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Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 31 May [1873]

  • Date: May 31, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Had been lying sick in that city, paralyzed, and 'Pete' had been in with him often, to wait on and assist

Walt Whitman to Abby H. Price, [1873]

  • Date: 1873?
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

City I have had a very bad spell, but am now about as before.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 July [1872]

  • Date: July 12, 1872
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

. & Georgetown City RR. | Washington, D. C. It is postmarked: New York | (?).

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, [9? June 1873]

  • Date: June 9, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

The executors had trouble dating this note because they were convinced that Whitman did not return to

Walt Whitman to Thomas O'Kane, 13 September 1873

  • Date: September 13, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Whitman's relations with his book agents were complicated and troubling during these years.

Because the directions for reaching Camden were repeatedly corrected, the reading at this point is somewhat

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, [29] April [1873]

  • Date: April 29, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I wish I was where I could come in & see her & you often—(those nice breakfasts were bright spots, &

grounds—the grass is green enough—they have already been over it once with the cutter, & Saturday there were

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 3[–4] October [1873]

  • Date: October 3–4, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

account of your week of laying off, & of the playing of the band under Schneider and Petrola —also about City

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 12 September [1873]

  • Date: September 12, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Boyden, of that city.

He is now the superintendent of the American Railway Improvement Company, who have taken charge of this

Walt Whitman to Hiram J. Ramsdell, 19 July 1867

  • Date: July 19, 1867
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

There were no courts in the early years of the territory and many cases were delayed.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 1 August [1873]

  • Date: August 1, 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Fisher (1817–1899) served in the House of Representatives from 1860 to 1862, and was appointed by Lincoln

Walt Whitman to William Michael Rossetti, 28 July 1878

  • Date: July 28, 1878
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

W W Walt Whitman, the American Poet, author of Leaves of Grass &c Walt Whitman to William Michael Rossetti

Walt Whitman to Thomas W. H. Rolleston, 22 January 1884

  • Date: January 22, 1884
  • 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

Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, [August(?) 1881]

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

Near by were a pile of corrected proof-sheets bearing the heading "Leaves of Grass."

His ruddy features were almost concealed by his white hair and beard.

making the book is to give A Recognition of All Elements compacted in one— e pluribus unum , as it were

I have also accepted as a theme the modern business life, the streets of cities, trade, expresses, the

"Of the American poets," he said, "I would place Emerson first, then Bryant, Longfellow and Whittier.

Walt Whitman to Charles M. Skinner, 19 January 1885

  • Date: January 19, 1885
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

flimsy, cheap and temporary series of works that would have long since broken down, and disgraced the city

Annotations Text:

William Jarvis McAlpine (1812–1890), a civil engineer, planned the Riverside Drive in New York City.

Walt Whitman to Robert Pearsall Smith, 4 March [1884]

  • Date: March 4, [1884]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

describes the Williams family home as "a sort of asylum (like old churches, temples) when so many homes were

Walt Whitman to Robert Pearsall Smith, 12 September [1887]

  • Date: September 12, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Robert Pearsall Smith, 12 September [1887]

  • Date: September 12, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Alys Smith, 22 April 1889

  • Date: April 22, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Robert, Hannah, and their children were all friends and supporters of Whitman.

Walt Whitman to Logan Pearsall Smith, 26 June 1887

  • Date: June 26, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

These pieces were "November Boughs" and "The Dying Veteran."

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 7 April 1889

  • Date: April 7, 1889
  • 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, 25 April 1889

  • Date: April 25, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 6 February 1889

  • Date: February 6, 1889
  • 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

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

Susan Stafford and her husband George were the parents of Edwin (1856–1906), Harry (b. 1858), Ruth (1864

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 30 July 1889

  • Date: July 30, 1889
  • 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

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

Deborah Stafford (1860–1945) was the sister of Harry Stafford. She married Joseph Browning.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 22 August 1889

  • Date: August 22, 1889
  • 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, 12 November 1890

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

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 19–20 June 1890

  • Date: June 19–20, 1890
  • 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

The Smith family were all friends and supporters of Whitman.

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

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

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 21 September [1886]

  • Date: September 21, 1886
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

giving out—I enclose one of Herbert's last letters —(I had written to him over a month ago, when you were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 1 December 1890

  • Date: December 1, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

ab't him, & w'd like to send him something for Christmas present—And my dear Harry O how I wish we were

Annotations Text:

Though their correspondence slowed in the middle of their lives, the brothers were brought together again

Jessie and her sister Manahatta ("Hattie") 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

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

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 22 August 1888

  • Date: August 22, 1888
  • 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, 10 September 1888

  • Date: September 10, 1888
  • 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 George and Susan Stafford, 26 April 1888

  • Date: April 26, 1888
  • 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 George and Susan Stafford, 10 June [1880]

  • Date: June 10, 1880
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Deborah Stafford (1860–1945) was the sister of Harry Stafford. She married Joseph Browning.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 12 July 1888

  • Date: July 12, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 1 June [1887]

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

Camden June 1 Noon No Herbert yet, but he is in N Y city & I look for him every hour—Nothing new with

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 6 August [1883]

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

man—all dear friends of mine—I have been here quite a good deal the last year & a half, when they were

Annotations Text:

Wyld and Edwards were Mrs. Stafford's boarders (Whitman's Commonplace Book).

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 21 June [1886]

  • Date: June 21, 1886
  • 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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 18 January [1887]

  • Date: January 18, [1887]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Susan Stafford
Text:

Ed was here an hour or so last evening, & we were glad to have him.

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 6 May [1881]

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

would have suited you, & been a study—different from any I ever saw in my life before—fully one half were

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 3 May 1887

  • Date: May 3, 1887
  • 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

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

Walt Whitman to M. H. Spielmann, 7 February 1888

  • Date: February 7, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

has not been hitherto publish'd & will not be until after you issue it—No word nor money from y'r American

Walt Whitman to George and Susan Stafford, 1 December [1883]

  • Date: December 1, 1883
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

some good friends and I am shure sure with your letter, I can get something good in either of the cities

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 22 November 1888

  • Date: November 22, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 14 November 1888

  • Date: November 14, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 11 November 1888

  • Date: November 11, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

" " " " Homer & Shakespeare 3 Each born of country people & always stuck to these in preference to city

Annotations Text:

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

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 6 November 1888

  • Date: November 6, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

All were heartily welcome and at once read with pleasure.

Annotations Text:

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 9 November 1888

  • Date: November 9, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

suspected—they did not allow enough for that wonderfull physique of yours—I wish Pardee & O'Connor were

Annotations Text:

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 3 December 1888

  • Date: December 3, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 16 November 1888

  • Date: November 16, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

Ont., 16 Nov 188 8 Your card of 13th also newspaper and "Galaxy" article came to hand yesterday they were

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 February 1889

  • Date: February 13, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) was an American critic, poet and editor of The Atlantic.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 19–20 February 1889

  • Date: February 19–20, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Only 300 copies were printed, and Whitman signed the title page of each one.

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

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

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