Skip to main content

Search Results

Filter by:

Date


Dates in both fields not required
Entering in only one field Searches
Year, Month, & Day Single day
Year & Month Whole month
Year Whole year
Month & Day 1600-#-# to 2100-#-#
Month 1600-#-1 to 2100-#-31
Day 1600-01-# to 2100-12-#

Work title

See more

Year

See more
Search : As of 1860, there were no American cities with a population that exceeded

8425 results

Walt Whitman to Edwin Stafford, 3 February 1882

  • Date: February 3, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Every young man ought to explore something of the outside world,—especially of our American country &

write to you again— —I got a letter from Ruth four days ago, & saw Muller yesterday—all your folks were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 1 August [1887]

  • Date: August 1, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 29 March 1887

  • Date: March 29, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 19 April [1887]

  • Date: April 19, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, [31 March 1887]

  • Date: March 31, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Horace Traubel, 2 June 1889

  • Date: June 2, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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.

David McKay (1860–1918) took over Philadelphia-based publisher Rees Welsh's bookselling and publishing

For more information about McKay, see Joel Myerson, "McKay, David (1860–1918)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia

Walt Whitman to Ruth Stafford, 25 October [1881]

  • Date: October 25, 1881
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We had a jolly time too—there were three hundred came & went—at 10 o'clock we had a supper—but one such

stop— Walt Whitman my address here for ten days will be Mott av: & 149 th street—Station L New York City

Annotations Text:

City.

Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 28 May 1890

  • Date: May 28, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Long Island, in his nice old farm–house—Dr Bucke is still here (he puts up at "the Aldine" Cape May city

Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Horace Traubel, 12 November 1890

  • Date: November 12, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

I see in Bob the noblest specimen—American-flavored—pure out of the soil, spreading, giving, demanding

C.B. Whitman to Walt Whitman, 31 January 1878

  • Date: January 31, 1878
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | C.B. Whitman
Text:

Please state names and when and where your great-grandfather & gr. great gd.mother grandmother were born

married and died; when & where your grandfather and grandmother were born m. married & d.; died; when

& where their children, (your uncles and aunts) were b. born d. died & when & where your father and

mother were and when & where their children were or died or where now living giving in each case the

Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 7 December 1890

  • Date: December 7, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

By 1890, Harry Stafford (1858–1918) and his wife Eva Westcott Stafford (1856–1906) were the parents of

Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 6 September 1891

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

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

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

Deborah Stafford Browning (1860–1945) was Susan and George Stafford's daughter.

Walt Whitman to Horace Traubel, 10 June 1891

  • Date: June 10, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Stoddart's Encyclopaedia America, established Stoddart's Review in 1880, which was merged with The American

Walt Whitman to Horace Traubel, 31 March 1891

  • Date: March 31, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

David McKay (1860–1918) took over Philadelphia-based publisher Rees Welsh's bookselling and publishing

For more information about McKay, see Joel Myerson, "McKay, David (1860–1918)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia

Walt Whitman to U.S. Postmaster, 24 June 1891

  • Date: June 24, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to Joseph M. Stoddart, 11 January 1882

  • Date: January 11, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Stoddart's Encyclopaedia America; established Stoddart's Review in 1880, which was merged with The American

Walt Whitman to Joseph M. Stoddart, 6 March 1883

  • Date: March 6, 1883
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

was a sculptor and illustrator from New York, who was best known for depicting the events of the American

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 23 July 1888

  • Date: July 23, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We both wanted to telegraph when you were so ill only we didn't know who to telegraph to, as Mr.

Annotations Text:

Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860–1895) was the count of Bogesund.

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

Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 28 May [1884]

  • Date: May 28, 1884
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Philadelphia or Camden or any close city—Hank I am sorry you have that trouble with your throat but I

Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 9 June 1891

  • Date: June 9, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

Susan (1833–1910) and George Stafford (1827–1892) were the parents of Whitman's young friend, Harry Stafford

Walt Whitman to Montgomery Stafford, 4 August 1880

  • Date: August 4, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Canada August 4 '80 Dear Mont I have come on here (about 500 miles further) & am stopping in this city

—This is a large & busy city, the most important in Canada, ships and steamboats & immense numbers of

(you will see it on the map of Canada toward north east)—then back again to stay awhile in the old city

Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 20 August 1881

  • Date: August 20, 1881
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I was at Rockaway ( L I Long Island ) & at Long Branch (N J)—The last two weeks I have been in N Y City—So

forenoon I have been some time on the Common (an old Park of 60 or 70 acres right in the midst of the city

Annotations Text:

Price of March 29, 1860).

Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 24 July 1887

  • Date: July 24, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Susan (1833–1910) and George Stafford (1827–1892) were the parents of Whitman's young friend, Harry Stafford

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

Walt Whitman to Ruth Stafford, 24 June [1879]

  • Date: June 24, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

First he takes the four boys out, & then the four girls—I enjoyed their call—They were going off on a

Walt Whitman to Louise Chandler Moulton, 2 February 1881

  • Date: February 2, 1881
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

In the first printing of the 1876 edition of Leaves of Grass some poems were pasted in: these intercalations

Walt Whitman to Whitelaw Reid, 17 June 1880

  • Date: June 17, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

sent in the same manner as this to several other papers in Canada & The States—(no two papers in same city

Walt Whitman to Harry and Eva Stafford, 28 May 1890

  • Date: May 28, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Ingersoll, and there were also speeches by the physicians Richard Maurice Bucke and Silas Weir Mitchell

Walt Whitman to John Addington Symonds, 20 July 1890

  • Date: July 20, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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)

John St. Loe Strachey to Walt Whitman, 12 July 1877

  • Date: July 12, 1877
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I was born in the year 1860.

Annotations Text:

Loe Strachey (1860–1927) was a British journalist, and for a time was the editor of The Spectator.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 6 February [1881]

  • Date: February 6, 1881
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Stafford's nephew, were married on February 9 by the Reverend J. B.

James William Wallace and John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 18 May 1887

  • Date: May 18, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | James William Wallace
Annotations Text:

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

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

Walt Whitman to Wallace Wood, 3 March 1891

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

All the great cities exhibit them—probably New York most of all.

They taint the splendid & healthy American qualities, & had better be well understood like a threatening

Annotations Text:

or, What are the cardinal points to be insisted upon for the all around development of the coming American

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

James Grant Wilson to Walt Whitman, 8 April, 1887

  • Date: April 8, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | James Grant
Text:

see notes Aug 10, '88 OFFICE APPLETONS' CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, 6 vols., 8vo. 63 Bleecker Street

James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 2 June 1891

  • Date: June 2, 1891
  • Creator(s): James W. Wallace | Walt Whitman
Text:

After a week of dull skies, low temperature & frequent rain, Saturday & Sunday (May 30 & 31) were gloriously

the early summer, and—running through it all—our thoughts of you , our speculations as to how you were

Annotations Text:

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

affiliated with the Labour Church, an organization whose socialist politics and working-class ideals were

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, [13 April 1887]

  • Date: [April 13, 1887]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Jessie and her older sister Manahatta ("Hattie") (1860–1886) were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 17 August 1887

  • Date: August 17, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 26 November 1891

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

is quite a hospital Mickle St around here)—sell some of my books—the Eng: English proposal wanted American

Annotations Text:

dated November 22, 1891, Whitman noted that "Heineman, Balestier, & Lovell want to purchase the American

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 1 November 1891

  • Date: November 1, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

there, (probably a few hours) after all—my English friend leaves for home from N Y New York in the City

Annotations Text:

When the war ended, he became a pipe inspector for the City of Camden and the New York Metropolitan Water

The British ocean liner City of Berlin, built in 1874, was for years the fastest and largest passenger

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 1 December 1891

  • Date: December 1, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

When the war ended, he became a pipe inspector for the City of Camden and the New York Metropolitan Water

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

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 7 December 1891

  • Date: December 7, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

me—it is very fine—I always liked the pict: picture tho though many friends did not—it is the best American

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 13 July 1891

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

Camden P M July 13 '91 Another hot wave here—getting along much as ever—Lou & young Amy Dowe were here

Annotations Text:

When the war ended, he became a pipe inspector for the City of Camden and the New York Metropolitan Water

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 1 September 1891

  • Date: September 1, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 8 September 1891

  • Date: September 8, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 14 April 1891

  • Date: April 14, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 31 March 1891

  • Date: March 31, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Jessie and her older sister Manahatta ("Hattie") (1860–1886) were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

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

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 3 April 1891

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

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

visitors that day included the physician Daniel Longaker (1858–1949), Philadelphia publisher David McKay (1860

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 20 April 1891

  • Date: April 20, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

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

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 14 September 1891

  • Date: September 14, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Johnston's most recent letters to Whitman were dated September 2, September 5, and September 8–9, 1891

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 3 October 1891

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

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 10 February 1891

  • Date: February 10, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Back to top