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Search : William White

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Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 11 March 1891

  • Date: March 11, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New

Henry S. Tuke to Walt Whitman, 9 March 1891

  • Date: March 9, 1891
  • Creator(s): Henry S. Tuke
Text:

book sent March 24 Swanpool Falmouth Cornwall England— March•9•1891• Dear Sir My friend Mr Gleeson White

Annotations Text:

Gleeson White, an Englishman Whitman described as a "middle-aged man very gentlemanly & pleasant," visited

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 2:575.

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 5 March 1891

  • Date: March 5, 1891
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. O'Connor
Text:

Kimball for the Life Saving Report of the year that William died.

Walt Whitman to Wallace Wood, 3 March 1891

  • Date: March 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

See William White's article in The American Book Collector, XI (May, 1961), 30–31, where Wood's second

William H. Riley to Walt Whitman, 28 February 1891

  • Date: February 28, 1891
  • Creator(s): William H. Riley
Text:

Wm Harrison Riley William H. Riley to Walt Whitman, 28 February 1891

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 26 February 1891

  • Date: February 26, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

tea—Suppose you have March Lippincott's —Best thanks to you & dear J W W[allace] for Review, Black & White

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 26 February [1891]

  • Date: February 26, [1891]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 26 February [1891]

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [18 February 1891]

  • Date: [February 18, 1891]
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [18 February 1891]

William T. Stead to Walt Whitman, 16 February 1891

  • Date: February 16, 1891
  • Creator(s): Wlliam T. Stead | William T. Stead
Text:

I am, Yours truly, W T Stead William T. Stead to Walt Whitman, 16 February 1891

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 16 February 1891

  • Date: February 16, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 16 February 1891

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 11 February 1891

  • Date: February 11, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

fully —is well—I see James Redpath is dead in NY—Y'r letter rec'd — Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 9 February 1891

  • Date: February 9, 1891
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

In "The Colonel, at Home, in Sonoma County" (Overland, 17 [February, 1891], 200–208), Laura Lyon White

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 6 February 1891

  • Date: February 6, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

—write often as convenient God bless you & Frau & my Boston friends— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William

Annotations Text:

William White [New York: New York University Press, 1977], 2:585.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 6 February 1891

  • Date: February 6, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

In "The Colonel, at Home, in Sonoma County," (Overland, 17 [February, 1891], 200–208), Laura Lyon White

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 3 February 1891

  • Date: February 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

times—head, gastric & bladder bad —wet & dark to-day—nights middling fair Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 1 February 1891

  • Date: February 1, 1891
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 1 February 1891

Laura Lyon White to Walt Whitman, 29 January 1891

  • Date: January 29, 1891
  • Creator(s): Laura Lyon White
Text:

admiringly reads your writings, and who fancies she feels their spirit Sincerely Yours Laura Lyon White

Laura Lyon White to Walt Whitman, 29 January 1891

[William C. Angus] to Walt Whitman, 27 January 1891

  • Date: January 27, 1891
  • Creator(s): William C. Angus
Text:

In Glasgow the Exhibition would be largely [William C. Angus] to Walt Whitman, 27 January 1891

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 21 January 1891

  • Date: January 21, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 19 January 1891

  • Date: January 19, 1891
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

We have had a magic ice-spectacle here—trees all candied. see | notes | Jan 20 | 1891 William Sloane

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 17 January 1891

  • Date: January 17, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

[WW also mentioned Arthur Stedman. ] Walt W Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 17 January 1891

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 13 January 1891

  • Date: January 13, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 13 January 1891

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 12 January 1891

  • Date: January 12, 1891
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

W.S.K. on cars Mon to 1891 | 13 | Jan | see notes William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 12 January

The North American Review to Walt Whitman, 10 January 1891

  • Date: January 10, 1891
  • Creator(s): The North American Review
Text:

Review per t Whitman drew a line through this letter and wrote his January 20–21, 1891, letter to William

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [9 January 1891]

  • Date: [January 9, 1891]
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

W.S.K. yr card just William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [9 January 1891]

Cassius M. Clay to Walt Whitman, 6 January 1891

  • Date: January 6, 1891
  • Creator(s): Cassius M. Clay
Text:

White Hall, Ky.

I remain yours truly Cassius Marcellus Clay Walt Whitman Esq. see | notes | April 1 st | 1891 White Hall

Annotations Text:

On the lower left Clay has written: "White Hall: | ky. | C. Clay."

Walt Whitman to William T. Stead, 6 January 1891

  • Date: January 6, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William T. Stead, 6 January 1891

Ship Ahoy!

  • Date: January 2, 1891
Text:

On the verso of the manuscript is a cancelled letter to Whitman from William S.

Walt Whitman by Thomas Eakins? Samuel Murray?, 1891

  • Date: 1891
  • Creator(s): Eakins, Thomas | Murray, Samuel
Text:

this was taken.In May of 1891, Murray accompanied the New York sculptor and friend of Thomas Eakins, William

Walt Whitman by Samuel Murray, 1891

  • Date: 1891
  • Creator(s): Murray, Samuel
Text:

where this was taken.In May of 1891, Murray accompanied the New York sculptor and friend of Eakins, William

Walt Whitman by Thomas Eakins? Samuel Murray?, 1891

  • Date: 1891
  • Creator(s): Eakins, Thomas | Murray, Samuel
Text:

where this was taken.In May of 1891, Murray accompanied the New York sculptor and friend of Eakins, William

Walt Whitman by Dr. William Reeder, 1891

  • Date: 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. William Reeder
Text:

William Reeder, 1891 Dr. William Reeder was a Philadelphia physician and admirer of Whitman.

William Reeder, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."

Walt Whitman by Dr. William Reeder, 1891

  • Date: 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. William Reeder
Text:

William Reeder, 1891 Dr. William Reeder was a Philadelphia physician and admirer of Whitman.

William Reeder, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."

Seas and Lands, Chapter VI: Men and Cities

  • Date: 1891
  • Creator(s): Edwin Arnold | Sir Edwin Arnold, M. A., K. C. I. E., C. S. I.
Text:

From time to time sanguinary collisions between blacks and whites occur, and the diminishing number of

the sons of Ham are seriously multiplying in the South, where in some districts they quite swamp the white

Nor have we anywhere in England a Town Hall nearly as magnificent as the huge pile of white marble, reared

Girard College is another magnificent building of white marble, in the Corinthian style, imitating the

Leaves of Grass (1891–1892)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

spread your white sails my little bark athwart the imperious waves, Chant on, sail on, bear o'er the

pass up or down, white-sail'd schooners, sloops, lighters! Flaunt away, flags of all nations!

What is that little black thing I see there in the white? Loud! loud! loud!

The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass and white and red morning-glories, and white and

In calculating that decision, William O'Connor and Dr. Bucke are far more peremptory than I am.

Essay. Leaves of Grass (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

In calculating that decision, William O'Connor and Dr. Bucke are far more peremptory than I am.

Cluster: Inscriptions. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

imperious waves, Or some lone bark buoy'd on the dense marine, Where joyous full of faith, spreading white

spread your white sails my little bark athwart the imperious waves, Chant on, sail on, bear o'er the

Cluster: Children of Adam. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

man was of wonderful vigor, calmness, beauty of person, The shape of his head, the pale yellow and white

swelling and deliciously aching, Limitless limpid jets of love hot and enormous, quivering jelly of love, white-blow

Examine these limbs, red, black, or white, they are cunning in tendon and nerve, They shall be stript

Cluster: Calamus. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

sea-waves hurry in and out, Not the air delicious and dry, the air of ripe summer, bears lightly along white

BEHOLD this swarthy face, these gray eyes, This beard, the white wool unclipt upon my neck, My brown

Cluster: Birds of Passage. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

signs, I would sing your contest for the 19th Presidentiad, I would sing how an old man, tall, with white

Cluster: Sea-Drift. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Winds blow south, or winds blow north, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains

shadows, Recalling now the obscure shapes, the echoes, the sounds and sights after their sorts, The white

What is that little black thing I see there in the white? Loud! loud! loud!

Me and mine, loose windrows, little corpses, Froth, snowy white, and bubbles, (See, from my dead lips

In the night, in solitude, tears, On the white shore dripping, dripping, suck'd in by the sand, Tears

Cluster: By the Roadside. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

For shame old maniacs—bring down those toss'd arms, and let your white hair be, Here gape your great

Cluster: Drum-Taps. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

buckle the straps carefully, Outdoors arming, indoors arming, the flash of the musket-barrels, The white

Then to the third—a face nor child nor old, very calm, as of beautiful yellow-white ivory; Young man

WHO are you dusky woman, so ancient hardly human, With your woolly-white and turban'd head, and bare

and still in the coffin—I draw near, Bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the

Ah my silvery beauty—ah my woolly white and crimson! Ah to sing the song of you, my matron mighty!

Cluster: Memories of President Lincoln. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

surrounding cloud that will not free my soul. 3 In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd

wheat, every grain from its shroud in the dark-brown fields uprisen, Passing the apple-tree blows of white

I saw battle-corpses, myriads of them, And the white skeletons of young men, I saw them, I saw the debris

Cluster: Autumn Rivulets. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass and white and red morning-glories, and white and

at sunset, the river between, Shadows, aureola and mist, the light falling on roofs and gables of white

grave an ancient sorrowful mother, Once a queen, now lean and tatter'd seated on the ground, Her old white

cold ground with fore- head forehead between your knees, O you need not sit there veil'd in your old white

some are such beautiful animals, so lofty looking; Some are buff-color'd, some mottled, one has a white

Cluster: Whispers of Heavenly Death. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

A huge sob—a few bubbles—the white foam spirting up—and then the women gone, Sinking there while the

Cluster: From Noon to Starry Night. (1891)

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

the unearthly cry, Its veins down the neck distend, its eyes roll till they show nothing but their whites

Off the word I have spoken I except not one—red, white, black, are all deific, In each house is the ovum

soiree, I heard what the singers were singing so long, Heard who sprang in crimson youth from the white

She sits in an armchair under the shaded porch of the farmhouse, The sun just shines on her old white

The cactus guarded with thorns, the laurel-tree with large white flowers, The range afar, the richness

Song of Myself.

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

the night, and withdraws at the peep of the day with stealthy tread, Leaving me baskets cover'd with white

And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white

This grass is very dark to be from the white heads of old mothers, Darker than the colorless beards of

The young men float on their backs, their white bellies bulge to the sun, they do not ask who seizes

I believe in those wing'd purposes, And acknowledge red, yellow, white, playing within me, And consider

I Sing the Body Electric.

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

man was of wonderful vigor, calmness, beauty of person, The shape of his head, the pale yellow and white

swelling and deliciously aching, Limitless limpid jets of love hot and enormous, quivering jelly of love, white-blow

Examine these limbs, red, black, or white, they are cunning in tendon and nerve, They shall be stript

Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes.

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

sea-waves hurry in and out, Not the air delicious and dry, the air of ripe summer, bears lightly along white

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