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In his letter to me I alluded to in my letter of this date to you, O'C says, "I sincerely hope no memoir
My great regret is that with his magnificent abilities he should have done so comparatively little to
It is postmarked: London | PM | MY 13 | 89 | Canada; Camden, N.J. | May | 15 | 30 PM | 1889 | Rec'd.
bitterly— I am somewhat better, & late yesterday afternoon I was taken out & jaunted around for an hour—my
first experience of out door for most a year, & it was very refreshing—then when I came back & up to my
Monthly Magazine"—containing an article which I humbly beg you may accept as a feeble expression of my
May 11 / 89 Dear Walt: Yesterday on my way up to Olive to see my wife's father, who is near the end of
for some time, yet it was a stunning blow for all that I know how keenly you must feel it, & you have my
No words come to my pen adequate to express the sense of the loss we have we suffered in the death of
Drop me a line my dear friend if you are able to do so.
I am on the Free Trade side, in spite of my American upbringing.
You will feel bad about it I know and it is very natural you should still it is my decided conviction
My dear friend O'Connor is dead. Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman to Thomas B. Harned, 10 May 1889
I am indeed alone, both children, my father & mother, all four of my brothers are gone.
I doubt not that you will have been informed by his friends, or by the press, but as it was my lot to
not seen you, Walt Whitman, but it is not necessary to see you in order to know you, and I send you my
If the weather keeps good & no hitch in my condition, I shouldn't wonder if I got out that way, before
Camden May 8 '89 Y'rs of 6th rec'd—thanks—yes, I am agreeable to your sending S[tedman] my former letter
O'C[onnor] (f'm the wife ) to day, & I am gloomy—Dr B[ucke] writes me every day & cheerily—Horace & my
burr-r-r over the Delaware—the sun is pouring down almost hotly out (O that I could be out & move in it) & my
in W[ashington] may-be unconscious,—may-be passing from life—meanwhile—thought o'ertoppling all else—my
—However, with all my deep chagrin, I c but laugh (long & well), over little Stedman & Holmes (I suppose
You say in it "as to my alleged opinion of Stedman: I have no such opinion.
My feeling toward S. is one of good will & thanks markedly—O'C says he is a good fellow, & I say so too
Stedman w never forgive my trying to comfort him . Ha! ha!
I think I shall now pitch overboard fr my book the Hartmannian lading (supplement) entirely.
tho't no more definitely of the Baltimore Hospital scheme —am sitting here as usual comfortable enough—my
sister Lou just been here, has been down to see my bro: Eddy —he is all right— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman
fresh lilacs—beautiful—am cogitating of a strong out-door push chair to get out in, to be propell'd by my
tantalizing me a good deal, as I can just glean enough for a whiff only—Nothing special to write ab't in my
35 quai des grandes Augustine"—279 pp. handy beautiful French style, paper—Nothing very different in my
affairs—the N Y Literary News for May has a notice —did you see that infernal farrago of my opinions
and brain action (while easily tired and sore at the best) remain, the muscles, especially my right
fair—and the main elementary functions active at least half (or even plus half) to keep off so far my
bound edition of L. of G. including the "Sands at 70" and "Backward Glance," as a sort of commemorating my
Bucke —my dear friend O'Connor at Washington very ill yet—Wm.
Walsh on the Herald , and Julius Chambers World are friendly to me—I am sitting in my big rattan chair
here by the oak fire alone—trying to interest myself with the morning papers & Harper's Weekly , &c—My
J F Millet —the "cold in the head" still upon me palpably—stew'd chicken, Graham bread & coffee for my
volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My
exhibits to night—(Ed goes—I am favorable)—& besides Dr Baker "graduates" this afternoon—you know he is my
My yard is looking finely. 2 doz. hyacinths out. bye bye W. S. K.
Am so filled with gratitude can scarce express my feelings.
Tis the first time I have had the pleasure of gazing up on the picture of my Great Great Uncle Elias
I have patiently submited to the will of God, it is through him I breathe, live, and have my being.
Whitman:— I have thought of you often since my call upon you the other day (and before, too, for that
matter), and felt, that although I have a copy of your works in my library, I would like one from you
—weather rainy wh' we wanted—temperature mild—I have a big bunch of lilacs on the table near, (from my
89 Y'r card just rec'd —papers come regularly—thanks—Nothing very different with me—Still imprison'd—my
dilapidation not mending (slowly gradually worse if any thing, but not much change)—am preparing my
dusty—we need rain, & will probably soon have it— Stedman is mad over that Japanee's item in the Herald of my
enc: card rec'd from Mrs: O'C[onnor] to day —New ed'n of L of G. progressing—Horace was here to-day—My
On April 25, 1889, the New-York Tribune reported that Captain Hamilton Murrell of the steamship Missouri
Camden NJ US America April 22 '89 Y'r welcome letter has come & Mary's word—my best love to all, not
Camden NJ US America April 19 '89 Am still anchor'd here in my second story in Mickle street—not much
April 18 Thursday Afternoon 89 I do hope my dearest brother you are feeling a good deal better to day
today I do want you to be. so much. my My greatest comfort is thinking about your being pretty well,
I think of you always my dear brother as I always like to tell you indeed Walt I dont don't think I could
I had not heard you was were sick my dear brother It is right pretty to hear about those wild flowers
.— Walt dear I send love with all my heart.
angry—they are invented or distorted most horribly—I take it all phlegmatically—Dark, heavy, raw day, & my
Camden April 17 '89 A heavy saturated leaden day—& my condition ab't the same.
N[elly]'s card came yesterday—my best prayers for more mark'd improvement—I have just sent off books
bo't in England—one Dr B[ucke]'s book specially sent for —I have just finished my supper:dinner.
Camden April 16 '89 Nothing very different or new in my affairs—the past ten days bad rather—sort of
last rec'd—have no opinion or comment or suggestion to make —did you receive (& send on to O'C[onnor]) my
Camden April 16 '89 Cloudy raw weather—(may be part of my glum condition)—No word from O'C[onnor] now
It may seem ungracious . . . to say so (for Dick is my friend and means me well) but his piece impresses
There is a certain idea in my works—to glorify industry, nature and pure intstict.
I always remember that my ancestors were Dutch .
In my books, in my prose as well as my poetry, are many knots to untie.
I don't know why some men compare my book with the Bible.
Mendelssohn is my favorite. I always like to hear him.
My impressions were written on the next day, and my memory has been vividly refreshed.
He walked with bared head to my desk and laid one in my hand, saying: Please tell Mr.
The voice caught my ear.
on my desk.
My metre is loose and free.
Camden April 14 '89 Fine sunny weather—nothing special in my health—(if any difference am suffering less
My dear friend, I was glad to hear by your postal that you are getting along without an increase of suffering
My old enemy "melancholia" spreads its vampire wings still over my life and will I presume go with me
Gardner of Paisley, accepting my MS. "Walt Whitman the Poet of Humanity."
suppose his idea is that people will buy L. of G. more if they are not given the passages in question in my
Camden April 14 '89 Fine sunny coolish day—Ab't same as before with me—(fancy less rub-a-dub in my brain
Camden April 11 '89 Splendid sunny perfect weather here—I sit with my window open—friendly notices from
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
Gardner of Paisley, accepting my MS. "Walt Whitman the Poet of Humanity."
suppose his idea is that people will buy L. of G. more if they are not given the passages in question in my
He bites hard—says "it wd be a vast pity if the book were to fall through," owing to my obstinacy I suppose
Well, here comes my dinner— W W Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 8 April 1889
like to read—(T B Aldrich's also tho' short is very friendly & eulogistic—not sent here)— Nothing in my
, I have had a notion for, & now put out partly to occupy myself, & partly to commemorate finishing my
For the regard, the affection, which convoyed your noble argosy to this my haven,—believe me, my dear
Well: there is too much taking off of hats, but I certainly should doff my own to the Sun-God.
Pray give my kind regards to M. Traubel. Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, William D.
Am still laid up here by disablement and paralysis—am confined entirely to my room and mostly to my chair
My dear friend O'Connor is very ill at Washington.
substantial volume—not that I am overwhelmed or even entirely satisfied by it, but as I had not put my
My dear Sir.
think of you, and I am sure that it affords me much more than that to give this personal expression to my
say entirely my own way, and put it unerringly on record."
In another place the feeling of pride leads to this exclamation: "My Book and I—what a period we have
These snowy hairs, my feeble arm, my frozen feet, For them thy faith, thy role I take, and grave it to
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
—I am here coop:d up just as closely & helpless as ever—don't get my health or strength an atom more—Sit
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Camden April 7 '89 Y'r letters arrived & welcome—My card yesterday f'm Mrs: O'C speaks of our dear friend
sitting up next forenoon—Nothing new with me—Horace, Tom, Mrs: H. and Mr Morehouse have just call'd—My
same—am slowly getting on with the new (pocket-book) ed'n L of G. with Annex bits & Backw'd Glance at end—My
This sense forbids my taking up the pen carelessly to intrude upon your attention. I. Mr. H.H.
I came to grasp it; my humility to God, my esteem to you.
to my work as a composer.
Intention must befriend me or my chance must fall.
In the first, I send you a copy of this work, I have perforce of my religious perception, vested the