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of countless squads of vagabond children, the hideousness and squalor of certain quarters of the cities

Revenue department at Washington, who is led by the course of his employment to regularly visit the cities

The great cities reek with respectable as much as non-respectable robbery and scoundrelism.

He found the average American in the United States' armies, under pressure of want, disease, danger,

If a motto were to be chosen for "The Two Rivulets," and for Walt Whitman generally, it should be that

New York City.

Wilson, Chief Justice, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Robinson, of Cook Co., Ill., which you were pleased to refer to this office on the 4th inst.

Pratt, and which you were pleased to refer to me on the 8th inst., respecting the conveyance of certain

and deeds given therefore—and that, when the sales transpired, neither the vendor nor the purchasers were

If they can now be supplied by you at rates not exceeding those mentioned on said list, you are requested

New York City.

Phelps will be in New York City by the time this letter reaches you, and is of counsel in the case against

Wilson, though it may be in this city.

If you can now supply the books mentioned on this list at rates not exceeding the prices there intimated

These papers were sent to this office by the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying his letter of the

Akerman were reasonably acc't of A. T.

Akerman were rendered while he was United States Attorney.

If they were not, he can, of course, be paid a reasonable compensation out of any appropriation made

I sent to the Attorney of the United States at New York City, a telegram, of which a copy is enclosed

I have today received a telegram from the Marshal of the United States at New York City, of which a copy

received your letter of the 22d inst., and should be happy to answer the questions asked in it, if it were

As you represent that your services in the case were retained by that Department, the Attorney General

Maynard to me enclosing these papers states that Thomas Barr was in jail in the city of Detroit, in June

his assistant to Windsor, Canada, to institute proceedings for his extradition—that two examinations were

suits, and of all liability on account of the violations of law, on which these proceedings in Court were

The charge on which these suits are brought, is, that the gloves were entered at Boston by means of invoices

in which they were fraudulently undervalued.

—The Depositions were sent by the Consul to the Department of State with his bills of fees attached.

the "Cuba," her armament, &c, to clear for New York.,—and also that you authorize the issue of an American

Whether the vessel is entitled to an American register I have no knowledge, and express no opinion.

Sir: By telegram received last night from Marshal Barlow of New York City, I am informed that the steamer

represented that the facts on which the application for an amendment of the agreed statement was made, were

office, over and above his necessary office expenses, the necessary clerk-hire included, a sum not exceeding

No. 7 Warren street, New York City Sir: I have received your letter of the 22d of December, enclosing

preferred to exercise his judgment upon the reasonableness of the amount charged, after the services were

Talbot said to me that there were reasons why he could not properly argue the case before the Court of

voted for the Wilmot Proviso, and that in 1858, to the great disgust not only of the Republican and American

in Kansas affairs, he would have retired from power, receiving that homage and respect which the American

The Democratic members of the 35th Congress were elected on the platform of principles enunciated by

That bill, which in effect declared that Kansas had population sufficient to be admitted as a State with

Maclay, notwithstanding that, before his votes were given, a Committee of Congress appointed to visit

," possibly related to With Antecedents, which was first published in the New-York Saturday Press (1860

The poem was revised as Chants Democratic. 7 in Leaves of Grass (1860–1861) and took its final title,

A meditation begun at the ruins of Palmyra on the natural causes of the rise and fall of great cities

American Literature 10 (1938): 202–213. Traubel, Horace. With Walt Whitman in Camden. Vol. 2.

1859poetryhandwritten2 leaves21 x 13 cm; This poem became section 21 of the cluster Leaves of Grass in the 1860

I descend to lave the drouths, atomies, dust-layers of the globe, And all that in them without me were

swiftly hasten all—none refuse, all attend, Armies, ships, antiquities, libraries, paintings, machines, cities

swiftly hasten all—none refuse, all attend, Armies, ships, antiquities, libraries, paintings, machines, cities

people were very " evanescent."

Americans.

"A typical American or a typical American character exists.

While we were at lunch Mrs.

I that meeting thought Americans were generally better speakers than the English.

, and were attended with increasing regularity and in larger numbers.

, ideas and training, who were united only in a common friendship.

We were all about the same age and belonged to nearly the same social stratum.

When we were met together, however, we were conscious of a composite character and of a certain emotional

Religious in the ordinary sense of the word, however, they certainly were not.

black-barred bees hummed as they flitted from the nectar-laden chalices; flies, moths and "bugs" of all kinds were

there in almost countless numbers; and the katydids were loudly whispering their self-contradictory

"He was a tall, straight man, but not so tall as his father and his uncle, who were about 6½ feet high

There were three parcels: one for Dr.

And I thought that you were more frail than you are.

In the city I met Mrs.

While we were at lunch Mrs.

I thought that Americans were generally better speakers than the English. "They are, are they?

We were very cordially welcomed by Mrs.

"Ed. said they were brought by negroes."

Americans.

"A typical American or typical American character hardly exists.

Judges, lawyers, doctors, etc., were there, and they were all said to be men of more or less note; but

WHITMAN AND HIS FRIENDS IN 1890 IN CAMDEN O N Tuesday, July 15, 1890 , I landed at Philadelphia—"the city

I did so, and his next words were, "And how are you?"

Cuthbertson, of Annan, has), and that we were anxious to possess it. "Why?" he asked.

people were "very evanescent."

"My sympathies," he said, "were aroused to their utmost pitch, and I found that mine were equaled by

however, in the extraordinary effect which Whitman's personality had at times on those whose natures were

These are the real burdens of his book, and they were the chief factors in his personal influence.

His surroundings were those of the average citizen he represented, and he lived in a plain, old-fashioned

His accent and articulation were of a purity and clearness entirely free from any local peculiarity or

And when he was feeling better his smiling cheer and geniality were like the sunshine.

Bucke amongst the crowd on the wharf waiting the arrival of the ship, and with him were Horace Traubel

We were joined immediately by Mrs.

"Horace read it to me as we were waiting for Wallace. I guess Symonds is in a bad way—dying.

Then, if he found that things were not so bad, he was relieved and pleased.) W. W.

The new moon was shining, and the lights on the river as we crossed it were very beautiful.

On first acquaintance, or perhaps even on second and third acquaintance, the unprepossessing city of

Camden on the banks of the Delaware,—a city which serves as an over the river suburb of cheap homes for

"They cost me their weight when they were printed."

"They were just setting up in business and they were very anxious to get the work," he continued.

Many of them were returned to me with insulting letters."

We were just "anybody".

of the room, and put in our brief wait in looking at the thousand-and-one things of interest that were

We turned, and there stood Walt, "framed", as it were, by the door-casings.

We moved forward and shook hands with him, and told him who we were and where we came from.

He was as genuinely interested in us as if we were old friends.

is living in poverty and retirement at Camden, in the State of New Jersey, over against the Quaker city

All around Washington there were towns, or rather clusters of hospitals, for the sick and wounded.

asked Whitman, pulling himself up at this point, as if he were conscious that he had for the present

However, if I were a young man as you are, I would certainly throw myself into the conflict on the side

Whitman," I here interposed, "that you were writing when I came to see you."

with their lists of carpenters' tools and "barbaric yawps," their delight in the smoke and roar of cities

silence of mountains, and seas of prairies,—seemed to me to breathe something distinctive, national, American—with

Camden is reached by a ferry crossing the Delaware River from this city, and, but for being in a different

No American publisher will issue his works: the booksellers seem to regard him as a fair victim for fraud

magazine will accept his MSS., and the orthodox compendia of poetry contain none of his notably American

These notes were pencilled down sometimes on battlefields, and are often very thrilling.

The first point visited was the pump well, where men were seen working hip-deep in water, eleven hours

Here were two steam engines constantly at work—one pumping out water (from the excavation where the well

All were satisfied with the stability and strength of the work, and the thorough manner in which it was

traced back to the Creation itself—made his company as pleasant, as his subsequent conversation on city

Yesterday the Water Commissioners of the city of Brooklyn paid a visit of inspection to the water works

Invitations were extended to the Mayor, Common Council Water Committee, representatives of the press,

Among the party assembled were, his honor the Mayor, Samuel S. Powell; Ald.

made from tobacco raised in the 18th ward of our own goodly city.

supply, than the Croton, or the water supply of any city in the Union.

Among the "lions" of the great American metropolis, New York city, is the Picture Gallery at the upper

Termed "the American Daguerre" by the press, he soon fell on financial hard times and in 1847 sold his

Quoted in Robert Lifset, Power on the Hudson: Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American

James Kent (1763–1847) was an American jurist, legal scholar and chancellor of the New York Court of

Mickle (1805–1863) was Mayor of New York city, 1846–1847.

Termed "the American Daguerre" by the press, he soon fell on financial hard times and in 1847 sold his

Quoted in Robert Lifset, Power on the Hudson: Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American

James Kent (1763–1847) was an American jurist, legal scholar and chancellor of the New York Court of

Everett (1790–1847) was a diplomat, politician and man of letters.; Luigi Persico (1791-1860) was an

Mickle (1805–1863) was Mayor of New York city, 1846–1847.

145ucb.00075xxx.00964Exposition Building—New City Hall—River Trip[visit to Exposition building &c &c]

1879–1882prose4 leaveshandwritten; A draft of Exposition Building—New City Hall—River Trip, first published

preparations for the printing of November Boughs, Whitman told Horace Traubel, "Some of these bits were

The poems in the Drum-Taps volume, along with those in Sequel to Drum-Taps (1865–1866), were eventually

Whitman may have meant for the soldier to be a composite American.