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of the bride to the husband Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates this manuscript to before 1860

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates this manuscript to before 1860 (Notebooks and Unpublished

with trees— all prove beyond cavil the existence, ages since, in the Western World, of powerful, populous

Maurice Bucke's Notes and Fragments (1899), Edward Grier speculates that Whitman wrote this before 1860

Maurice Bucke's Notes and Fragments (1899), Edward Grier speculates that Whitman wrote this before 1860

springing from all trades and employments, and effusing them and from sailors and landsmen, and from the city

manuscript notes may also date to that period, although the draft lines on the reverse of the leaf, which were

manuscript notes may also date to that period, although the draft lines on the reverse of the leaf, which were

This manuscript was probably written between 1850 and 1860.

The lines were used in the poem "To One Shortly to Die," first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves

This manuscript was probably written between 1850 and 1860.

The lines were used in the poem "To One Shortly to Die," first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves

of Grass.; Lines from this manuscript were used in the poem "To One Shortly to Die," first published

in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass: "You are to die—Let others tell you what they please, I cannot

prevaricate, / I am exact and merciless, but I love you—There is no escape for you" (1860, p. 398).;

the first-person perspective in these draft lines, Emory Holloway has speculated that they likely were

The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including this line) were eventually revised and published

as "My Picture-Gallery" in The American in October 1880.

the first-person perspective in these draft lines, Emory Holloway has speculated that they likely were

The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including this line) were eventually revised and published

as "My Picture-Gallery" in The American in October 1880.

The first several lines of the poem (not including this line) were revised and published in The American

This manuscript is a draft of a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as number

On the back of this leaf is a draft of the poem "City of Orgies," first published in the 1860 edition

This manuscript is a draft of a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as number

It was likely written in the late 1850s.; This is a draft of a poem published first in the 1860 edition

Transcribed from digital images of the original.; On the back of this leaf is a draft of the poem "City

of Orgies," first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as "Calamus" No. 18.

The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including these lines) were eventually revised and published

as "My Picture-Gallery" in The American in October 1880.

The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including these lines) were eventually revised and published

as "My Picture-Gallery" in The American in October 1880.

The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including this line) were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery

" in The American in October 1880.

First O Songs for a Prelude, particularly "in its theme of the arousing of the energies of the great city—and

The sternest enemy of the American philosopher and of the great fog-bank school to which he, in some

These dreary pieces of laboured humour are not as popular now as they were twenty years ago, but Walt

J OHN H OLLINGSHEAD . ∗ Leaves of Grass Boston (U.S.): Thayer and Eldridge. 1860–61. J. T. S.

These are slightly misquoted lines from the 1860 , pp. 46-47.

.; These are slightly misquoted lines from the 1860 Leaves of Grass, pp. 46-47.

See Thayer and Eldridge's letter from December 5, 1860.

Jewell and Kendall were collecting for Thayer and Eldridge's debtors.

was a Boston publishing firm responsible for the third edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1860

These plates were included in a lot of plates sometime ago mortgaged to Isaac Tower for money we raised

Eldridge, the Boston publishing firm responsible for the third edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1860

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

At the very earliest, schools and churches were established.

The original Dutch, it ought to be known, were among the most learned nations of Europe.

The universities of Holland were among the best.

Libraries were well stocked—and the invention of printing was really discovered there.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

See Genoways, Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet during the Lost Years of 1860–1862 (Berkeley

In 1613 there were four houses on Manhattan island, occupied by Europeans—these were down towards where

Emory Holloway, (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921), 2:228.

The first serious attempts at planting a settlement here were in 1618.

These emigrants consisted mostly of Walloons, as they were called.

Romantic stories were told in early times about these same Rapljes Rapeljes .

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

See Genoways, Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet during the Lost Years of 1860–1862 (Berkeley

Emory Holloway, (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921), 2:228.; "Wallabout" is a mutation

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

See Genoways, Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet during the Lost Years of 1860–1862 (Berkeley

The principal settlements were at Flatbush, and, according to tradition, the locality toward the shore

Besides their canoes, of which some were large and of elegant workmanship, and their bows and arrows,

furs, peltries, &c., with which the West India Company's return ships were freighted.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

these histories of Brooklyn after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 and contends that the articles were

See Genoways, Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet during the Lost Years of 1860–1862 (Berkeley

The place were where we were first was a hill without a tree or any sort of shade. we are now there are

When we first came here our camp was fired into for three or four nights in succession  there were four

I and half a dozen others were sent out to scout about and see what we could find  we took our pistols

We went out in the city  the chap that gave us the information shewed us the house and we went in and

This city is a regular secession place  as we walk through the streets in the city the Women and children

When the city was placed under martial law by General Butler, Kane resisted the order to surrender the

city's arms and was arrested for protecting contraband traffic in arms and for being the head of a police

Massachusetts was attacked by angry crowds in Baltimore as the troops attempted to pass through the city

Four of its number were killed and many others wounded.

She goes down in the cars to the baths, in Willoughby street near the City Hall.

Norton, 1973) and Ted Genoways, Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet During the Lost Years of 1860

Our colors were first planted on the works, but some of the other regts were in almost as soon as we

were concealed, lay there until just about dusk, when we were ordered down to the edge of the wood were

As soon as our regt arrived on the ground we were ordered into a thick peice of woods were the enemy

told we were to stay here, but on the evening of April 2d we were ordered to be ready to march early

We arrested quite a number of citazens, who were noted secessionists,  all those that [were] willing

of an unalterable determination on the other" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

On the fall of that stronghold they were pushed off under Sherman as part of a small army toward Jackson

James Russell Lowell had been the editor at the Atlantic Monthly when Whitman published there in 1860

Then the elections of those days were sometimes held here.

John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms , 2nd ed.

The same offices were apt to be filled with the same persons again and again, year after year.

Here, from the earliest times, were "the polls" for election.

hand that were used in this article, including the piece's full title and sub-title.

However, two leaves in a notebook from the late 1850s or early 1860s (loc.05080) contain notes in Whitman's

hand that were used in this article, including the piece's full title and sub-title.; The Military Garden

; Old Colonel Green opened the Military Garden in 1810.; John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms

credit problems and eventual foreclosure.; The Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman who fought in the American

Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America (New York: Knopf, 1995), 37–39.; Before Brooklyn obtained a city charter

James Russell Lowell had been the editor at the Atlantic Monthly when Whitman published there in 1860

department—has for some time been working in the provision store—was yesterday told that "his services were

Graham (1824–1889) was constructing engineer of the Brooklyn navy yard; the dry-dock and landing-ways were

the Brooklyn navy yard from 1859 to 1861" (Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans

The principal settlements were at Flatbush and according to tradition, the locality toward the shore

Besides their canoes, of which some were large and of elegant workmanship, and their bows and arrows,

almost the only manufactures among them were stone hatchets, and rude vessels of earth, hardened in

The produce of the settlements of the New Netherlands, and of the station at Albany, were principally

The name given to our city in old times spells in different modes.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

, that the way he used to paint his pictures was in the following manner: A position and direction were

Sandses, Joshua Sands and his brother Comfort Sands were wealthy landowners in Brooklyn in the early

Titus Titus was probably Abiel Titus, whose barn and slaughterhouse were located on Front Street.

houses in the depth of winter, with driving carts, sleighs, travelers, ladies, gossips, negroes (there were

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

His residence was situated on Front Street.; Joshua Sands and his brother Comfort Sands were wealthy

John) Garrison was a Brooklyn butcher.; Titus was probably Abiel Titus, whose barn and slaughterhouse were

Hannah Brush born Oct. 6 1753 Married, April 22, 1775 died Jan. 6, 1834 The Whitman and Brush families were

Josiah Smith's Regiment of the American Patriot Army of 1776 under chief command of Washington, See 1st

Convention.— The L.I. regiment were hemmed in the lines over We moved to Brooklyn, (Front st.) in May

May 1st 1825.— (Covert, the villain " Across the way, (Van Dyke's) were there 4th July 1826 " Adams st

Were there the first one of cholera summers.

The various dates referenced suggest that the earliest portions of it were written sometime after 1845

earliest date for the writing on the verso is likely March 1853, when the two Cumberland Street houses were

Some of the information and phrases contained in this manuscript were included in the thirteenth installment

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y., Toronto: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921).

fairly neat and on the verso on the fourth leaf Whitman has written "Proofs," indicating that these were

appeared in Our Wounded and Sick Soldiers, published in the New York Times on 11 December 1864, and were

Apollo Summer Garden," which Whitman wrote about in a New York Leader column of 19 April 1862 entitled City

images 84 and 86) contain notes that constitute a draft of a portion of the seventh installment of the City

Surfaces 67 and 69 (images 66 and 68) are early drafts of The City Dead-House, a poem that first appeared

Many were wounded frightfully, and several killed in the melee.

In the morning the hatchways were thrown open, and we were allowed to ascend all at once, and remain

Let our disease be what it would, we were abandoned to our fate.

There were thirteen of the crew to which I belonged, but in a short time, all but three or four were

martyrs were mostly buried.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Despite their defeat, the American troops' subsequent escape from Long Island without being attacked

Some eleven thousand American prisoners are thought to have died onboard.

The Society played an active role in New York City politics until it was disbanded in the 1960s.; John

yound young man who used to linger around Thayer & Eldridges Publishing office Boston in the spring of 1860

The past and present were represented here.

On the tablets were the names of nineteen ministers, in regular succession; but there were others now

The aborigines here were soon subdued by Capt.

The houses were one story, of logs, covered with thatch.

Reminiscences were given by Elder Dr.

However, a notebook from the late 1850s or early 1860s (loc.00348) contains extensive notes in Whitman's

hand about the Jamaica Presbyterian bicentennial that were used in this article.

Some stones from this building were used in the foundation of its replacement, which was dedicated on

of Temperance organization and a deacon in the Presbyterian Church.; Several more detailed accounts were

His translations of the New Testament and the Old Testament were issued in 1661 and 1663, respectively

Kirk's newspapers were among the first published on Long Island. either abandoned the publication of

Those were the days when "literature" had not become the dissipation which our modern days have created

Hartshorne was at one time appointed by a vote of the Common Council to the post of city printer, and

continued for several years to print the pamphlets, blanks, handbills, etc. for the city departments

Between '30 and '40, two or three attempts were made to establish daily papers in Brooklyn, but they

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Kirk's newspapers were among the first published on Long Island.; The first issue of the Long Island

In another part of the procession were Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins, Daniel D.

The time arrived, but still the gratings were not removed.

Hour after hour passed on, and still we were not released.

But about 10 o'clock that forenoon the gratings were removed.

until long after the usual hour were our rations delivered to us.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

United States under President James Monroe (1817–1825).; DeWitt Clinton served as mayor of New York City

The monument to Major General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American

Monument was dedicated in 1843.; Dring's manuscript recollections of his experiences aboard the Jersey were

The 1860 census put Brooklyn's population at 266,661 inhabitants, making it the third–largest city in

Of these 511 were of stone, valued at $5,000,000; and 8,039 were of brick, valued at $40,000,000.

The rest were, of course, wooden edifices, and were valued at $30,000,000.

The topography of the city of Brooklyn is very fine.

The City Hall is a handsome structure enough.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

style and content of the piece are consistent with other known Whitman writings of this period.; The 1860

census put Brooklyn's population at 266,661 inhabitants, making it the third–largest city in the United

there had existed two associated companies, the first of which was established in 1839.; The Brooklyn City

to have the theatre as "a permanency" in our city.

The Marquis de Lafayette was a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution.

The Prince of Wales visited New York in October 1860.

The Japanese ambassadors visited in May and June 1860.

Such were some of the "events" of those former times in Brooklyn.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Many notable names in American theatre also graced its stage, including Edwin Booth and Eleonore Duse

Brooklyn Museum was closed in January 1851.; The Marquis de Lafayette was a Frenchman who fought in the American

Whitman's America (New York: Knopf, 1995), 33–34.; The Prince of Wales visited New York in October 1860

The Japanese ambassadors visited in May and June 1860.; Whitman gives his history of the Apprentices

There were only seven or eight houses from Orange street up to Joralemon, on that side.

was not finished until the battles were over.

were wounded.

Some of the bodies were carried to their friends at distance places, but most were buried in Brooklyn

The ones we saw entombed at the Episcopal burying-ground were some of the officers.

1862, Henry Reed Stiles notes, “The graveyard was for many years disused, being finally removed in 1860

See Henry Reed Stiles, History of the City of Brooklyn: Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn

, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage

, Fulton the First was not finished until the battles were over.

were wounded.

Population of Brooklyn in 1660. A Church in Brooklyn, 1666.

It will be remembered that the English settlers were interspersed with the Dutch, almost from the very

Some of these were occasionally treated with severity.

In New England they were even condemned to death.

The location was changed, and placed where it now is (in Joralemon street, south of the City Hall).

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

In 1772, he gave an execution sermon for fellow Native American Moses Paul; the sermon received worldwide

No. 10 Old Stock of Our City.—The Burial Ground in Fulton Ave., above Smith street.

with crowds of interesting traditions and venerable facts of our city—giving it a broad mellow light

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

, from the beginning down to the late date when burials in our limits were prohibited by law.

But they were strewed so plenteously that a fair portion has been secured and kept.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Despite their defeat, the American troops' subsequent escape from Long Island without being attacked

The Society played an active role in New York City politics until it was disbanded in the 1960s.; Our

left Hateras with a fleet of about 70 vessels  only 15 or 16 of which was fighting crafts  the rest were

the gunboats throwing shell to cover us  one of the Mass regts landing just about the same time, we were

off the trees all around us, but our regiment behaved finely and pressed on as fast as possible  we were

planted there  ours were there first however but it was mighty tight between us and the others  when

we were going  they thought they would tole us up to the Bateries and then slaughter us as they did

Completing one hundred days' military duty, the men of the Thirteenth Regiment were mustered out of service

The chief results of the campaign were the seizures of Roanoke Island, New Bern, and Fort Macon.

These powder-houses were covered with slate, and were the only edifices in the neighborhood—being placed

appropriated to a free city Burial Yard, or Potter's Field.

Then the buildings and grounds (which yet belong to the city) were leased to the Government for Marine

Then the present City Park, at the Wallabout.

Part of it was, in due time, filled up by the city, and forms the present City Park, with its northerly

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Despite their defeat, the American troops' subsequent escape from Long Island without being attacked

Kings), as is probably known to many of our readers, used to be at Flatbush, and the County Courts were

to be held, and all writs and processes were returnable, at the new Court-house in Brooklyn.

have been held at that place were transferred to the Apprentices Library in Brooklyn.

Then there were conflicting opinions, too, about the preference for different sites.

Some of these, we believe, were really purchased; and the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals [were] invoked

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

He died in office.; Anthony Campbell served as sheriff from November 1860 to November 1863.; Our transcription

—Future Population.—State of Paumanok.—Landed Interest Valued.—South Bay.

It is argued that there are some dozen or twenty Long Islands here and there on the American coast and

future times significant as the seat of one of the most beautiful and intelligent of the first class cities

of the great nation of the Lenni-Lenape, or Delawares, of which stock the aborigines of this region were

there are all varieties of soil and appearance, from the gradually sloping eminences of the great city

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Neither hose nor suctions were used, the supply of water being furnished in buckets, by hand, poured

The arms were placed fore and aft.

Eight men were sufficient to man this machine, which, like the venerable simile of the singed cat, was

The firemen were chosen annually in town meeting; and the choice was considered something to be proud

In 1793, there were about seventy-five buildings within the fire-district of Brooklyn.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

On February 18, 1860, Soule went to Charlestown from Harrisburg and faked public intoxication in order

Soule attended a public memorial for Hazlett and Stevens in Boston, where Thayer and Eldridge were in

After the death of his father in 1860, Soule followed the gold rush to Denver, but enlisted in the Union

Chivington's attack on a group of unarmed native americans, which later came to be known as the Sand

T HE premises at the corner of Henry and Cranberry streets, now the City Armory Building, resounding

It was here the City Fathers met, and transacted the business of the public.

The Marquis de Lafayette was a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution.

The above officers were not elected, but appointed by the Board of Trustees.

Robert Nichols, a former general, helped establish the city hospital in 1839.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Brooklyniana No. 8" (January 25, 1862).; The Marquis de Lafayette was a Frenchman who fought in the American

Whitman's America (New York: Knopf, 1995), 33–34.; Alden Spooner (1757–1827), who served in the American

Before Brooklyn obtained a city charter in 1834, Sprague served several terms as its president.

He may have also been the first to introduce the lima bean to American gardens.; Leffert Lefferts III

City Photographs [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS. THE BROADWAY HOSPITAL.

Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City.

Then this Hospital has quite a venerable name among the medical profession and surgeons of the city,

For more on these portraits and doctors, see Whitman's " City Photographs—No.

Inspector of New York City. all memorable in their art.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Leader.]; Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City

of disease and exhibits on the human body.; For more on these portraits and doctors, see Whitman's "City

An ancestor was one of the first doctors to receive a degree in medicine in the American colonies.

Inspector of New York City.; Significant information is not currently available on the other doctors

fight and did not get a scratch although the balls fairly rained around me, and several of our boys were

As soon as troops were all on shore we pushed on as fast as possible towards Newbern which is a nice

The first Brigade are quartered in the City.

or 15 that I saw, that were not. quite a number of the enemys canon were scattered here and there and

horses, that were used to draw them were lying about in the entrenchments,   From the best information

The first four sheets of this letter were written on Confederate stationery.