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He has seen New York grow up, as it were; at any rate he has seen the growth of what we possess in the

Weekly Messenger in 1843 (Mabbott, "Walt Whitman Edits the Sunday Times July, 1842–June, 1843," American

Other pieces by Whitman that were published in the paper include the article "A Visit to Greenwood Cemetery

The Weekly Tribune enjoyed widespread distribution, with a circulation of 200,000 in 1860.

The Politics of Art Criticism in New York City's Penny Press [New York: Fordham University Press, 2020

Gentleman's Magazine (Frank Luther Mott, "The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine," in A History of American

The fire spread quickly to the wooden buildings nearby, all of which were dry as the result of a long

During that time, the fire burned approximately eight city blocks and destroyed about two hundred buildings

in the densely populated area in the vicinity of Fulton and Nassau Streets ("The Doings of a Night,"

Newman's, but they have either not had any copy in Russia binding, or were averse to giving me one.

Nobody knows, I think, what really good fish are, as you get them from your city markets.

It hath the same relation to the city served fish as the pure breath of some whole-toothed country girl

Sybaris, a city-state founded in 720 BCE in what is now southern Italy.

By 1860, there were three hotels on the island, and in 1870 the construction of Government Harbor, on

I suspect those two Tribunes were completely got by rote.

.; Sybaris, a city-state founded in 720 BCE in what is now southern Italy.

By 1860, there were three hotels on the island, and in 1870 the construction of Government Harbor, on

They were close upon the Sound, and had an unusually bare and dismal and lonesome appearance.

There were hundreds of graves, all of generations long before our own; but from some reason or other,

Several of the tomb-stones were large flat ones, even with the ground, and quite covered with moss and

Some were crumbled away, some just poked out a few inches of their tops, above the surface.

It contains the graves of many of the "oldest inhabitants," some of whom were buried as early as 1620

The theatrical burlesques were usually humorous parodies of classical literary works, often in musical

well-known comedian and burlesque actor (Robert Clyde Allen, Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American

Sheridan.; Whitman alludes to the California Gold Rush of 1849, where the discovery of gold in the American

initiated a mass migration to California, which had been recently acquired from Mexico in the Mexican-American

SOME POETICAL COMPARISONS BETWEEN COUNTRY AND CITY.—THE OLD COUPLE ON SHELTER ISLAND.

Yet were we a coarse and unhewn structure of humanity without them.

I noticed large numbers of cows in the neighboring fields: were they hers?

Yes, they produced well; the apples were sold.

Divers fatting hogs, in the pens; they also were designed for market.

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, opened in December 1844 and was the first railway tunnel dug underneath a city

and potatoes—apple orchards with yellow fruit—farms and farm-yards, and farm operations, and cattle—were

An immense city was sure to be that same Hicksville: now its sovereign sway enfolds a large unoccupied

The historians were hazy on the dates.

thousands upon thousands of human beings, all lying unproductive, within thirty miles of New York city

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, opened in December 1844 and was the first railway tunnel dug underneath a city

of Jamaica, Long Island (Francis Hodge, "Yankee in England: James Henry Hackett and the Debut of American

The historians were hazy on the dates.

of his luck, and has doubtless astonished hundreds of fellow lawyers, around Nassau street, and the City

Deer Park, (we Americans seem to christen new localities according to contraries, like the way dreams

For there were also, in those days, perpetual quarrels and lawsuits between the people there, and the

An expert adept in city crime, however, would easily show it a clean pair of heels.

Shell heaps; kitchen middens of early Native American settlements.

See Isaac Backus, Church History of New England from 1620–1804 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication

"; Shell heaps; kitchen middens of early Native American settlements.; Our transcription is based on

the reader is probably aware what a wild and wide stretch of desert they are; but ten years ago they were

he suddenly came at right angles upon some tracks made in a loamy spot, and saw at once that they were

other house within five miles—and that there was only one bed in the cottage, the occupants whereof were

excellent sleep, and was disturbed by no dreams, is as true as that it would be well for many of our city

His perplexities were cut short by the loud clear voice of the young man outside: "Suke! Suke!

Then New York will be more populous than London or Paris, and, it is to be hoped, as great a city as

cities.

This phrase signifies the "upper ten thousand," or upper classes of major American cities and is usually

According to the 1849 "Bulletin of the American Art Union," "The American Art Union . . . was incorporated

1852 ("The American Art Union," The New York Times , June 12, 1852).

on July 4, 1842 and was the first large-scale water distribution system to supply water to New York City

Reservoir was demolished in 1899 and replaced by the New York Public Library in 1911 (William Hayes, City

cities and is usually ascribed to author and critic Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867).; According

According to the 1849 "Bulletin of the American Art Union," "The American Art Union . . . was incorporated

1852 ("The American Art Union," The New York Times, June 12, 1852).

green and plentiful; and the best patches of Indian corn and garden vegetables I saw last autumn, were

For a discussion of American involvement in the opium trade, see Thomas N.

performances circa 1840–1860, see William A.

Moreover, were there not the freshest and finest fish to be bought within stone-throw?

Truly those were wonderful hours!

Hector St John de Crevecoeur (1735–1813) claimed, in Letters from an American Farmer, that Nantucket

For a discussion of American involvement in the opium trade, see Thomas N.

For a discussion on the American reception of Le Dieu et la Bayadere and other European ballet/pantomime

performances circa 1840–1860, see William A.

We suggest an inquiry that way to some antiquarian, and solemnly believe that if he were to burrow out

surmounting this was a cupola, over 125 feet from the street, from which one of the best views of the city

Ah, these city clerks are a peculiar race; on all occasions, you can tell them with as much certainty

To the left of the Heights, the open mouth of Fulton street, the great entrance to the city—up whose

surmounting this was a cupola, over 125 feet from the street, from which one of the best views of the city

Many were spent in travel—some in the pursuit of power and wealth—which pursuit was successful.

the patter of horses' hoofs sounded rapidly on the road—but the beatings of the traveller's heart were

—He came in the day, when crowds were in the rooms—though all to him was a vacant blank—all but the corpse

—And at last he came in the silence of the midnight before the burial, when the tired watchers were asleep

—He bent down his ear to the cold blue lips and listened—but the cold blue lips were hushed for ever.

These bits were written for the Brooklyn Newspapers, Times, Eagle Star etc— Alfred F Goldsmith—June 17

These bits were written for the Brooklyn Newspapers, Times, Eagle Star etc— Alfred F Goldsmith—June 17

After further revision Whitman published these verses in the October 30, 1880 issue of The American under

blank, the manuscript appears to be a set of notes he made between 1857 and 1859 while preparing the 1860

Whitman's Pictures were not published in their entirety until 1925.

149uva.00292xxx.00112xxx.00085A City WalkAbout 1855poetryhandwritten1 leaf4.5 x 12 cm; A faint horizontal

line beneath part of "A City Walk," along with the words' capitalization and central position on the

18 in his Blue Book revisions of the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

This title was changed in the Blue Book to City of orgies, walks and joys and finally became City of

The poem was retitled Crossing Brooklyn Ferry in 1860. A City Walk

If it was the 1860 edition, as his style of inscription here appears to indicate, it is possible that

this leaf could represent an early stage of the poem that would eventually become City of Orgies, 1867

in the 1860 edition.

These were further revised for the 1856 Poem of Many in One, after which the first verse drafted on this

The two verses below this, however, were preserved relatively unchanged through the poem's many transformations

in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.. A plate mark can be clearly seen on the verso.

to the (eventual) second verse paragraph in section 6 of Starting from Paumanok, first published in 1860

Lines from the manuscript were included in the first poem in that edition, eventually titled Song of

and structure, the manuscript most closely resembles lines 39–43 in Debris, a poem published in the 1860

revision and expansion to have eventually formed part of section 21 of the cluster Calamus in the 1860

Lines similar to the last several in this manuscript were also reworked in the notebook Talbot Wilson

in the upper right corner, perhaps indicating that Whitman was considering a title similar to the 1860

before the poem was first published in 1855, unless this is in fact a reworking of the section for the 1860

the first-person perspective in these draft lines, Emory Holloway has speculated that they likely were

The first several lines of Pictures (not including this line) were eventually revised and published as

My Picture-Gallery in The American in October 1880.

manuscript notes may also date to that period, although the draft lines on the reverse of the leaf, which were

The notes were revised and incorporated into the first poem in that edition, eventually titled Song of

relationship with the lines on another manuscript in the University of Virginia collection, which were

revised to form part of section 14 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, a set

American air I have breathed

.00045Merely What I tell isBetween 1850 and 1860poetryhandwritten1 leaf4 x 15 cm; These manuscript lines were

resemblance to ideas expressed in the opening lines of poem #14 of Chants Democratic and Native American

, which first appeared in the 1860 Leaves of Grass.

and 1860poetryhandwritten1 leaf8 x 15.5 cm; This manuscript was probably written between 1850 and 1860

The lines are similar in subject to lines in the poem To One Shortly To Die, first published in the 1860

Fragmentary lines written on the back of this manuscript leaf (uva.00561) were used in the poem eventually

(uva.00278) are similar in idea to lines in the poem To One Shortly To Die, first published in the 1860

The lines were used in the first poem in that edition, eventually titled Song of Myself.

and 1860poetryhandwritten1 leaf4 x 14.5 cm; This manuscript was probably written between 1850 and 1860

The lines were used in the poem To One Shortly to Die, first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves

for A Girl or A Boy of These States, which became the sixth poem in Chants Democratic and Native American

in 1860.

Inscribed and extensively revised in pencil, these verses were part of a larger set of lines before Whitman

transcriptions of other early manuscripts, Edward Grier speculates that Whitman wrote this before 1860

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates it before 1860 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts

uva.00294xxx.00720Poem of Names"Studies of Womanhood," [ca. 1850–1860]Between 1850 and 1860prosehandwritten1

The name and address, however, were added later, likely in 1881, when Whitman visited Boston several

Although Whitman also visited Boston in 1860, John Soule's photography studio did not move to 338 Washington

The first several lines of draft were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American in

The first several lines of Pictures (not including these lines) were eventually revised and published

as My Picture-Gallery in The American in October 1880.

.; yal.00452 were paid for with steamships

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates the top scrap to the 1860s and the bottom scrap to the 1850s

manuscripts, this manuscript may also relate to lines 39-43 in Debris, a cluster published in the 1860

and confound them, / You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white pebble from the beach" (1860

It seems he also considered giving that title to the cluster of poems in the 1860 edition that was eventually

and limitless floods," was used, slightly revised, in A Song of Joys, which first appeared in the 1860

This manuscript was probably written between 1850 and 1860. Free cider

Several phrases of the prose on the verso were probably later used, in somewhat revised form, in the

: "The best I had done seemed to me blank and suspicious, / My great thoughts, as I supposed them, were