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I am still anchored here in my bed—I am sitting up now on the side—Mrs.
Louis, Feb 7th 1873 My dear Mother I wrote you a few days ago apprising you as to Mattie's health I
dear, dear, sister Matty—O how I have been thinking of you, & shall all day—I have not now the use of my
feeble, and have distress in the head—these are the worst features—but am gradually regaining the use of my
written a short letter to Hannah , & also one to Jeff —which they must have rec'd by this time— I keep up my
Washington Feb. 8;—noon— (sitting up on the side of my bed.)
dear, dear sister Matty — O how I have been thinking of you, & shall all day—I have not now the use of my
Louis—I can but send you my love, dear, dear sister— Your unhappy, sorrowful, loving brother Walt Walt
to-day—I feel so bad about Mat—I am still improving—but slowly though I realize some improvement every day—my
long—to-day I have been sadly pestered with visitors—every thing goes well with me, except the slowness of my
her—she was cheerful to a degree and at noon of the day she died sat up in her chair and directed how my
Dear Friend Abby, and all my friends, Helen & Emmy & Mr.
Arnold, I will write a line only—My paralysis still leaves me extremely feeble—& with great distress
I have lost my dear, dear sister Martha, in St.
present I can hardly move ten steps without feeling sick—I am sitting here now in the rocking chair in my
writing this—most of the time alone which suits me best—it is paralysis of left side—Love to all— Walt (My
rocking chair by the stove— I have just eat some dinner, a little piece of fowl & some toast & tea— my
The doctor comes every day—(I must tell you again I have a first-rate doctor— I think he understands my
thinking all the time it was the day of Matty's funeral— Every few minutes all day it would come up in my
she had moved to Camden, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman complained to Helen Price: "i would rather have my
own shanty and my good friends come to see me" (Pierpont Morgan Library).
, 1873: "i wouldentwouldn't mind living here if i had a place of my own but this living with and not
Louis, Monday Feb 24th 1873 My dear dear Mother Since Matties death I could not write you before—there
she was cheerful to a degree and at noon of the day she died sat up in her chair and directed how my
and then took my horse and buggy arriving at the house abt 3ck—I found Mattie dressed—furs &c on—sitting
awaiting me—I took her in my arms and carried her out to the buggy as I sat her in—she said "wait now
'till I fix my dress"—these were the last words she spok—She then fell over on her side I immediately
Now wait till I get my dress fixed and Papa waited and then she fell over & never spoke another word
along real well, upon the whole—I went out and over to the office yesterday— went in & sat down at my
desk a few minutes—It was my greatest effort yet, and I was afraid I had overshot the mark again, as
getting along all right—I am going out a little to-day, but not much— I feel now over the worst of my
bit of sickness, & comparatively comfortable— Poor Martha—the thoughts of her still come up in my mind
Price— Mother, I shall try to get out, & get my Feb. pay, I have to get it from the old office, & then
Camden Feb. 1873 febuary February 27 My dear walt Walt i have been waiting till this thursday Thursday
28 Feb. 1873 Saturday noon My dear dear walt Walt i have just got your letter the money came all safe
it over & over again —it is very, very good—so much about your dear mother , it brought the tears to my
eyes, & I had to stop many times—my dear, dear Sister Martha , she must have suffered so much, & to
got just well enough to go out, in a carriage, but, dear Hattie, I am in a miserable condition, as to my
power of moving—The doctor says I shall get well, but it is very, very slow and irksome—my mind is clear
Louis are addressed wrong)—My right address is Walt Whitman Solicitor's office Treasury, Washington,
1873 march March 4 5 oclock o'clock dear walt Walt i suppose you have got my letter i wrote last saturday
and mrs Mrs. buckly be a kind of mother to me and little poor hattie Hattie it made the tears come in my
hot weather i think it would us both good so we must both get so we can walk without limping good bie my
Burlington Tuesday Morning March 4 1873 My Dear Brother How are you this morning.
little I feel glad when its it's bright pleasant weather I think maybe you will gain faster,—I know my
from him and the dear little girls Do you remember Walt some years ago, what a bad time I had with my
back (I think it was neuralgie neuralgia of the spine) anyway I was well only my back I could not walk
do like that young fellow that is so kind to you, Peter Doyle I shall always remember him Good bye my
I have not rec'd any letters for the last two days— I suppose you got my letter Saturday—I have been
to keep house without stopping Hattie's schools and I did not wish to do that—but I shall not sell my
them away as I best may and hope as soon as Hattie gets a couple of years older we will try again Well my
thinking or wondering about you—I have often thought how I would like to see you and if I can so arrange my
My dear walt Walt its another monday Monday morning and edd Edd and me is alone george George has gone
i have been better of the rheumatism this winter untill until a week or so ago i got quite lame in my
knees so i could hardly get down stairs but i think i took cold going out to the privy getting my feet
hardly realize she is gone as her picture hangs here and looks so much like life it brings the tears to my
dear, I feel quite well to-day considering—in good spirits, & free from any pain—I suppose you got my
days, strong & sudden winds, & dust— but it is pleasanter to-day—it is now about ½ past 1—I have had my
Mother, I feel to-day as if I was getting well—(but my leg is so clumsy yet— & my head has to avoid much
March 19, 1873 Walt Whitman Dear friend, By my sister Nell's request I send you today by mail the best
copy I could find of my Medical Electricity.
more pretentious books, published by medical electricilians electricians in this country who have made my
I wrote to my sister my haunting fear that you might use electricity prematurely & incautiously & I rejoiced
I for one have felt my indebtedness to you for great thoughts & words more than ever before.
21 March 1873 M 21 My dear darling walt Walt i receeved received your letter yesterday likewise the gra
mention her name matti Matty was a kind daughter to me i have cause to regret her death) good bie give my
My dear Walt i received your letter yesterday we got the papers you send walter Walter dear i am glad
monday Monday afternoon My dear walt Walt as i am here in the sellen salon or dining room as its called
Louis March 26th 73 My dear Mother I received your latest letter—I was glad indeed to hear from you—yet
acknowledged on March 13 that "the principal trouble is yet in the head, & so easily getting fatigued—my
whole body feels heavy, & sometimes my hand" (Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York
was in bankruptcy, Redfield noted that the balance due Walt Whitman ($63.45) "will have to go in with my
I think my estate will pay 50 cents on the dollar: hope so at any rate."
'73 Friday morning—9 o'clock Dearest mother, The sun shines out bright & cheerful this morning—& in my
first sick) —I think I am feeling better to-day, & more like myself—I have been in the habit of soaking my
cold—so I have stopt stopped it, & I have a notion I feel better from stopping it— —I have just had my
here, rooms enough to live in for you & Ed and me —I realize it more, far more now, than ever—even for my
with a shed kichen with no fireplace in the house except in the kichen. . . . what do you think of my
Saturday My dear Walt i have received severall several paper s this week but no letter that has been
of company this week mostly girls from the place where she used to work all have to be taken up in my
got hans Han's letter and Jeffs Jeff's poor matt i feel so bad about her i cant can't keep her out of my
Louis, March 30th 1873 My dear Walt Although I have written two or three letters to you, and Hattie one
our house you must send your love to her also when you write i wish you would write to them this is my
sometimes you are writing at your desk well i am writing this down stairs all alone i have been on my
though maybee maybe i would come but i havent haven't had a word from her since she dident didn't get my
letter) write as often as you can dear and say if you got my letter of Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to
Sea Captains, Young or Old
If my article on you should appear in any american magazine, I should like to have sent a copy.
Clausen, who Rudolf Schmidt called "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he
nerves) they say it must not be applied, for it will do more harm than good, might cause convulsions—My
I wrote to Jeff yesterday—I send you Harper's Weekly , mother, it is quite interesting—I still hold my
mind about getting a house here & shall certainly do so —At present my great hope is to get well, to
get so I can walk, & have some use of my limbs—I can write, pretty well, and my mind is clear, but I
cannot walk a block, & have no power to do any thing, in lifting or moving any thing in my room, or
Later a board of inquiry attributed the disaster to dereliction of duty on the part of the captain.
My dear walt Walt i received your letter to day its a great consolation to get your letters nearly all
the comfort i have) as i have no one to talk too to about any of my own i get letters from helen price
without hearing mine they think Lou is in the family way and therefore she has to be kept up stairs in my
since i got up this morning till i come up to writ write this letter i have had very little good of my
8 April 1873 My dear walt Walt i got your letter of sunday Sunday and monday Monday and the papers all
fereplaces fireplaces and its much cheaper to have stove pipes than firplac es what do you think of my
For the poem that he enclosed, see "Sea Captains, Young or Old," published in the April 4, 1873 issue
confined comments on his condition to two brief remarks, that he did "not feel very well" and that "My
My dear Rossetti, The bearer of this note is Col. Richard J.
I am perfectly satisfied with the selections from my poems—and feel grateful to you for your kindness
My address remains the same—Solicitor's Office, Treasury, here. W.W.
These must have been my Selections of American Poems in the series Moxon's Popular Poems. W.M.R."
My dear M r Whitman, Thank you for the kind thought which sent me the newspaper containing good news
under all feeling which the fact of your illness produces lies the one feeling (which the growth of my
Burroughs would be willing to take the trouble; (& he would add to my gain if he would mention to me
My wife joins with mine her love & both go to you together. We are well.
It has always seemed to me more my proper work than prose, but if a sufficient experiment proves the
Please unlock the case where my books & pamphlets are in Mr.
quite good spells—but am not feeling well just now—have got over to the office, & am now sitting at my
hear of many cases, some good, some unfavorable— As to myself, I do not lose faith for a moment, in my
—I am feeling better—my head is some easier—Love to you, dear mama, & all— Walt.
April 17, '73 Dear Sir, Your letter of Feb. 8, '73, remitting my acc't account , and sales up to 1st
Also please return me, if convenient, the printed slip I forwarded you of my last acc't. with you, marked
Lee, Shephard & Dillingham whether they would not take my books, (the new editions) & job them.
There is beginning to be a steady, though moderate demand for my books, & if there were a good & permanent
Drinkard—he rubs the handles over my leg & thigh, for perhaps twenty minutes—the shock is very perceptible—it
not sure) it is Jule Mason —it is quite interesting—I am going to work for a couple of hours now at my
21 April 1873 monday Monday My ever dear walt Walt i thought i would write to you to day as i dident
the best and the largest sometime i feel bad enoughf enough if i was younger i should show some of my
getting along if you think you cant can't get a house for us to live in worry about me i shall live my
words "dignity" and "now" Louisa Van Velsor Whitman canceled the phrase "it would bee all good to have my
days—I walk very clumsily yet, & do not try to get around by walking—but I think I am stronger now, & my
writing this over at the office—It is pleasant here, but cloudy & coolish—Mother, I suppose you got my
envelopes & I will send them—write whenever you can—I think I shall be able to soon give a good account of my
Washington: "walt if you think you cant get a house for us to live in dontdon't worry about me. i shall live my
Louis— Apl 24th 1873 My dear Mother— Your letter was handed me just as I was leaving the city to go to
My health, and that of the Children continues first-rate we get along nicely at Mrs Bulkley['s] and
I am ashamed that I have not been more thoughtful in this respect—but what with Mat's sickness and my
& was glad to hear from you—I am still in a pretty bad way—I am writing this over at the office, at my
desk, but feel to-day more like laying down than sitting up—I do not walk any better, & my head has
strength—very slowly—& shall yet get well as ever — Every thing goes on about the same, in the sphere of my
is impossible in reality— I got a long letter from Dowden —he mentions you—As I sit I look over from my
were men out there in their shirt-sleeves raking it up—I have a big bunch of lilacs in a pitcher in my
was glad to hear from you—I am still in a pretty bad way —I am writing this over at the office, at my
desk, but feel to-day more like laying down than sitting up—I do not walk any better, & my head has
strength—very slowly—& shall yet get well as ever—Every thing goes on about the same, in the sphere of my
impossible in reality— —I got a long letter from Dowden —he mentions you —As I sit I look over from my
were men out there in their shirt-sleeves raking it up—I have a big bunch of lilacs in a pitcher in my
letter Tuesday—I am about the same—I have not gone over to the office to-day, & am writing this in my
room—mother, I send only $15 in this—will send the other 5 in my next—Write and send me word, soon as
ups and downs—but steadily advance, quite certain, though very slowly—I seem to have a bad cold in my
difference but i doo do feel sometimes if i could have something except the regular fare i should like it as my