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

Frederick Gutekunst (1831–1917) was a well-known ninteenth-century American photographer in Philadelphia

28 (1885) Dear friend Thank you & dear Alys for the nice sheets & cases, which arrived yesterday, were

Logan and Alys were Mary's siblings.

On October 21 Mary Costelloe had informed the poet that she and her husband were about to go as delegates

Whitman sent "Old Poets" to the North American Review.

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

writer and women's suffrage activist who ran for a seat in the British parliament soon after women were

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

spoke at length concerning his poetry, and in the course of his address repeated extracts, among which were

Logan and Alys were Mary's siblings.

Their parents, Robert Pearsall Smith and Hannah Whitall Smith, were strong supporters of Whitman.

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

These libations, ecstatic life-pourings as it were of precious wine or rose - water on vast desert sands

or great polluted river—taking chances for returns or no returns —what were they (or are they) but the

These pieces were "November Boughs" and "The Dying Veteran."

champagne yesterday—so you see, Mary, we are not starving— Tuesday forenoon Sept: 16 —Harry and Becky were

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

1884, when George and Louisa moved to a farm outside of Camden and Whitman decided to stay in the city

Well, Mat, I will suspend my letter for the present, and go out through the city—I have a couple of poor

There were about 100 in one long room, just a long shed neatly whitewashed inside.

Then there were many, many others. I mention the one, as a specimen.

My Brooklyn boys were John Lowery, shot at Fredericksburgh, and lost his left forearm, and Amos H.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

According to Whitman's jottings in "New York City Veterans," Whitman discovered John Lowery (here spelled

the affections, soothe them, brace them up, kiss them, discard all ceremony, & fight for them, as it were

The days in the hospitals were too serious for that" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [New

to see a young man whom I love very much, who has fallen into deepest affliction, & is now in your city

deal for many weeks—he then went home to Barre—became worse—has now been sent from his home to your city—is

1884, when George and Louisa moved to a farm outside of Camden and Whitman decided to stay in the city

letter bears the address: Miss Mannahatta Whitman | Care of Mrs Archer | Patapsco Seminary | Ellicott City

rocky Palisades—the never-ending hills—beautiful Yonkers—the rapid succession of handsome villages & cities—the

one-horse open wagon, with some poor household traps huddled together, some new baskets for sale (they were

Manahatta Whitman (1860–1886), known as "Hattie," was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson ("Jeff") and Martha

Hattie and her sister Jessie were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

Though their correspondence slowed in the middle of their lives, the brothers were brought together again

This postal card is addressed: Major James B Pond | Everett House | New York City.

is referring to his lecture entitled "The Death of Abraham Lincoln," which he delivered in New York City

Pond | Everett House | cor: 4th Av: & 17th Street | New York City.

is referring to his lecture entitled "The Death of Abraham Lincoln," which he delivered in New York City

has not been hitherto publish'd & will not be until after you issue it—No word nor money from y'r American

The hospitals here are again full, as nearly all last week trains were arriving off & on from front with

The wrecks in these forms of so many hundreds of dear young American men come in lately, are terrible

In the first printing of the 1876 edition of Leaves of Grass some poems were pasted in: these intercalations

up a couple of small houses, to be worth about $2000 a piece, in some good spot, outer part of the city—one

Though their correspondence slowed in the middle of their lives, the brothers were brought together again

These figures were cited in the New York Times of this date, in the official release from the office

forget their kindness & real friendship & it appears as though they would continue just the same, if it were

years until Lincoln came in—They have bought another house, smaller, to live in, & are going to move (were

Mother, I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

Though their correspondence slowed in the middle of their lives, the brothers were brought together again

In our ward the screws were put rather tight, out of a little over 3000 names they drew 1056, nearly

deserters—there is among the Old Capitol prisoners a little boy of seven years old—he and his father were

The Washington National Republican of this date listed d'Almeida among refugees who were committed to

entertained by James Fields, and had met Longfellow, Emerson, and Agassiz: "I carry with me a little American

In the Brooklyn Directory of 1859–1860, Ellison was listed as clerk.

Hill, James Hill, and Warren Hill were engineers; Simon Hill, Samuel Hill, and Thomas Newman were contractors

probably get anywhere—most of the boarders have left—I and another young man are the only ones left—they were

in the Departments, & were discharged—Many have been discharged within the last two months, & many more

—My head was the worst, though I don't know, the faint weak spells were not very pleasant—but I feel

the Wilderness, & that region, arrived here so neglected, & in such plight, it was awful—(those that were

sight must have been presented by the field of action—I think the killed & wounded there on both sides were

as many as eighteen or twenty thousand—in one place, four or five acres, there were a thousand dead,

I have got in the way after going lightly as it were all through the wards of a hospital, & trying to

O'Connor, who, with Charles Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during

Though their correspondence slowed in the middle of their lives, the brothers were brought together again

Bowen —the men were all armed with clubs or pistols—besides the procession in the street, there was a

gesticulating like madmen—it was quite comical, yet very disgusting & alarming in some respects—They were

Yesterday I went up to the Presidents to see the reception of the Chinese Embassy—there were eight or

Grant and Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives, were the Republican candidates.

October 4; reprinted in Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Relations between the two families were sometimes strained; see Whitman's letter from March 22, 1864.

or is hurrying back to Richmond— Whether there is any thing in this story or not, I cannot tell—the city

On the day Whitman wrote this letter, Jeff reported that the three were recovering, and that "I think

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

According to the Baltimore American, Emerson lectured at the Peabody Institute on Tuesday, January 2,

Not surprisingly, Burroughs' reactions were almost identical: he too believed that Emerson failed to

perceive "the needs of the American people today" (Clara Barrus, Whitman and Burroughs—Comrades [Boston

sometimes think is more pitiful still— Well, mother, I went to see the great spirit medium Foster, there were

O'Connor, who, with Charles Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during

Though their correspondence slowed in the middle of their lives, the brothers were brought together again

the itinerary of the Fifty-first Regiment: "When I last wrote you [March 6] from Nashville Tenn. we were

Well we went to Knoxville by way of Chattanooga, stopped at Knoxville a day or two, and then were ordered

The next day after we arrived at the Creek we were ordered to bout face and travel over the same ground

would like to have the pleasure of Miss Mannahatta Whitman's company, the first fine forenoon, if it were

In diary entries in 1867 and 1870, Whitman noted Fritsch's address at the American Papier Maché Company

Whitman printed an account of this engagement in the New York Daily Graphic in 1874; see American Literature

Mullan's explorations were described in the U.S.

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who issued the 1860

1884, when George and Louisa moved to a farm outside of Camden and Whitman decided to stay in the city