography &c. but nothing to brag of—but it authenticates probably better than any thing yet—there were

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 November 1890

  • Date: November 13, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Townsend Southwick, of New York City (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.

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, 13 July 1889

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

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

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.

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 January 1891

  • Date: January 13, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

See Whitman's letter to the editor of The North American Review of November 4, 1890.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 February 1889

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

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

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

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

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) was an American critic, poet and editor of The Atlantic.

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 Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 December 1888

  • Date: December 13, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Russell Lowell, 1860. Sept 26."

Annotations Text:

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

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

Rapple, "James Russell Lowell", American Travel Writers, 1850–1915 [Detroit: Gale, 1998], 247–254).

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 April 1890

  • Date: April 13, 1890
  • 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

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

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12–14 November 1891

  • Date: November 12–14, 1891; November 13, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown
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

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, 12–13 December 1890

  • Date: December 12–13, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Weir Mitchell, the noted American physician and writer of historical fiction; the young Mitchell looked

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12 October 1890

  • Date: October 12, 1890
  • 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

If I were down East and assisting to run the thing I would give them (at least try to give them) a dose

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12 October 1889

  • Date: October 12, 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.

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12 November 1890

  • Date: November 12, 1890
  • 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

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

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12 May 1890

  • Date: May 12, 1890
  • 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, 12 December 1891

  • Date: December 12, 1891; December 10, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Louise Imogen Guiney
Text:

his youth; slight, fair, decisive of step and speech; and his whole character was almost typically American

new firm of Heinemann & Balestier started out with a vast stock of courage, and many English and American

Annotations Text:

Wolcott Balestier (1861–1891) was an American writer who went to London, England, in 1888 as an agent

dated November 22, 1891, Whitman noted that "Heineman, Balestier, & Lovell want to purchase the American

Bucke is referring to one of the four plaster busts of Whitman that were sculpted by Sidney Morse.

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

Five of Whitman's poems were first published in the magazine: "Twilight" (December 1887), "Old Age's

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12 April 1891

  • Date: April 12, 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

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 11–13 January 1889

  • Date: January 11–13, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Later, after the city of Camden purchased Whitman's Mickle Street house, Dr.

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, [11]–12 May 1889

  • Date: May [11]–12, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 11–12 February 1889

  • Date: February 11–12, 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

He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 11 September 1890

  • Date: September 11, 1890
  • 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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 11 June 1891

  • Date: June 11, 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

Horace Traubel and Canadian physician Richard Maurice Bucke were beginning to make plans for a collected

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 11 February 1891

  • Date: February 11, 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

John Brown (Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860), a correspondent for the New York Tribune during the war

He concluded his first letter to Whitman on June 25, 1860: "I love you, Walt!

Redpath became managing editor of The North American Review in 1886. See also Charles F.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 11 February 1888

  • Date: February 11, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Morse's letters to Whitman from Richmond, Indiana, where he was staying with his mother, were filled

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, 11 August 1891

  • Date: August 11, 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, 11 April 1891

  • Date: April 11, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

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, 11 April 1890

  • Date: April 11, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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

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, 11 April 1889

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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 10 September 1891

  • Date: September 10, 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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 10 September 1888

  • Date: September 10, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

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, 10 October 1891

  • Date: October 10, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Wallace had contacted Rome while on his North American trip and arranged to have him travel to Camden

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

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, 10 October 1890

  • Date: October 10, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

On October 3, 1890, Whitman accepted the 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, 10 October 1889

  • Date: October 10, 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

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 10 March 1891

  • Date: March 10, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 10 June 1891

  • Date: June 10, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

it probed the worse it appears—is a significant item of business & social life, rottening the whole 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

Whitman is referring to a financial scandal involving the City Treasurer of Philadelphia, John Bardsley

Bardsley was accused of misappropriating and embezzlement of city funds.

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 10 June 1890

  • Date: June 10, 1890
  • 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

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

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