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Walt Whitman to James W. Wallace, 13–14 September 1891

  • Date: September 13–14, 1891
  • 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

Moncure Conway (1832–1907) was a Unitarian minister who lived in England from the 1860s until 1885, where

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 23 May 1891

  • Date: May 23, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 18 June 1891

  • Date: June 18, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 18 June 1891

  • Date: June 18, 1891
  • 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

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 18 June 1891

  • Date: June 18, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

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

Walt Whitman to James W. Wallace, 16 June 1891

  • Date: June 16, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 31 December 1890–1 January 1891

  • Date: December 31, 1890–January 1, 1891
  • 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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 15 January 1891

  • Date: January 15, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Stoddart's Encyclopaedia America, established Stoddart's Review in 1880, which was merged with The American

A fair portion of its contents were devoted to Whitman appreciation and the conservation of the poet's

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 10 September 1891

  • Date: September 10, 1891
  • 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

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to James W. Wallace, 9 October 1891

  • Date: October 9, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

recollections (Brooklyn 1852–'61) come up on a rush—& Tom Rome —how good & considerate & faithful they both were

Annotations Text:

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

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

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to John Russell Young, 24 October 1891

  • Date: October 24, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Joseph ("Joe") Jefferson III (1829–1905) was an American actor and one of the most famous American comedians

On October 23, 1891, the American journalist and diplomat John Russell Young (1840–1899) invited Whitman

Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830–1900), the American painter best known for his portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 20 October 1891

  • Date: October 20, 1891
  • 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

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Whitman explained that "[William] Heineman, [Wolcott] Balestier, & [John] Lovell want to purchase the American

affiliated with the Labour Church, an organization whose socialist politics and working-class ideals were

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 30 April 1891

  • Date: April 30, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

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

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 2 December 1890

  • Date: December 2, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Missouri Mrs: H L Heyde, 21 Pearl street, Burlington, Vermont R G Ingersoll, 45 Wall street New York City

Annotations Text:

His notes were also published, along with a series of original photographs, as Diary Notes of A Visit

Good Words was a British monthly periodical founded in 1860 by Alexander Strahan (1833–1918), a Scottish

Jessie and her sister Manahatta "Hattie" were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

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

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

Walt Whitman to John Russell Young, 6 November 1891

  • Date: November 6, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

documented their travels in the two-volume work, Around the World with General Grant (New York: The American

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, [5] November 1891

  • Date: November [5], 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Camden N J—U S America Nov: [5] '91 Wallace went off f'm N Y. yesterday m'ng in City of Berlin & will

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 6–7 February 1892

  • Date: February 6–7, 1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 3 November 1891

  • Date: November 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

J—U S America Nov: 3 '91 Sunny cool day—Wallace went hence this mn'g well & in good spirits to take City

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 3 October 1891

  • Date: October 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

affiliated with the Labour Church, an organization whose socialist politics and working-class ideals were

Walt Whitman to James W. Wallace, 25 September 1891

  • Date: September 25, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to Billstein and Son, [6 August 1888]

  • Date: [August 6, 1888]
  • 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

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 6 October 1891

  • Date: October 6, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, [16] October 1891

  • Date: October [16], 1891
  • 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

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Walt Whitman to Dr. John Johnston, 15 October 1891

  • Date: October 15, 1891
  • 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

Walt Whitman to William T. Stead, 17 August 1887

  • Date: August 17, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

from "a distinguished American man of letters" abt me was a very large inflation into fiction of a very

Annotations Text:

Stead had printed passages from a "private letter" on May 6, which detailed the American supporters of

subscriptions abroad, with the idea that he won't be taken care of at home, is ridiculous"; see American

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 25 February 1887

  • Date: February 25, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

If I were to unbosom to you in the matter I should say that I never cared so very much for E.'

Annotations Text:

avers that "Emerson inspired the first poems of Whitman," and that Whitman had confided to him in 1860

: "My ideas . . . were simmering and simmering, and Emerson brought them to a boil" (79–83).

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

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 27 March 1883

  • Date: March 27, 1883
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

You left out my remarks on 'Children of Adam', I believe they were good but I acquiesce—your additions

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 10 March 1887

  • Date: March 10, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Buchanan's A Look Round Literature (1887) contains a chapter on Walt Whitman entitled "The American Socrates

Walt Whitman to the Editor of The North American Review, ? December 1886

  • Date: December ?, 1886
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Walt Whitman Camden, New Jersey Walt Whitman to the Editor of The North American Review, ?

Annotations Text:

Jotted Down at the Time" appeared in the January 1887 issue of The North American Review, this note was

Walt Whitman to James Redpath, 29 June 1886

  • Date: June 29, 1886
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Whitman sent the article to Redpath, of The North American Review, on June 29 (Whitman's Commonplace

Walt Whitman to Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, [9 January 1884]

  • Date: January 9, 1884
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

The address on the envelope is J L & J B Gilder | Critic Office | 20 Lafayette PLace | New York City

Whitman must have concluded that the copies were not sent by the Gilders because, on January 11, he entered

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 30 July 1848

  • Date: July 30, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Crescent — A Sunday morning in the city of New York, and in the heart of summer!

and the closedness of all the stores, give a peculiar appearance, and rather a dreary one, to our city

religious aspect—I have observed that in Protestant countries it is impossible to give such an aspect to cities

many myriads, all dressed so well, and looking well, one might be excused for doubting whether there were

During the afternoon and evening, the city presents a more varied aspect than in the morning.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 31 July 1848

  • Date: July 31, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

As these are days of improvement, it would be well if a standing rule were adopted in both Houses, requiring

The Crescent City leaves to-morrow for New Orleans, and will very likely be at the levee by the time

Annotations Text:

Barnburners and Hunkers were terms used to describe opposing sides of the fracturing Democratic party

The Barnburners held radical anti-slavery views and were willing to destroy banks and corporations to

The Hunkers were pro-government; they favored state banks and minimized the issue of slavery.

divisions between these factions in New York reflected the national divisions that would lead to the American

Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), a Southern slaveholder and a well-known American miltary leader in the Mexican-American

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 4 August 1848

  • Date: August 4, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

change of habits, living, and every thing else that conduces to comfort, than if they had staid in the city

Thousands were disappointed here yesterday from her not going off.

which, when you consider that two-thirds the passengers were juveniles and females, you may well conceive

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 7 August 1848

  • Date: August 7, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

they held a grand meeting, and made speeches, and "resolved" many things—among the rest that they were

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 2 August 1848

  • Date: August 2, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Richardson,) she too was in the spring of health and vigor then: all the dry goods clerks in the pit were

Duberly—ah, those were treats indeed!

perfect in its appointments and general getting up, of any piece that has yet been produced upon the American

The city wears a pleasant appearance—partly attributable to the delightful weather we have had for the

Annotations Text:

Elizabeth Jefferson Chapman was an American actress and singer who performed at the Park Theatre.

She also managed a theatre for a short time in Alabama (Jane Kathleen Curry, Nineteenth-Century American

She and her husband were the parents of the actress Emma Wheatley (1822–1854), the opera singer Julia

Ireland, Records of the New York Stage from 1750 to 1860 [New York: T. H.

William Wheatley (1816–1876) was a popular and successful American stage actor, and a favorite of audiences

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 14 July 1848

  • Date: July 14, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

There is much complaint in and about the city, among all classes, of "dull times."

Moreover, this city is the great receiving point of European emigration.

general satisfaction exists here at the prospect presented by the advent of the steamer "Crescent City

is that New York and New Orleans have more identity of character and interest than any other two cities

Annotations Text:

The Whigs were a political party in the antebellum United States; the Whig and the Democratic Parties

were the two major political parties in the United States as part of the two-party system.

The Whigs were critical of the nation's expansion into Texas and of the Mexican-American War and favored

A Southern slaveholder and a well-known American miltary leader in the Mexican-American War, Taylor was

The Hunkers were pro-government; they favored state banks and minimized the issue of slavery.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 19 July 1848

  • Date: July 19, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

years past Nassau street, from Wall to Chatham, has been one of the most crowded thoroughfares in the city

considered—though the putting of it in execution has made the dust fly in what was formerly the very heart of the city

For my part, I am astonished that, while they were about it, they did’nt make the street twenty feet

Let your citizens believe me, when I tell them seriously that the city of New Orleans is one of the healthiest

All over our Northern cities great preparations have been made (as is but just) for the complimentary

Annotations Text:

The Hunkers were pro-government; they favored state banks and minimized the issue of slavery.

Butlerites were political supporters of William Orlando Butler (1791–1880).

The Guelphs, largely from wealthy families, were supporters of the Pope, while the Ghibellines were primarily

Blair and his wife Eliza Violet Gist were the parents of five children.

cities.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 17 July 1848

  • Date: July 17, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Our good city of New York, now-a-time, is blessed with hardly any annals to write.

Annotations Text:

Barnburners and Hunkers were terms used to describe opposing sides of the fracturing Democratic party

The Barnburners held radical anti-slavery views and were willing to destroy banks and corporations to

The Hunkers were pro-government; they favored state banks and minimized the issue of slavery.

The nominees were Lewis Cass (1782–1866) for President and William O.

Under his management, New York City's Bowery Theatre became a successful venue for American working-class

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 25 July 1848

  • Date: July 25, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

that "corporation have no souls," does not seem applicable to the corporation of this city, in one respect

my part, I think the practice a very commendable one; it creates a general good feeling between the city

Last night, the hospitalities of the city were tendered to Commodore M. E.

At the same time, the city fathers confirmed the Mayor's re-appointment of Mr.

Pearson, whose obsequies have so recently been celebrated in this city and Brooklyn. Capt.

Annotations Text:

He commanded ships in the War of 1812 and in the Mexican-American War, and he became an advocate of modernizing

Frederick Havemeyer (1804–1874) was a businessman, who was elected and served as Major of New York City

and the city's first Police Commisioner.

were the two major political parties in the United States as part of the two-party system.

The Whigs were critical of the nation's expansion into Texas and of the Mexican-American War and favored

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 21 July 1848

  • Date: July 21, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

gratitude to our New York Volunteers, returned from the Mexican war, has been carried out in this city

We are expecting the steamer Crescent City here by tomorrow, or the next day, at farthest.

Evening before last the performances at the Chatham theatre were for the benefit of Messrs.

The pieces were light and lively.

The same may be said of the farming places within 60 or 100 miles of the city.

Annotations Text:

Sheldon, The Story of the Volunteer Fire Department of the City of New York [New York: Harper & Brothers

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 9 August 1848

  • Date: August 9, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

New York, to a distinguished Editor: "Sir," said the Chairman, "the proper Whig organization of the city—the

long, undulating street, thickly shaded with large trees, and out of the way of clatter and the usual city

Over twenty thousand persons were present; and, what was better, the contributions poured in liberally

disputes at the commencement of the present century between the Jeffersonians and the Federalists, were

If any have gone, they were sent by the enemies of the Convention.

Annotations Text:

The Whigs were a political party in the antebellum United States; the Whig and the Democratic Parties

were the two major political parties in the United States as part of the two-party system.

The Whigs were critical of the nation's expansion into Texas and of the Mexican-American War and favored

Barnburners and Hunkers were terms used to describe opposing sides of the fracturing Democratic party

The Hunkers were pro-government; they favored state banks and minimized the issue of slavery.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 17 August 1848

  • Date: August 17, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We were blessed with a most refreshing rain this morning, after a dry spell of three weeks, which had

What's the state of the caloric in the Crescent City?

Here is the spirit-stirring appeal of the Directory for this city: [We published yesterday the appeal

Annotations Text:

Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), a Southern slaveholder and a well-known American miltary leader in the Mexican-American

Under his management, New York City's Bowery Theatre became a successful venue for American working-class

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 17 August 1848

  • Date: August 17, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Crescent — Rarely, at any former period, has the health of the city been worse, without an epidemic,

A heavy shower here, a few days since, was confined to the immediate neighborhood of the city; and even

Our city streets present a plentiful sprinkling of well-dressed, bronze-faced personages, from the West

Annotations Text:

Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), a Southern slaveholder and a well-known American miltary leader in the Mexican-American

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 24 August 1848

  • Date: August 24, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Republicanism, and its ution or explosion—the revolt in Ireland, and the deep-s eat ed wish in the American

provincial character, but is developed w it h all that fiery ardor and "looseness" so characteristic of the city

The arrival of the Crescent City yesterday brought us the latest printed dates; but since the "connection

general curiosity exists here to learn more about it; besides, there are ten thousand dare-devils in th city

Annotations Text:

summer months in the Southern United States, particularly under humid conditions and in densely populated

cities.

The "Buffalo Hunt" was a name given to a scheme in which men who had served in the Mexican-American War

conquered territory would be called the Republic of Sierra Madre ("Incidental Results of the Mexican-American

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 15 August 1848

  • Date: August 15, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

—From the reports, there were some fifty thousand person assembled, about one-third of whom were delegates

Annotations Text:

Diplomat during the American Civil War.

Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), a Southern slaveholder and a well-known American miltary leader in the Mexican-American

He served during the War of 1812 and during the Mexican-American War.

The nominees were Lewis Cass (1782–1866) for President and William O.

his dismissal, Trist negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, which ended the Mexican-American

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 22 September 1848

  • Date: September 22, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We are all glad to see, in this morning's telegraphic account from your city, that agreeable little sentence

deaths are more numerous, in proportion to the cases attached, than in the yellow fever—raged in the city

Clay's letter, declining any countenance to the "enthusiastic whigs" of this city, in their separate

The hearts of the whigs of this city, and most of this State, are devoted to Clay; the early support

Party organs (on both sides) are not reliable, now, as to their statements; because, never before were

Annotations Text:

summer months in the Southern United States, particularly under humid conditions and in densely populated

cities.

Barnburners and Hunkers were terms used to describe opposing sides of the fracturing Democratic party

The Barnburners held radical anti-slavery views and were willing to destroy banks and corporations to

The Hunkers were pro-government; they favored state banks and minimized the issue of slavery.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 26 August 1848

  • Date: August 26, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Our city is quite well supplied, now-a-days, with the article of military characters—both officer and

Large sums of money have been poured in to the hands of the "Irish Directory" in this city—of course

Annotations Text:

He served for nearly fifty years and was a veteran of the War of 1812 and of the Mexican-American War

Edwin Forrest (1806–1872) was an American stage actor, well known for his Shakespearean roles.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 22 September 1848

  • Date: September 22, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Yesterday there came up in this city, before the U. S.

Bertrand, master of the ship Alhambra, and Henry Watson, mate, were arraigned for the murder of Albert

captain ordered him to be flogged, but I don't remember the words; does not know to whom the orders were

given; but the orders were followed by a flogging by a second mate, with a fifteen thread rope, which

The principal facts were corroborated, indeed, by the second mate, who was brought on for the defence

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 1 September 1848

  • Date: September 1, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

But for a people three times in number what our forefathers were when the latter defied the proudest

The Americans were not "united" either, in '76; wealth and influential tories were numerous; but the

the advent of Yellow Jack, who has appeared in force at the Quarantine station five miles below the city

The heat has caused a considerable emigration of city people again to country place near by.

Annotations Text:

summer months in the Southern United States, particularly under humid conditions and in densely populated

cities.

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