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"Calamus" was first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

October 19, 1875, Gilchrist had written to Burroughs to inform him that Walt Whitman's English admirers were

I looked at him closely; his hands were strong and clean, his nails cared for.

subjects—make all except inspirations and intentions; must mould mold and carve and sing the ideal American

I wanted to know what the surroundings of this man were.

I always had an idea that poets were fed on finer food than falls to the lot of ordinary mortals, but

Michael Nash were Washington friends to whom Whitman referred frequently in his letters to Peter Doyle

Michael Nash was an old resident of the city; Whitman's December 5, 1873, letter to Doyle mentioned a

(My last before this were July 18 and Aug 14 I will relieve you of any fears that I shall (of myself)

Silver, "A Note about Whitman's Essay on Poe," American Literature, 6 (1935), 435–436.On November 15,

writing to you before but you know how it is your self but I write you these few lines to let you know were

John Wilson Sprague (1817–1892) was a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

He was also a railroad executive for the Northern Pacific Railway and co-founded the city of Tacoma,

Dear Walt— I would not trouble you with this letter, were it not that I saw mentioned in the N. Y.

Sun the other day the fact that you were in very needy circumstances, if that is so will you let me know

prevented from growing tedious—was the marked absence from the spot of every popular poet and author, American

Probably the repetitions in this draft were eliminated in the version that was sent.

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.

Having got at his secret, you soon learn to take stock of the American bard.

When we reflect that, among the American poets thus slightingly waived aside, were, to mention no others

In his ideal city "the men and women think lightly of the laws."

Fiske," was a leading American actress of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Tammany Hall is famous as the democratic machine in New York city politics.

Both painters were denounced by John Ruskin in similar terms in Modern Painters, The Complete Works of

1813–1873) was a Scottish explorer of Africa, and Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1835—1903) was a French-American

Fiske," was a leading American actress of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Tammany Hall is famous as the democratic machine in New York city politics.

Those words were like a sharp knife plunged into me They choked me with bitter tears.

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an American abolitionist and frequent correspondent with Walt Whitman

At this time Gilchrist and Rossetti were contemplating purchasing Walt Whitman's new volumes and presenting

In an interview in 1879, Whitman complained that many American magazines were "in the hands of old fogies

like Holland or fops like Howells" (American Literature, 14 [1942–43], 145–146).

At this time Gilchrist and Rossetti were contemplating purchasing Walt Whitman's new volumes and presenting

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

The notes found on the first leaf were used in Preface, 1876, to the two-volume Centennial Edition of

Both of these pieces were eventually included in Complete Prose Works (1892).

These corrections were probably intended for the 1881–82 edition of Leaves of Grass.

Starting From Paumanok was first published as Proto-Leafin 1860. Starting from Paumanok

In fact, portions of this manuscript were used in Whitman's footnote to New Themes Entered Upon, Specimen

28Our Old Feuillage (1860).

Feuillagebetween 1876-1881poetryhandwritten6 leaves20.5 x 12.5 cm; A bound copy of six leaves (the poem American

Italian curls—or the semblance of 'em" (Saturday, October 13th, 1888), and he was relieved when they were

We struck a paragraph, yesterday, about Walt Whitman, and thought to wrench a joke out of it, but were

My dear Sir, Some years ago when I had occasion to address you, you were so good as to say you should

The American agent to whom my last application for this was forwarded says: "I don't think there is an

not an edition between the the one set up by yourself in 1855 and that of Thayer & Eldridge dated 1860

was the Boston publishing firm responsible for the third edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1860

"Walt Whitman's Actual American Position," which appeared in the West Jersey Press on January 26, was

In the West Jersey Press, Whitman protested his neglect by American readers, publishers, and poets.

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

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

Krieg, chapter 8, "Dublin," Walt Whitman and the Irish (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000), 190

interested in any thing about me —and the humorous pieces because I remember you are curious about American

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

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

Mason Locke Weems (1759–1825) was an American minister and writer.

dear friend, I would ask of you the favor to see, if convenient, whether the enclosed article The American

"The American War" was published in The Examiner; see Whitman's letter to Rossetti of June 26, 1876.

intended to copy out and send to you —it has lain in my desk since then—when I had heard that you were

But I am glad to say that I have been the means of making your work known to many who were scoffers at

Many of us were hoping to see you in Ireland.

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

I do not know whether your American Summers are as health-bringing as our Summers, but I should suppose

that we shall look for an advance towards recovery The newspaper statement of the attitude of the American

a speech which consisted in the main of apt selections from L. of G. & Democratic Vistas, & these were

Whitman side,—a barrister, a young clergyman, a man in business, & others, while the remaining speakers were

Memoranda During the War (1875) chronicles Whitman's time as a hospital volunteer during the American

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

oceans and murky whirls, appear the central resolution and sternness of the bulk or the average American

the latent personal character and eligibilities of these States, in the two or three millions of Americans

one-fourth of their number, stricken by wounds or disease at some time in the course of the contest—were

have tended it— My sister and brother Geo: George are well—My other sisters, nieces, & brother Jeff , were

O'Connor, who, with Charles Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during

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

He was also secretary of the American Philosophical Society.

Harned, ed., The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman [Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, and

On the floor at his feet was a "paper file," containing a small sheet on which some memoranda were written

, and on a larger table, in the centre of the room, were several letters bearing English postage stamps

Whitman's relationships with his publishers and distributors in the 1870s were extremely fraught, and

in some tangible shape: & I c.d could at this moment tell you of at least 3 several plans wh. which were

, & you vouch for as less strong than the facts, proves that some more cheerful preceding accounts were

Krieg, chapter 8, "Dublin," Walt Whitman and the Irish (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000), 190

women, nearly all of whom she knew well, giving me, among the rest, descriptions of Personnel that were

The only American prophet to my knowledge who enjoys a fame in England not accorded him in his own country

singer he especially desired to be called, it can hardly be said that his claims to the rank of poet were

The newer parts were printed at this office.

Ought it not to be a duty, too, of—not the American public to recognize your gift to America as a writer

but—the American Government to recognize your services, as of one who saved the lives, & lightened the

sufferings of many American citizens—It would be honourable to the Government & to you.

Memoranda During the War (1875) chronicles Whitman's time as a hospital volunteer during the American

B. first, & then me —say, if I were sick, or were poor, why then ,—&c. &c.

My dearest friend, I do not approve your American trans–settlement —I see so many things here, you have

yet no idea of—the American social & almost every other kind of crudeness, meagreness, (at least in

STRANGELY impudent agitation has just been started with regard to what is called "Walt Whitman's Actual American

Whitman, it may be explained, is an American writer who some years back attracted attention by a volume

of so-called poems which were chiefly remarkable for their absurd extravagance and shameless obscenity

"The real truth," says an American journal, which has taken up the subject apparently in the interest

All the established American poets studiously ignore Whitman."

"Walt Whitman's Actual American Position" was an unsigned article published in the West Jersey Press

Nor do I feel discouraged or surprised at what you say of American "crudeness," &c.

intent, a stalwart man of genial appearance & seemingly past the middle age since his hair & face beard were

, live here, (my mother living with us) & have charge of one of the public schools (No. 13) of the city

Whitman served as the basis for Stephen Alonzo Schoff's engraving of the poet for Leaves of Grass (1860

Frank Leslie's Weekly, published from 1852 to 1922, was an American literary and news magazine published

deeply appreciate them, & do not hesitate to accept & respond to them in the same spirit in which they were

The last three lines of the endorsement were added three years later.

the office, Harry Stafford—I know his father & mother—There is a large family, very respectable American

Were it not that I find the uncertainty about this most embarrassing, & the presumable chance of enlisting

Memoranda During the War (1875) chronicles Whitman's time as a hospital volunteer during the American

This is to acknowledge yours of the 25 th March—those of the 16 and of the 20 , duly rec'd received , were

The letters referred to were written on March 30 and March 31.