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wheel chair but shall resume in a day or two—I am sitting here in the old den in Mickle st second story
| Feb 14 | 8 PM | 89; R | 2—15—89 | 6—1A—NY.
To-day quiet & warm & dull here muchly—I am sitting up in the 2d story room alone—door & windows open—Did
(knees to feet) from what appears to be absolute paralysis, abnegation— The Saturday Review (March 2)
Walsh published in The Saturday Review on March 2, 1889.
Fraudulent 'Leaves of Grass,'" about the pirated 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, in The Critic on June 2.
Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,
The poem appeared with a prefatory comment upon Whitman's "lack of the spiritual element of thought" (2:
These later parts of the original 'S.
We propose an interval of four to six or eight months between the 2 vols. so that there is plenty of
Jonathan Trumbull published "Walt Whitman's View of Shakspere" in Poet-lore, 2 (July 1890), 368–371.
Whitman's reply, "Shakspere for America," appeared in Poet-lore 2 (October 1890), 492–493, and was reprinted
been under a cloud, but I see it is plainly coming out—Love to you f'm me & all of us—I enclose $5, 2
for Mrs: M[apes], 2 for the dear mother & 1 for dear boy Glen & my best respects & well wishes to all
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey US America Aug: 2 '86 A pleasant forenoon as I write, here by the
from Dr B[ucke] two days ago— all well— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe, 2
It is postmarked: Camden | Aug | 2 | 3 PM | N.J.
, an excerpt from a private correspondent about gifts of Americans to Walt Whitman (see 1597); June 2,
. | 3-25-87 | 2 A | N.Y.
. | Dec 2(?) | 6 PM | 87; F | 12-30-87 | 6 A | N.Y.
Thursday afternoon 1 2 past 2. Dear Mrs.
Camden New Jersey April 2 '82 My dear Dana Yes I am willing you should make extracts—Enclosed (suggestions
Dana, 2 April 1882
It is postmarked: Morrisania | Aug 9 | 2 PM | N.Y. CITY.
dinner—two hours—every thing just right every way—a dozen people there, (the family & relatives)—for my part
satisfactorily—& I have had my own way in every thing—the old name "Leaves of Grass" is retained—it will be a $2
However, see the identical description of Two Rivulets in a letter to Edward Dowden of May 2, 1875.
Whitman probably used similar phraseology in two letters, one written on May 2 to Dowden and another
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Feb: 2 '81 Dear Sir Yours of Jan: 31 just rec'd received .
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman | Feb. 2/81 settled o.k. | F.H.R. Walt Whitman to Frank H.
Ransom, 2 February 1881
Whitman made the following note in his Commonplace Book on February 2: "Sent a set Two Vols: to Frank
Whitman made the following note in his Commonplace Book on February 2: "Sent a set Two Vols: to Frank
See also Whitman's letter to Ransom of February 2, 1881.
My dear Madam — Yours of 9th rec'd received —I should be pleased to send you the book—the price is $2—
Pearsall; see frontispiece to The Correspondence (New York: New York University Press, 1961–69), vol. 2;
Feb: 18—Evn'g— Yours of 15th rec'd received , with the $10 for Centennial Edition—2 vols volumes —Sincere
Edward Grier [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:828; and Daybooks and Notebooks, ed.
William White [New York: New York University Press, 1977], 2:422) and later noted that the book had been
20 '86 Dear Sir Yours of 19th rec'd received —Yes, Monday will suit me—will be ready for you by 10 1/2
In this office, I am in the part where the Pardons are attended to.
William White [New York: New York University Press, 1977], 2:310).
comprise my complete works (the latter Vol. as you see, includes Memoranda of the War as a constituent part
Wallis, Kensington Art Museum—(& I believe one or two others)—I sent 2 copies Memoranda of War (one bound
every poem which contains passages or words which modern squeamishness can raise an objection to—& 2,
In the margin Whitman wrote: "sent this to C[onway]—2 of 4 [newspaper accounts]."
employment of seven years or more in Washington after the war (1865–'72) I regularly saved a great part
see Dr B Bucke off—Hope this will find you comfortable, sister dear, & best love to you— Walt Whitman 2
See Daybooks and Notebooks, Volume 2, ed.
Evn'g May 14 '90 Ed, I am decidedly better f'm my second grip —(was a bad 'un)—have been out bet'n 2
flag"—grows all over the Northern and Middle States—(see Webster's Large Dictionary—Calamus—definition 2)
such kind offerings as Chas Charles W Reynell's (No 1. in your transcript) and J Leicester Warren (No 2)
On June 2 he accepted Whitman's suggestion of expanding his article.
This essay became part of The Poet as A Craftsman (see the letter from Whitman to Kennedy of December 2,
W.S.K] 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Dec. 2 '85 noon Dear W S K Your "the Poet as a Craftsman"
out in my wagon, for a two or three hours drive— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 2
Washington May 2 1865. Mr. Eckler: Dear Sir: I enclose $20 in further liquidation.
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Peter Eckler, 2 May 1865
According to Whitman's notations on the statement, he paid $20.00 on April 26 and again on May 2, perhaps
Upon reading over my letter within, previous to mailing it, I had almost decided not to send it—as a part
In a November 2, 1873, letter, Walt Whitman offered "Song of the Redwood-Tree" to Henry M.
Having successfully submitted "Song of the Redwood-Tree" to Harper's New Monthly Magazine on November 2,
Congress, Washington, D.C., appears in Horace Traubel, ed., With Walt Whitman in Camden (1906–1996), 2:
In a November 2, 1873, letter, Walt Whitman offered "Song of the Redwood-Tree" to Henry M.
Having successfully submitted "Song of the Redwood-Tree" to Harper's New Monthly Magazine on November 2,
In a November 2, 1873, letter, Walt Whitman offered "Song of the Redwood-Tree" to Henry M.
. | Dec 24 | 8 PM | 89; London | AM | Ja 2 | 90(?); OMB. 1 | 4-1-90 | (?).
Rolleston of December 2, 1881.
I enclose you some slips—those relating to myself, (which tell their own story) because I know you will
I tell you this partly to show you I still take some part in affairs, though I am badly shattered & old
a College about 500 miles from here to deliver a commencement poem —it will be published, forming part
But the spectacular part of the scenes is the best, especially at night—many bands of music— Walt Whitman