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be informed— "how many Justices of the Peace are now in commission in each Ward respectively of the City

Box 6155, New York City.

True, the first copies imported into this country were at the order of the undersigned; but, that, it

General, in relation to your private interests, as the tenant or occupant of a Lot of ground in the city

New York City.

is glad they come he is very tired of hotell hotel life this house is out of the thick part of the city

The seven women were "stretched upon the sidewalk, in Cranberry Street," which led to Plymouth Church

Emily "Emmy" or "Emma" Price was the daughter of Abby and Edmund Price, who were friends of Walt Whitman

Emily and her sister Helen were regular visitors to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman.

Abby Price's "spells" were asthma (see Louisa Van Velsor Whitman's January 17, 1867 letter to Walt Whitman

Presumably, he had begun the revisions that led to the fifth American edition (1871–72).

James Ridgeway, New York City.

Harper's Weekly was notable for its Civil War coverage and began publishing American writers in the ensuing

appeared in the September 28, 1861 issue of the newspaper, and two poems by Whitman were first published

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

Hattie and her younger sister Jessie Louisa (1863–1957) were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

Our American politics, as you notice, are in an unusually effervescent condition—with perhaps (to the

For the strained relationship, see Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Whitman's April 16, 1860 and March 3, 1863

"Willy" and "Charlee" were probably John Brown's sons.

the Galaxy of December, left it—and applies to Individuality—sketches the portrait of the ideal American

of the future—also characterizations of the American woman—overhauls the Culture theory, shows its deficiencies

masses, of healthy, acute, handsome Individualities, modernized, & fully adapted to our soil, our days, city

Grier, "Walt Whitman, the Galaxy, and Democratic Vistas," American Literature, 23 (1951–1952), 332–350

Apparently Walt Whitman coined the word "personalism," which Bronson Alcott introduced into American

When he left here he said he was going to New York as agent for a firm in this city & the next we hear

She had two children from a previous marriage: Lewis and Eva Morrell, and she and Benton were the parents

Wilson named his first child "Walter Whitman Wilson," after the poet; their other children were Austin

Price, | 279 East 55th street, | New York City." It is postmarked: "Washington D.C. | (?)."

William Douglas and Ellen O'Connor were living in John and Ursula Burroughs' new home.

Skelton, "Stanton, Edwin McMasters," American National Biography Online).

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

Davis eventually became city engineer of Boston (1871–1880) and later served as chief engineer of the

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

In August 1865, the city of St.

the Attorney General to furnish the House, "a statement of the amounts paid during each year since 1860

stands upon the clause quoted from the Act of 1853, and upon clauses in the Appropriation Acts of 1860

see me to say he was going that night to his mothers he told mrs he had a letter from Jeff and they were

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

Davis eventually became city engineer of Boston (1871–1880) and later served as chief engineer of the

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

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

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

Certain poetical pieces of mine were arranged to appear soon in English magazine & I should like the

Grier, "Walt Whitman, the Galaxy, and Democratic Vistas," American Literature, 23 (1951–1952), 332–350

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

Bowen, of this city, who will soon call upon you personally.

Lane later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer, and

he again employed George to inspect pipe in Camden, New Jersey ("Moses Lane," Proceedings of the American

During the 1860s, Price and her family, especially her daughter Helen, were friends with Walt Whitman

In 1860 the Price family began to save Walt's letters. In a November 15, 1863 letter to Ellen M.

Grier, "Walt Whitman, the Galaxy, and Democratic Vistas," American Literature, 23 (1951–1952), 332–350

account would have been settled before, but that, from the fact that the bills previously rendered were

was received in duplicate, and I have to notify you that 53 Maine, 39 Vermont, and 33 Connecticut were

in the eagle saturday Saturday night in carlton ave Carlton Ave. i went to see about them but they were

could hardly make it out he is very busy he says they have moovd moved and are all better than they were

Lane later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer, and

he again employed George to inspect pipe in Camden, New Jersey ("Moses Lane," Proceedings of the American

Advertised as the "SECOND FLOOR and part of third, six rooms" including "water and gas," the rooms were

, 1860 letter to Walt Whitman).

See Jeff Whitman's April 16, 1860 and March 3, 1863 letters to Walt.

Sammis wrote to Walt Whitman on April 6, 1860, and was mentioned in his April 15, 1863 letter to Louisa

I tried several magazines, but they were already made up for their May numbers" (Horace Traubel, With

C's accounts as Collector were finally settled in your Department,—and whether, in the examination and

instances, to shock many people, and contains specimens of every thing that is characteristic in the American

speaking, an abhorrence; but in this case several chance expressions which Walt Whitman permitted himself were

so very rude that his poems, as a whole, were deprived of that fair judgment which by rights belongs

her nothing but what they will indulge her in) when martha Martha was there she seemed to think they were

Davis eventually became city engineer of Boston (1871–1880) and later served as chief engineer of the

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

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

Hattie and her younger sister Jessie Louisa (1863–1957) were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

Smith, Counsellor at Law, New York City. Will continue the Georgia for the term. Glad to do so. J.

(vide Sunday Times , March 3rd, 1867) we called the attention of our readers to the works of an American

them, when the first feelings of dislike, which the violation of all received models had occasioned were

American life and institutions have impregnated Whitman's soul.

American air has saturated his lungs.

He is an American, Manhattanese, a democrat.

approximately half the poems found in the 1867 Leaves of Grass (poems that might have offended English readers were

6th August, 1867, and 17th July, 1862, the condemnation could not extend beyond the interest of the city

You now represent, as Mayor of Memphis, that the interest of the city urgently requires the immediate

Attorney General Stanbery favorable to the claim of the city.

Nellie had two children, Lewis and Eva Morrell, from a previous marriage, and she and Benton were the

Wilson named his first child "Walter Whitman Wilson," after the poet; their other children were Austin

She had two children from a previous marriage: Lewis and Eva Morrell, and she and Benton were the parents

Wilson named his first child "Walter Whitman Wilson," after the poet; their other children were Austin

Henry discusses here): "When he left here he said he was going to New York as agent for a firm in this city

Counsellor at Law, New York City.

The Civil, Political, Professional, and Ecclesiastical History . . . of the County of Kings and the City

She and Jeff had two daughters, Manahatta "Hattie" (1860–1886) and Jessie Louisa "Sis" (b. 1863).

New York City.

down some principle for the guidance of this office,—but finding the cases of some difficulty, they were

. —& on or about the 11th March, I wrote you, what I had learned—viz: that they were to be exempted—&

Price, | (new number) | No. 331 East 55th street, | New York City."

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an American abolitionist, minister, and frequent correspondent

Dearest mother, Well, it is a dark cloudy day, & raining hard—the darkies were to have a great celebration

of West Hills, Long Island, in the state of New York, somewhere about thirty miles from the great American

If I were to suspect death I should die now: Do you think I could walk pleasantly and well suited to-

At the City Dead House in his "Leaves of Grass," we see him standing—gazing—yearning, in tenderest pity

youth, and through middle and through old age, how unfaltering, how affectionate and faithful they were

And, as it has been with those, so it is now and henceforth with this true American Poet Walt Whitman

Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) was a popular and influential French poet and songwriter whose lyrics were

reference to holly alludes to Burns's poem, "The Vision" (1786): "Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs/Were

Walt (Walter) Whitman, except the occasional brilliant scraps which English papers copy from their American

Rossetti insists that it must be taken as an altogether new poetry: as something as distinctively American

Whitman deleted the next line of this draft—"I will think about the American agent too, & write"—his

, The best farms—others toiling and planting, and he unavoidably reaps, The noblest and costliest cities—others

feeling are caught, and of the grand yet melancholy suggestiveness which sets the whole picture, as it were

regarded as part of the evidence, (in this case of more than ordinary importance,) the counsel mentioned were

I shall have to try a head of him presently for my American Gallery: Emerson, Thoreau, and Walt" (The

Whitman's essays "Democracy" and "Personalism" were published in the Galaxy in December 1867 and May

These three essays were later combined in Democratic Vistas, which was first published in 1871 in New

Whitman (1829–1901), a Union soldier in the American Civil War, who had been wounded in the Battle of

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

Emerson is just home from your city of steeples and tracks, but I have not spoken with him yet.

This letter is addressed: Walt Whitman | Washington City | D.C.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

President Central American Transit Co. 56 Exchange Place New York Sir: In reply to your letter of 28th

This is upon the general subject of a needed American Literature, in the highest sense , & of our imaginative

Grier, "Walt Whitman, the Galaxy, and Democratic Vistas," American Literature, 23 (1951–1952), 332–350

Is he American? Is he new? Is he rousing? Does he feel, and make me feel?"

That he is American in one sense we must admit.

He is American as certain forms of rowdyism and vulgarity, excrescences on American institutions, are

American.

But that he is American in the sense of being representative of American taste, intellect, or cultivation

She had two children from a previous marriage: Lewis and Eva Morrell, and she and Benton were the parents

Wilson named his first child "Walter Whitman Wilson," after the poet; their other children were Austin

hasent hasn't done right i see in the papers if he leaves he will be esscorted escorted through the citys

cities you must have congratulations from all quarters poor old alcot Alcott he must be very old seems

Aynes, "Bingham, John Armor," American National Biography Online).

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) was an American educator and abolitionist and the father of Louisa May

Lane later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer, and

he again employed George to inspect pipe in Camden, New Jersey ("Moses Lane," Proceedings of the American

Velsor Whitman's disbelief is understandable since Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Whitman's salary far exceeded