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Richard Watson Gilder to Walt Whitman, 1 October 1879

  • Date: October 1, 1879
  • Creator(s): Richard Watson Gilder
Text:

April we dined with him at the inn of "La Chevelure d'Or," at the ancient, ruined & almost deserted city

Annotations Text:

His parents were Sir Thomas Wyse, an Irish politician, and Marie Bonaparte, a French author.

His political views were quite revolutionary, and at times, he clashed with his brother.

of poet and editor Richard Watson Gilder, was a painter as well as the founder of the Society of American

Richard Worthington to Walt Whitman, 29 September 1879

  • Date: September 29, 1879
  • Creator(s): Richard Worthington
Text:

Leavitt Co of this city the electrotype plates of an edition of your "Leaves of Grass" bearing the imprint

of Thayer and Eldridge, Boston 1860–61.

Annotations Text:

published and sold unauthorized editions of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, printed from the plates of the 1860

Walt Whitman's Ipmressions of Denver and the West

  • Date: 21 September 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Hearing of the arrival of "the good Gray Poet" in the city, on a short week's visit, a T RIBUNE man was

At the American House, where Mr.

"I have lived in or visited all the great cities on the Atlantic third of the Republic—Boston, Brooklyn

this very Denver, if it might be so, I should like to cast my lot, above all other spots, all other cities

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University; gaps were filled by reference to a digital

Annotations Text:

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University; gaps were filled by reference to a digital

Walt Whitman to Louisa Orr Whitman, 19 September [1879]

  • Date: September 19, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

children—she is groaning as I write— Denver Colorado Evening I finish my letter at the hotel the American

House, where I am comfortably housed—This is evidently a fine large busy city, beautifully situated—Every

Annotations Text:

Lorch, "Whitman Interviews Himself," American Literature, 10 (March 1938), 84–87.

Walt Whitman, the Poet

  • Date: 13 September 1879
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

"And those conditions were?"

"Better than twenty years ago, when you were in Boston getting some book printed?"

I think American boys are very companionable, the friendliest in the world.

As I have noted in my poem, I think American youths, more than any other, are possessed of that high

Two Visitors

  • Date: 13 September 1879
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

Two Visitors TWO VISITORS, Each Widely Known, Stopping Briefly in the City. Col.

Forney of Philadelphia and Walt Whitman, the poet, arrived in the city yesterday and with their party

The train arrived three hours late, but as the party only intended to stop one day in the city, they

"What a superb city St. Louis is!" exclaimed he.

It's a great city." "Quite a town, isn't it?" "Yes, indeed.

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 29 August [1879]

  • Date: August 29, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

sell a book now & then— No, I have not been to any watering place—they are no company for me—the cities

P. Armachalain to Walt Whitman, 25 August 1879

  • Date: August 25, 1879
  • Creator(s): P. Armachalain
Text:

Hindoo Brighton, England Aug. 25, 1879 My dear Sir, your four books, two photos and papers which you were

John Burroughs to Walt Whitman, 24 August 1879

  • Date: August 24, 1879
  • Creator(s): John Burroughs
Annotations Text:

his time, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was both a highly popular and highly respected American

When Whitman met Longfellow in June 1876, he was unimpressed: "His manners were stately, conventional—all

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 20 August [1879]

  • Date: August 20, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

rec'd received , & glad enough to hear from you all—the interval has been a long one—I supposed you were

Annotations Text:

Both were letters about her travels and various points of interest (The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and

Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist, 18 August [1879]

  • Date: August 18, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Both were substantive letters about her travels and various points of interest (The Letters of Anne Gilchrist

Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1879

  • Date: August 2, 1879
  • Creator(s): Anne Gilchrist
Text:

America—it is no bigger than Timber Creek—but it winds about so capriciously through the picturesque little city

It is by far the most beautiful city I have ever seen.

How I have wished everywhere that you were with us to share the sight—and the best is that you would

Annotations Text:

Eustace Conway, associated with Bangs & Stetson in New York City, was the uncle of Moncure D.

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

Mannahatta Whitman (1860–1886) was Walt Whitman's niece.

Thomas W. H. Rolleston to Walt Whitman, July 29, 1879

  • Date: July 29, 1879
  • Creator(s): Thomas W. H. Rolleston
Text:

I heard that at the time you should have received her letter you were away from home.

Horace Traubel to Walt Whitman, 3 July 1879

  • Date: July 3, 1879
  • Creator(s): Horace Traubel
Text:

delightful weather I think so often of the pleasurable walks and chats we could have in the Park if you were

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

Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 20 June 1879

  • Date: June 20, 1879
  • Creator(s): Anne Gilchrist
Text:

of Irish folk at Moville—some of them old people who had not seen Ireland for forty years, and who were

Glasgow is a great, solidly built city, very pleasant [in] spite of smoky atmosphere—full of sturdy,

I should recommend any American friend coming over to try this line–we had a fine ship–fine officers

Alfred Janson Bloor to Walt Whitman, 9 June 1879

  • Date: June 9, 1879
  • Creator(s): Alfred Janson Bloor
Text:

of precaution, Washington being most of the war-time virtually, & now & then literally, a besieged city

interruptions to write—but it makes no difference whether you address as above, or to my office in the city

Walt Whitman to Josiah Child, 9 June 1879

  • Date: June 9, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

—I keep well, for me—have been away from home gallivanting around, land & water, & especially this city

Walt Whitman (I write this from New York City , U S A. 1309 Fifth av: avenue near 86th st. street : but

Alfred Janson Bloor to Walt Whitman, 7 June 1879

  • Date: June 7, 1879
  • Creator(s): Alfred Janson Bloor
Text:

The play was "Our American Cousin."

Annotations Text:

She did indeed marry her stepbrother, as Bloor goes on to note, though they were not related by blood

Donald Nicholson to Walt Whitman, 29 May 1879

  • Date: May 29, 1879
  • Creator(s): Donald Nicholson
Annotations Text:

Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912) was the editor of the New York Tribune from 1872 to 1905 and also American

The others were "Real Summer Openings," published May 17, and "These May Afternoons," published May 24

Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, [28 May 1879]

  • Date: May 28, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

The Moran brothers, Edward (1829–1901), Thomas (1837–1926), and Peter (1841–1914), were British-born

Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 29 April [1879]

  • Date: April 29, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

This postal card is addressed: Herbert Gilchrist | 112 Madison avenue | New York City.

Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 8 April [1879]

  • Date: April 8, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

This postal card is addressed: Herbert Gilchrist | 112 Madison Av: | New York City.

William Harrison Riley to Walt Whitman, 4 April 1879

  • Date: April 4, 1879
  • Creator(s): William Harrison Riley
Text:

book had come, I also told him that you had been dismissed from office in Washington, and that the American

The papers I should have sent, were not sent. Perhaps they will be sent to-day.

William Harrison Riley to Walt Whitman, 2 April 1879

  • Date: April 2, 1879
  • Creator(s): William Harrison Riley
Text:

The Companions were hard to find, in the body, but until they appeared I had consolatation consolation

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 27 March [1879]

  • Date: March 27, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Louis Sullivan, who described his mentor in The Autobiography of an Idea (New York: Press of the American

Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 26 March 1879

  • Date: March 26, 1879
  • Creator(s): Anne Gilchrist
Annotations Text:

Joaquin Miller was the pen name of Cincinnatus Heine Miller (1837–1913), an American poet nicknamed "

An aspiring physician, Beatrice took the needed preparatory classes but was barred (as were all women

Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 18 March 1879

  • Date: March 18, 1879
  • Creator(s): Anne Gilchrist
Text:

from Edward Carpenter the other day brought by a lady who had been living near him at Sheffield—an American

She told me her little girls were so fond of Carpenter he of them—he is first rate with children.

Annotations Text:

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

An aspiring physician, Beatrice took the needed preparatory classes but was barred (as were all women

Wyatt Eaton (1849–1896), an American portrait and figure painter, organized the Society of American Artists

Beatrice Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 16 February 1879

  • Date: February 16, 1879
  • Creator(s): Beatrice Gilchrist
Text:

I think Boston a very beautiful city.

Annotations Text:

An aspiring physician, Beatrice took the needed preparatory classes but was barred (as were all women

Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1878 as a Doctor of Medicine (being one of only two African-American

Matthew Anderson and became an active member of the Philadelphia community (founding, for example, the city's

Harry's parents, George (1827–1892) and Susan Stafford (1833–1910), were tenant farmers at White Horse

Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 6 February [1879]

  • Date: February 6, 1879
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Broome street—his house 1309 Fifth avenue, near 86th street—he is a splendid champagny fellow, of the American

Annotations Text:

This letter is addressed: Herbert H Gilchrist | 112 Madison Avenue | New York City.

tenfold facility with my brush since the autumn" and receptions given by various New Yorkers which were

Herbert Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 2 February 1879

  • Date: February 2, 1879
  • Creator(s): Herbert Gilchrist
Text:

The wind was high & whirled us about fantastically; ladies seated in wicker chairs were pushed rapidly

Annotations Text:

William Merritt Chase (1849–1916) was an American impressionist painter.

In 1878 he began teaching at the New York City Art Students League, where Herbert Gilchrist became his

Wyatt Eaton (1849–1896), an American portrait and figure painter, organized the Society of American Artists

Jane Tunis Poultney Bigelow (1829–1889) was the wife of John Bigelow, former American minister to France

Joaquin Miller was the pen name of Cincinnatus Heine Miller (1837–1913), an American poet nicknamed "

Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 27 January 1879

  • Date: January 27, 1879
  • Creator(s): Anne Gilchrist
Annotations Text:

Jane Tunis Poultney Bigelow (1829–1889) was the wife of John Bigelow, former American minister to France

of poet and editor Richard Watson Gilder, was a painter as well as the founder of the Society of American

Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 14 January 1879

  • Date: January 14, 1879
  • Creator(s): Anne Gilchrist
Text:

Arthur Holland, one of the family who were so very friendly to me & made my stay so pleasant both in

Annotations Text:

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who put out the 1860

Joaquin Miller was the pen name of Cincinnatus Heine Miller (1837–1913), an American poet nicknamed "

Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908), an American poet and critic, was staying with Philip Bourke

He was also secretary of the American Philosophical Society from 1858 to 1885.

His daughters were Margaret White Lesley Bush-Brown and Mary Lesley Ames (both mentioned in Whitman's

Harry Stafford to Walt Whitman, 13 January 1879

  • Date: January 13, 1879
  • Creator(s): Harry Stafford
Text:

Father went to the city with a load of straw today; perhaps he will be over in time to stop and see you

Debbie and Joe, were home yesterday and stayed all day. Capt. Townsend and wife were over too.

Father is about the same as when you were down. Mother is well and all the rest of the folks.

Annotations Text:

This letter is addressed: Walt Whitman | Camden City | Camden City | N. J.

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

Harry Stafford's sister, Deborah (1860–1945), and her husband, Joseph Browning.

John Burroughs to Walt Whitman, 13 January 1879

  • Date: January 13, 1879
  • Creator(s): John Burroughs
Annotations Text:

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 5 January 1879

  • Date: January 5, 1879
  • Creator(s): Anne Gilchrist
Text:

It seems as if that were not practicable unless we were to furnish for ourselves.

Certainly our experiences there of using another's kitchen were discouraging—it was so dirty and uncomfortable

that we were glad to take refuge in a regular boarding house again before one week was out.

Frothingham this morning, & were much interested.

Annotations Text:

Octavius Brooks Frothingham (1822–1895) was an American Transcendentalist author and public speaker,

B. was always my friend—that his allusions were always kind—that he quoted 'Leaves of Grass' without

An aspiring physician, Beatrice took the needed preparatory classes but was barred (as were all women

Mannahatta Whitman (1860–1886) was Walt Whitman's niece.

Walt Whitman: The Grizzled Poet Talks about Mr. Childs in His Pleasant, Quaint Way

  • Date: 5 January 1879
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

The poet's face was just as ruddy as the bright face above him, and his eyes were as bright and his smile

he would accept such a position, but still I would like only too well to put a feather in his cap were

Hannah Whitman Heyde to Walt Whitman, 2 January [1879]

  • Date: January 2, [1879]
  • Creator(s): Hannah Whitman Heyde
Text:

great sympathy for him in his unhappy home. they think it might do him good to come to them &c, two were

Resurgemus

  • Date: about 1884
Text:

of These States in the 1856 edition, and as Europe, The 72nd and 73rd Years of These States in the 1860

[to speak a reverent word]

  • Date: 1879–1881
Text:

Portions of this speech were originally published as Abraham Lincoln's Death.

Walt Whitman's Account of the Scene at Ford's Theatre, New York Sun (12 February 1876) and were included

[Chief Wapalingua]

  • Date: 1879–1880
Text:

Portions of this manuscript were later used in The Prairies and Great Plains in Poetry.

[A Bit of Preface]

  • Date: 1879
Text:

Though Whitman apparently intended these notes for a preface, portions of this manuscript were used in

[visit to Exposition building &c &c]

  • Date: 1879–1882
Text:

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

New American pictures

  • Date: 1879–1882
Text:

2On the Western United Statesloc.05341xxx.00877New American pictures1879–1882prosehandwritten1 leaf;

These notes about mountain ranges of the American West might have contributed to America's Back-Bone,

New American pictures

The Dead Tenor

  • Date: about 1884
Text:

to an unmarked proof of The Dead Tenor, thirty words: "I heard the earliest singing of Patti, (in 1860

Walt Whitman to an Unidentified Correspondent, 30 December [1878?]

  • Date: December 30, 1878
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

The date and summary of the letter are drawn from an auction catalog put out by the American Art Association

wrote to her daughter Beatrice, who was in Boston, she had just moved to 112 Madison Avenue, New York City

Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 25 December [1878]

  • Date: December 25, 1878
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

This postal card is addressed: Herbert Gilchrist | 315 West 19th Street | New York City.

John Newton Johnson to Walt Whitman, 14 December 1878

  • Date: December 14, 1878
  • Creator(s): John Newton Johnson
Text:

Well I thought you were so sick it would be little satisfaction to you—then since the price of cotton

think I am solid and sound—I'd like to loafe with you in a country place or library or through a city's

Whitelaw Reid to Walt Whitman, 18 November 1878

  • Date: November 18, 1878
  • Creator(s): Whitelaw Reid
Annotations Text:

Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912) was the editor of the New York Tribune from 1872 to 1905 and also American

Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 13 November 1878

  • Date: November 13, 1878
  • Creator(s): Anne Gilchrist
Text:

By the bye, I am not quite American enough yet to enjoy the sound of the locusts & big grasshoppers—ours

But for the rest—I believe I am growing a very good American; indeed, certain am I there is no more lovable

I have sighed for dear little Concord many times since I came away—beautiful city as Boston is & many

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