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Search : William White

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Walt Whitman

  • Date: 28 June 1885
  • Creator(s): William H. Ballou
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might have been olive-colored when put on in the silurian age, and the window sills, bordered with white

The poet's hair and whiskers were fleecy, shining, white and long, his clothing was of the simplest type—a

Walt Whitman

  • Date: 15 October 1866
  • Creator(s): Moncure D. Conway
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And it means, sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white

The early lilacs became part of this child; And grass, and white and red morning-glories, and white and

blue-grey shirt, his iron-grey hair, his swart sun-burnt face and bare neck, he lay upon the brown-and-white

Walt Whitman

  • Date: August 1900
  • Creator(s): Leon Mead
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Moffit's caravansary, in Bulfinch Place, where William Dean Howells, with his family, and other literary

old rouge, Whitman, I'd give the planet Jupiter, if I owned it, in exchange for your physique, your white

Walt Whitman

  • Date: 29 March 1877
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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the suggestion of the President, and sitting near a window draught, he unhesitatingly put on his old white

Walt Whitman

  • Date: May 1892
  • Creator(s): William H. Garrison
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the sporting event to sit in admiration of a clump of green trees that outlined themselves against a white

"How the white background sets off the many shades of the green leaves!"

, and this the poet has always been, that the "Whit" may either be the Saxon "wit" or "wisdom" or "white

" in the sense of his being a "white" man, but that the essence of the whole name lies in the last syllable

William H. Garrison . Our transcription is based on a digital image of an original issue.

Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1867
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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night, and withdraws at the peep of the day, with stealthy tread, Leaving me baskets cover'd with white

Growing among black folks as among white; Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same,

This grass is very dark to be from the white heads of old mothers; Darker than the colorless beards of

The young men float on their backs—their white bellies bulge to the sun—they do not ask who seizes fast

I depart as air—I shake my white locks at the run- away runaway sun; I effuse my flesh in eddies, and

Walt Whitman.

  • Date: 1871
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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night, and withdraws at the peep of the day, with stealthy tread, Leaving me baskets cover'd with white

means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and nar- row narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white

of their mothers' laps; And here you are the mothers' laps; This grass is very dark to be from the white

The young men float on their backs—their white bel- lies bellies bulge to the sun—they do not ask who

I believe in those wing'd purposes, And acknowledge red, yellow, white, playing within me, And consider

Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1860–1861
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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side through the night, and withdraws at the peep of the day, And leaves for me baskets covered with white

And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white

This grass is very dark to be from the white heads of old mothers, Darker than the colorless beards of

The young men float on their backs—their white bellies bulge to the sun—they do not ask who seizes fast

I believe in those winged purposes, And acknowledge red, yellow, white, playing within me, And consider

Wallace, James William [1853–1926]

  • Creator(s): Griffin, Larry D.
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Larry D.GriffinWallace, James William [1853–1926]Wallace, James William [1853–1926]James William Wallace

Wallace, James William [1853–1926]

Walker Redivivus

  • Date: 11 August 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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It was to the effect that General William Walker , at the head of eight hundred filibusters fillibusters

filibuster in character or not—we have very little doubt that the world will yet hear more of General William

W. I. Whiting to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1886

  • Date: October 18, 1886
  • Creator(s): W. I. Whiting
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Whiting Care Scammell Bros WI Whiting W. I. Whiting to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1886

Annotations Text:

See the letter from Whiting to Whitman of June 14, 1886, listing prices obtained at auction for a Whitman

W. I. Whiting to Walt Whitman, 14 June 1886

  • Date: June 14, 1886
  • Creator(s): W. I. Whiting
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Whiting W. I. Whiting to Walt Whitman, 14 June 1886

W. Hale White to Walt Whitman, 23 October 1882

  • Date: October 23, 1882
  • Creator(s): W. Hale White
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Hale White Walt Whitman Esq: W. Hale White to Walt Whitman, 23 October 1882

W. Hale White to Walt Whitman, 21 March 1880

  • Date: March 21, 1880
  • Creator(s): W. Hale White
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Hale White Whitman Esq THE GENIUS OF WALT WHITMAN.

Hale White to Walt Whitman, 21 March 1880

Annotations Text:

William Hale White (1831–1913) was a British writer and civil servant who sometimes published under the

W. F. Peddrick to William M. Evarts, 16 November 1868

  • Date: November 16, 1868
  • Creator(s): W. F. Peddrick | Walt Whitman
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William M. Evarts, Attorney General, U. S. New York City.

Peddrick to William M. Evarts, 16 November 1868

W. F. Peddrick to William H. Seward, 21 November 1868

  • Date: November 21, 1868
  • Creator(s): W. F. Peddrick | Walt Whitman
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Peddrick to William H. Seward, 21 November 1868

W. F. Peddrick to William Fullerton, 23 January 1869

  • Date: January 23, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. F. Peddrick | Walt Whitman
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Peddrick to William Fullerton, 23 January 1869

W. A. Field to William W. Belknap, 5 February 1870

  • Date: February 5, 1870
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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Field to William W. Belknap, 5 February 1870

W. A. Field to William W. Belknap, 29 December 1869

  • Date: December 29, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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Field to William W. Belknap, 29 December 1869

W. A. Field to William Breeden, 18 June 1870

  • Date: June 18, 1870
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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Field to William Breeden, 18 June 1870

W. A. Field to William A. Richardson, 29 December 1869

  • Date: December 29, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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Field to William A. Richardson, 29 December 1869

W. A. Field to William A. Richardson, 23 June 1869

  • Date: June 23, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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Field to William A. Richardson, 23 June 1869

W. A. Field to William A. Richardson, 23 June 1869

  • Date: June 23, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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Field to William A. Richardson, 23 June 1869

W. A. Field to Hendricks, Hord & Hendricks, 21 March 1870

  • Date: March 21, 1870
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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Williams, Collector, is plaintiff, and Wm. F.

W. A. Field to Hamilton Fish, 5 May 1869

  • Date: May 5, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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receipt of your letter of the 3d inst. relative to the proceedings instituted in Dakota Territory ag't William

W. A. Field to Hamilton Fish, 30 June 1869

  • Date: June 30, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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communicated to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Navy has been requested to keep the "Whiting

W. A. Field to Hamilton Fish, 15 March 1870

  • Date: March 15, 1870
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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Sir: In reply to your letter of the 4th inst. relative to the trial of William Barry for the homicide

W. A. Field to George S. Boutwell, 24 June 1869

  • Date: June 24, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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the receipt of your letter of the 23d inst. with accompanying papers, all relating to the case of William

W. A. Field to George M. Robeson, 30 June 1869

  • Date: June 30, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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telegram received last night from Marshal Barlow of New York City, I am informed that the steamer Whiting

W. A. Field to D. W. Middleton, 7 March 1870

  • Date: March 7, 1870
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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of the Supreme Court, being United States plaintiff, against James Tynen—and in number 384, being William

W. A. Field to Columbus Delano, 3 August 1869

  • Date: August 3, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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Jolly, complaining of the official conduct of William A.

W. A. Field to A. M. Clapp, 18 December 1869

  • Date: December 18, 1869
  • Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
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S. ex rel William McGarrahan, as the case has been assigned for argument early in January, and the Record

The Vth Congressional District—Shall We Re-elect Mr. Maclay?

  • Date: 14 October 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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State that it did to govern a Slave State, received the cordial and zealous support of the Honorable William

Visits to Walt Whitman in 1890-1891

  • Date: 1917
  • Creator(s): J. Jonston, M.D. | J. W. Wallace
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The full are lips partly hidden by the thick,white moustache.

He wrote a Life of William Blake, the artist,in thisway.

Richelieu is very old, bent, with white hair and and he ' ! !

Talcott Press Williams, Newspaper Office,Philadelphia.

Alma, 136 O'Connor, William D., 45, 77, 100, ; Mrs.

Visits to Walt Whitman in 1890–1891: Visit to Brooklyn

  • Date: 1917
  • Creator(s): John Johnston
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several of the other pilots mentioned there—John Cole, pilot of the Union, who was a pilot still; George White

, Luther Smith, and Bill White, who died suddenly and alone at his post, in the very chair in which I

Visits to Walt Whitman in 1890–1891: In Camden, October 15th to 24th

  • Date: 1917
  • Creator(s): John Johnston | J. W. Wallace
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He wrote a Life of William Blake, the artist, in this way.

One day William O'Connor and I were coming along and we met Gurowski.

Richelieu is very old, bent, with white hair and beard, and he coughs 'ugh! ugh!

After leaving her I met Horace by appointment and we called on Talcott Williams at the Press office.

Frank Williams and we four." W. "And what did you do?" I said we had had dinner and talked, etc. W.

Visits to Walt Whitman in 1890–1891: In Camden

  • Date: 1917
  • Creator(s): John Johnston
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linen with a great wide collar edged with white lace—the shirt buttoned about midway down his breast

The eyebrows are thick and shaggy with strong white hair, very highly arched and standing a long way

The full lips are partly hidden by the thick, white moustache.

Near the bed, under the blinded-up window, is the washstand—a plain wooden one, with a white wash-jug

Your William Black & Sons, of Edinburgh, produce some splendidly printed works.

Visits to Walt Whitman in 1890–1891: First Visit to Camden, September 8th and 9th

  • Date: 1917
  • Creator(s): J. W. Wallace
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His great head seen almost in profile, with its lofty and rounded dome, his long white hair and beard

O'Connor—the widow of Whitman's brilliant friends William O'Connor—had also been spending a few days

A Visit to Walt Whitman

  • Date: 13 January 1886
  • Creator(s): H. R. Haweis | H. R. Haweis, M. A.
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afternoon, just come in from his drive—a rather infirm but fine-looking old man, with a long, venerable white

A Visit to Walt Whitman

  • Date: Thursday, October 18, 1888
  • Creator(s): William Summers, M. P.
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the cold ground with forehead between your knees, O you need not sit there veil'd veiled in your old white

A Visit to Walt Whitman

  • Date: 27 November 1875
  • Creator(s): Moncure D. Conway
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He is about as handsome an old man as I have seen, his white locks parting over a serene and most noble

A Visit to Walt Whitman

  • Date: November 1909
  • Creator(s): William Hawley Smith
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William Hawley Smith Our transcription is based on a photocopy of an original issue.

Visit to Plumbe's Gallery

  • Date: 2 July 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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Buen, a most venerable white–haired ancient, (we understand, just dead!)

"Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night" (1865)

  • Creator(s): Lulloff, William G.
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William G.Lulloff"Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night" (1865)"Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field

The Veteran's Vision

  • Date: 1867
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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of the rifle balls; I see the shells exploding, leaving small white clouds— I hear the great shells shrieking

Veil with their lids, &c

  • Date: about 1870
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The poem is apparently based on a photograph of Whitman possibly taken by the photographer, William Kurtz

Vaughan, Frederick B. [ca. 1837-1893]

  • Creator(s): Shively, Charley
Text:

Gertrude Traubel and William White. Vol. 6. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1982. Whitman, Walt.

The Vanity and the Glory of Literature

  • Date: After April 1, 1849; April 1849; Date unknown
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Henry Rogers
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She was represented veiled in white, holding a sceptre in her left hand, and with her right raised, as

Van Velsor, Naomi [Amy] Williams [d. 1826]

  • Creator(s): Bawcom, Amy M.
Text:

Amy M.BawcomVan Velsor, Naomi [Amy] Williams [d. 1826]Van Velsor, Naomi [Amy] Williams [d. 1826]Affectionately

known as "Amy," Naomi Williams was Whitman's maternal grandmother.

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

Van Velsor, Naomi [Amy] Williams [d. 1826]

Van Velsor, Cornelius (1768–1837)

  • Creator(s): Bawcom, Amy M.
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The Major married Naomi (Amy) Williams and, after her death, remarried.

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