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The whole collection would be sufficiently homogeneous, (and it were a fault to be too much so)—You just

The sale at the American Art Association on March 11, 1924, listed a one-page letter to Burroughs on

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

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

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

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

I have called at the American News Company store.

Grier, "Walt Whitman, the Galaxy, and Democratic Vistas," American Literature, 23 (1951–1952), 337.

print any notes of my jaunt yet—I am well, considering— —Addington Symonds has sent me a copy of the American

Bathgate, to whom the books were sent on February 19 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.

The second that this truth is asserted with an especial colour of American egotism which good English

Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library).

for a week—As I close, my bird is singing like a house afire, & the sun is shining out—I wish you were

Sloane Kennedy had to say about Whitman in his pamphlet, but thought that the statements about style were

but the bad deathly spells are very rare, (almost unknown) the last three months—I want to go to N Y city

rec'd received , & glad enough to hear from you all—the interval has been a long one—I supposed you were

Both were letters about her travels and various points of interest (The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and

The last sentence is taken from the text in the catalog of the American Art Association, November 5–6

and Poets (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1877), Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (New York: American

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.

there (by pressing invitation) to dinner, & two hours—a wonderfully good two hours—the whole family were

Jessie and her sister Manahatta ("Hattie") were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

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

At this time Gilchrist and Rossetti were contemplating purchasing Walt Whitman's new volumes and presenting

113 east 10th Street | N Y New York City— March 13 Dear friend Yours of yesterday rec'd received —Shall

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.

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

Goldsmith estimated that only fifty copies of this "edition" were issued (Clara Barrus, Whitman and Burroughs—Comrades

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

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

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

here in the 4:30 P M Camden via Trenton to NY train to–morrow, Wednesday, & expect to be in Jersey City

& I understand I am to go with him to the Westminster Hotel, for the night—Yes, meet me in Jersey City—I

The arrangements for the lecture were made by John H.

Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman of May 25, 1865, and Wilson's Business Directory of New York City

Marvin had been co-editor of the Radical in 1866–1867; see Frank Luther Mott, A History of American Magazines

Direct to me at 279 East 55th street, New York City.

Remember 279 East 55th street, New York City. I have been well & hearty.

and Poets (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1877), Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (New York: American

A criticism of "The Poetry of the Future" appeared in The American (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles

With the cooperation of yourself and other American thinkers of the first note, the Review must become

Two on Emerson" and "A Final Word on Emerson" in the Galaxy in February and April, 1876; the essays were

with the intention, as soon as I can move with comfort, of getting to the sea-side—probably Atlantic City

, 1873, Louisa inquired of one of her friends about rooms in Atlantic City (Library of Congress).

Whitman is referring to the group of thirty-one poems taken from the book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) that were

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

footnote in "Democratic Art," his essay on Whitman, Symonds wonders: "'Poetry of the Future' (North American

"The Poetry of the Future," which first appeared in the North American Review 132.291 (February 1881)

For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" and "Carlyle from American Points of

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

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.

Thirty-one poems from Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy

Mott avenue & 149th street Station L New York City —I am stopping here till until ab't about Aug: August

This letter is addressed: J L Gilder | Editor Critic | 757 Broadway | New York City.

CITY.

Ever prolific, Whitman wrote a piece about Mott Haven, entitled "City Notes in August," which he published

The envelope is addressed: J L & J B Gilder | Critic | office | 30 Lafayette Place | New York City.

With additions he republished it as "Robert Burns as Poet and Person" in The North American Review, 143

After the poem was rejected by The North American Review, Whitman sent it on May 28 to Jeannette Gilder

Whitman described Mott Haven in the New York Tribune on August 15 in "City Notes in August."

dedicate to him the first edition of Leaves of Grass, the latter was ready to consent if certain passages were

The "proof slips" were sent to William Michael Rossetti, Mrs. Franklin B.

— —In the Feb: February N A North American Review there is a piece of mine about Poetry (a good many

Charles Allen Thorndike Rice (1851–1889) purchased The North American Review in 1876.

The address on the envelope is J L & J B Gilder | Critic Office | 20 Lafayette PLace | New York City

Whitman must have concluded that the copies were not sent by the Gilders because, on January 11, he entered

This letter is addressed: J L & J B Gilder | Critic office | 30 Lafayette Place | New York City.

I sent you from here the proof of "Eminent Visitors" —See by the paper of 17th the errors I marked were

Whitman sent it to The Nineteenth Century on August 8 and to The North American Review on September 1

This postal card is addressed: J L & J B Gilder | Critic office | 20 Lafayette Place | New York City.

Whitman on December 21, 1883, sent "A Backward Glance on My Own Road" to The North American Review and

This postal card is addressed: Miss Jeannette Gilder | Critic office | 743 Broadway | New York City.

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

This letter is addressed: J L & L B Gilder | Critic office | 743 Broadway | New York City.

Do you keep at all the American presidential trip Pacific-ward & south west ward?

recollections (Brooklyn 1852–'61) come up on a rush—& Tom Rome —how good & considerate & faithful they both were

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

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

signal & wide-spread horror of the kind ever known in this country—curious that at this very hour, we were

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