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asks me if I have heard from you, which is everytime she sees me  'tis this. during the time that we were

The other Van Nostrand children were Fanny (b. 1843) and Minnie (b. 1857).

Nicholson, 1860]).

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

I should not wonder if we were able to drop you a few $ every now and then, right along  I hope so any

He seemed very glad to see me and said had he known that you were in Washington he certainly should have

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

wife abt 25 a boy of 12 two children 8 and 6 and a little babe—all but the young man and his wife were

covered with dirty white canvass—The boy had leading with a rope a fine old cow—a young cow and calf were

small black terrier—They had met with an accident in the way of b[r]eaking one of the hind wheels and were

therefore hard up—The faces of all were a study—but particularly of the young man and his wife—neither

I doubt that part of the story— There is a report in town to-day that some of the "bloody injuns" were

Located at Bissell's Point, three and a half miles north of city hall.

The first reports of this incident were, as Jeff says, "humbug."

I have an idea that the 51st were left behind, although it is hard to tell about it.

For Andrew's illness, see Jeff's letter to Walt dated April 3, 1860.

See Thomas Jefferson Whitman's letter to Walt Whitman from April 3, 1860.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

I guess the only wonderfully frightened men were Opdike and Seymour, if we perhaps except the Copperhead

In the flashy, sensation style the papers were all far from the truth, ahead, but when it comes to the

God only knows where the city of New York would have been had we had Wood's police.

My idea is this, to make a certain portion of the city, say certain wards that make a district, not too

side of the draft and would help enforce it in the next, so that in a short time a majority of the city

Even the Whitmans were worried about how they would obtain $300 if Jeff were drafted, although in the

Names of those selected were published in the papers, and it was clear enough that the poor were disproportionately

stopped only after eleven New York regiments and one from Michigan were rushed to the city at a time

After the riots were over, James R.

Fernando Wood was a former mayor of New York City.

The family's fears and anxieties for George were the dominant theme in Jeff and Walt's correspondence

for these years, and were a chief reason for the intense correspondence between the brothers in 1863

; in this year more than one-third of Jeff's extant letters were written.

cheek wound, Walt decided to stay in the capital to help with the war effort by rendering aid in the city's

The engineers probably supported the hospital work because they were personal friends of the Whitman

Dear Walt this has been and is a heavy blow to me  I was so much with her and we were so in each others

apt to discourage—Dear Walt I hope you will get all right again soon I have had to go to Jefferson City—for

some three or four days—and last week was at Kansas City —.

I have been engaged to make a plan of water works for Kansas City and shall have to go up there again

in eight or ten days Mr Lane came down from Millwaukee to the funeral—I was exceeding glad to see him

Hattie does not mention what arrangements were made for Jessie.

Kansas City, Missouri, was planning a new waterworks at this time.

Jeff may have submitted one of the two propositions the city rejected in the spring of 1873.

Harlan apparently took offense at the copy of the 1860 Leaves of Grass which Whitman was revising and

Jamaica April 16th 1860 Dear Brother Walt, I was at home yesterday as usual  everything is going on about

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 16 April 1860

Jeff writes in a letter to Walt from April 3, 1860, that "Andrew has been very sick but was getting better

These volumes were in the poet's library at his death.

, the originator of the "Lyceum" lectures, and editor of the North American Review in 1886.

He concluded his first letter to Whitman on June 25, 1860: "I love you, Walt!

, 1860. For more information on Redpath see "Redpath, James [1833–1891]."

So many men were wounded at this time that he had "to bustle round, to keep from crying."

levels for a Mr Worthen who has been appointed to make an examination and report on supplying the city

As to Mother herself I should be perfectly willing—if she were so situated that it could be done—to take

—If such a thing were possible.

in New York in 1849 and served as sanitary engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Health of New York City

Louis Water Works, and developed a major reputation as a consultant (The National Cyclopaedia of American

He published several books on engineering and served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers

I have been quite worried about you, wondering how things were going  I am more than glad to hear that

you are holding your own I am up here on a question of the disposal of the sewage of the city  Davis

captain of engineers in the Parliamentary Army during the revolution of 1848, he fled to New York City

Louis Board of Public Improvements from 1877 to 1890 and was elected president of the American Society

he said that he would go and see Storrs and some other of the big guns of those societies in this city

We were all much pleased with the idea that you would come home to make us a visit, I do so hope that

I wish we were able to send you more money than we do but almost everyone you meet is a contributor to

Walt wrote: "I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

He says that he saw that your feelings and sympathies were excited by the things that you saw and says

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Omnibus drivers in New York City and Brooklyn.

Schroth, "The Eagle and Brooklyn," in Brooklyn USA: The Fourth Largest City in America, ed.

See Jeff's letter to Walt from April 3, 1860.

Andrew was to come for me and we were going to see the Dr. to-day abt his going but he did not come and

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Some casualties from the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers were in Washington hospitals, and Walt had

See Jeff's letter to Walt from April 16, 1860.

that kind this fall I went a few weeks ago on a little sail up and down the river with a party that were

be—fellows that thought that they had to look the newspaper as well as report for one  The speeches were

Freiligrath claimed that "For his admirers, Whitman is the only American poet, derived from the soil,

On June 25, 1868, the mayor and city council of St.

Louis Democrat, and he listened to numerous speeches proclaiming the virtues of the city and its illustrious

dear dear Brother George tell him how fondly we looked for his coming home and assure him that we were

Hill, James Hill, and Warren Hill were engineers; Simon Hill, Samuel Hill, and Thomas Newman were contractors

Rae, a notary and copyist who lived in Brooklyn but kept offices at 13 Wall Street, New York City.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

In September 1865 George hoped to construct an office building in New York City but lost the contract

cloths—clear out closets &c) to not touch a thing, informed the men that I paid rent for the rooms that they were

In the mean time the Browns were trying to let our room to Jim Jourdan's wife.

—The increase of rent is $52—$36 of this they were going to fasten on Mother—I offered Travis that I

See the letter from Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman of April 3, 1860.

Louis, Feb 11th /73 Dear Walt Yours received last night —We were all sorry to hear that you had had such

a bad turn —and glad enough to hear that you were gaining— Mattie is about the same as when I last wrote—she

Just now it is all emptied into the river that flows through the city and the deposit has become so great

authority may have been weakened by the resolution adopted on February 18, 1887, by the lower house of the city

requested to serve his purpose by means other than those calculated to inconvenience the taxpayers of the city

" (Journal of the City Council, February 23, 1887).

And yesterday one of the Hearkness children was in our rooms and they were talking about rolling their

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Nicholson, 1860). This was issued in two parts as a supplement to Volume I.

Because Jeff and Walt were both fascinatd by the prospect of a western railroad, they would have admired

Louis, Nov 10th 1872 Dear Walt, Your letter to Mat received  We were very glad to hear that you were

good horse and buggy that she could ride often (every day if she wished)  she could thus see all the city

We often wish that you and George could pop in on us just as we were about to sit down to dinner, particularly

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

With his help Jeff and Walt Whitman were later able to get provisions to George when he was a prisoner

If I belonged to one I am sure that it would look to me just as if they were bound to kill every man

this immense risk and sacrifice of life is doing any good at all, it looks very much to me as if we were

"Tumble turds" is an Americanism for the common dung beetle.

Louis Dec 8th 1872 Dear Mother Your various letters were received.

two girls, sisters, one a good cook and the other [a] house girl  some fellow came out from Jersey City

with the horse sickness here and it is quite an interesting thing to see how quickly people in a big city

to circumstances—only a few days ago and all the affairs and business that the horse entered into were

one hundretth of the horses are out—oxen quite plenty—last night a fire broke out—the fire engines were

According to Mattie's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman of October 28, 1872, both Hattie and Jessie were

Businesses requiring the use of these animals were suspended, and the fire department had to hire 350

April 28, 1872, Brooklyn again reorganized the administration of the waterworks by creating a Board of City

Works, which in 1873 was renamed the Department of City Works.

for $25. and I want it expended thusly  $10. of it George must take and go over to that place in the city

Illness, however, prevented such visits, and Jeff and the girls were left alone to cope with the death

March 26th 73 My dear Mother I received your latest letter—I was glad indeed to hear from you—yet exceeding

better than she except our own family and though denied—to the public her company yet they did meet and were

you could not have met—but fate cannot be helped I am feeling pretty well  Have been away from the city

[a] great deal of the time lately—am employed to make a design for water works at Kansas city, and have

Soon after this, George took a job as a pipe inspector for the Metropolitan Water Board of New York City

Louis, Monday Feb 24th 1873 My dear dear Mother Since Matties death I could not write you before—there were

impressive—Over two weeks before it the Dr. told me that I might expect her death at any moment—that her lungs were

gathering and the air in breathing would gather between the parts and remain—her right side and breast were

arms and carried her out to the buggy as I sat her in—she said "wait now 'till I fix my dress"—these were

Bulkley were former residents of New York City who had moved to St. Louis in 1867. Mr.

Funeral services were held in the family dwelling at 934 Hickory Street.

Louis— Apl 24th 1873 My dear Mother— Your letter was handed me just as I was leaving the city to go to

from the same person that I will explain when I see you  it would be unfortunate and create mischief were

it known that you were receiving these letters.

of your old complaint—the last I heard of you, before this past letter was that your hand and arm were

get along nicely at Mrs Bulkley['s] and have everything that we can wish  I have been up to Kansas City

Jeff must mean Kansas City, Missouri. See Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 16 March 1873.

paper—then you ask questions and the "toy" will write answers  I went home last evening and found that they were

Grant"—then they asked it why Grant would be President and it wrote "Because"—lots of other questions were

18th 1870 My Dear Mother Mattie arrived all right on Wednesday abt about 3 ocl —in the afternoon—We were

These plans were not acted upon (Waldron, 70).

succeeded in getting a state room in the sleeping car—and was particularly fortunate in doing so—as many were

car that would bring you your meals—you could have the table put up in the section and eat as if you were

painful and she slept very little This morning she was feeling a little easier Tell George that I am exceeding

Rhodes, a water surveyor for the Brooklyn Department of City Works.

Brooklyn, May 15, 1864 Dear sister Han, Mother duly received your last letter and glad were we to hear

Brooklyn—we have lately had two storms that has put us back on the work very much indeed—the contractors were

not prepared for them and so were damaged a good deal  We have had a pretty severe storm this morning—but

I understand you were down to Woods at Florence  did you see our 36" pipe and if so what did you think

How are political matters about Brooklyn—Seymour I suppose will be ahead just in and about New York City

Louis Water Works (Proceedings of the City Council, St. Louis, June 23, 1868).

At this time Jeff was constructing the large storage reservoir within the city on Compton Hill.

George had a part-time job supervising the laying of water mains for the city of Brooklyn (Gay Wilson

Jay Cooke & Co. was a large bank at the corner of Wall and Nassau streets, New York City.

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

Donaldson was the author of several government document publications on Native Americans including a

report on the work of George Catlin, an artist who lived among Native Americans in the nineteenth-century

and specialized in depicting Native Americans in the Old West.

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

your work may make your work and you more known to our working Classes the periodical in which they were

some talk and he said the only persons he Knew bearing the name lived at Egham in Surrey and where were

About half of the poems from the 1867 American edition of Leaves of Grass were removed for the British

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

Carlyle's American Iliad in a Nutshell.

recent Editions, and English Readers would no doubt like to see a Copy of your letter to Emerson on American

Scottish-born John Muir (1838–1914) was an American author, naturalist, and an environmentalist.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American poet, fiction writer, and literary critic.

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

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an American abolitionist, minister, and frequent correspondent

lost promotion through his sympathy with the French Revolution 1793—he sent some guns to them which were

—that we could chat over. and I think where were it so, how many nice Essays would be done that would

For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" (pp. 168–170) and "Carlyle from American

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

Troops stationed at the fort in the 1870s frequently became involved in skirmishes against Native Americans