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Nellie had two children, Lewis and Eva Morrell, from a previous marriage, and she and Benton Wilson were

Wilson named his first child "Walter Whitman Wilson," after the poet; their other children were Austin

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

contributors at least two of Walt Whitman's friends, Conway and Alcott; see Frank Luther Mott, History of American

According to the 1860 U. S.

Daniel Robbins started working as an apprentice for John McKesson and Charles Olcott, who were in wholesale

do you know (perhaps you do,) how the hard, pungent, gritty, worldly experiences & qualities in American

the points of that sort, I leave absolutely to you— My address remains as before at this office & city

If the picture were here, or in any northern city, I have no doubt that I could get a copy that would

Phelps & Company were referred from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Attorney General by the late

Thursday a week ago to morrow he says matty Matty is quite smart that the children half as good as they were

Abby Price and her family, especially her daughter Helen, were friends with Walt Whitman and his mother

In 1860, the Price family began to save Walt's letters.

Helen's reminiscences of Whitman were included in Richard Maurice Bucke's biography, Walt Whitman (Philadelphia

any such request should be granted by the Commissioner—although there might be cases in which, if I were

the absence of the Attorney or his Assistant, pursuant to these rules,—and perhaps, if the parties were

Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 4:208), he felt that "somehow when [Harte] went to London the best American

Louis Interviews of Walt Whitman," American Literature, 14.2 (May 1942), 146.

affectionate letter of March 30 has reached me, and has given me much comfort—for our acquaintance in this city

office—still board at the same house in M Street—& I suppose hold my own generally about the same as when we were

Wilson, though it may be in this city.

send a few lines to Mrs O Conner. but I will enclose a few lines to her in this letter The children were

Barlow, Esq. 5 Beekman street, New York City.

to 1871 (William Schroeder, "Dispensaries, Hospitals, and Medical Societies of Kings County, 1830–1860

in regard to an opinion of the Attorney General in reference to the bounty payable to soldiers who were

made to the State Department, or the Treasury Department, by one of which the firm of Person & French were

But as the firm were employed as counsel, I should suppose that any bill for their services must be collected

Brown family began boarding in the same house as the Whitmans on Portland Avenue, Brooklyn in April 1860

Box 6732, New York City.

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).

These services were rendered under the sanction of the War Department, given in a letter trans. bill

his salary he told me to give matty the rent but as we have a new comer down stairs a girl baby they were

O'Connor, but those plans were scuttled (see Mattie's March 1, 1870 letter to Walt Whitman [Waldron,

The portion of the letter in the Yale Collection of American Letter is incomplete and lacks a closing

In 1860, the Price family began to save Walt's letters.

Louis Water Works, and served as the second president of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

The Romes were old Brooklyn friends.

Pratt, and which you were pleased to refer to me on the 8th inst., respecting the conveyance of certain

and deeds given therefore—and that, when the sales transpired, neither the vendor nor the purchasers were

the matter of certain suspended land entries, by Hiram Hayes, at the Bayfield, Wis. district, which were

Maynard to me enclosing these papers states that Thomas Barr was in jail in the city of Detroit, in June

his assistant to Windsor, Canada, to institute proceedings for his extradition—that two examinations were

represented that the facts on which the application for an amendment of the agreed statement was made, were

As you represent that your services in the case were retained by that Department, the Attorney General

Gentlemen: The books mentioned in your letter of yesterday's date as having been forwarded by express were

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

He is the American Consul for this place so you see there's no knowing how it may turn out, I am having

She and Jeff had two daughters, Manahatta "Hattie" (1860–1886) and Jessie Louisa "Sis" (b. 1863).

Davis eventually became city engineer of Boston (1871–1880) and later served as chief engineer of the

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

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

telegraphed to him that there ought to be a Commissioner of the United States Court resident in that city

I was not aware, and the Solicitor was not aware, that there was any Commissioner in that city, and we

add that the reason for telegraphing instead of writing was, that the Solicitor understood that you were

then in Nashville, and were about to leave the city.

You will please accept my thanks for the manner in which those services were rendered.

Marshal at New York City to you, and a letter of H. W.

Esq. who was employed as special counsel in the case, and asked him his opinion, whether the charges were

Phelps on the bill that three gentlemen were employed to do this printing by Judge Person, one of the

ld like to see you very much it has been a long while since I wh think Visit to Washington when you were

At your request, these papers were sent to the U. S.

New York City Feb 8 th 1870 "Walt Whitman" O! Beloved Soul, so great! so beautiful!

A kiss from the lips of one born beneath a tropical sun a daughter of the Crescent City.

Grier, "Walt Whitman, the Galaxy, and Democratic Vistas," American Literature, 23 (1951–1952), 332–350

She and Jeff had two daughters, Manahatta "Hattie" (1860–1886) and Jessie Louisa "Sis" (b. 1863).

Abby Price and her family, especially her daughter Helen, were friends with Walt Whitman and his mother

In 1860, the Price family began to save Walt's letters.

Helen's reminiscences of Whitman were included in Richard Maurice Bucke's biography, Walt Whitman (Philadelphia

Reports, and Vol. 28, Texas Reports, both of which we already have, and neither of which, I think, were

Boisé City, Idaho T.

Benton City, Mo.

opinions upon some of the questions—but not in such a formal and official manner that I understood they were

have only mentioned the foregoing from an uncertainty whether the President and the Secretary of War were

relating to this reservation, but that there is such a suit pending in the Court of Claims in this city

The Moore family's intended move is mentioned briefly in Thomas Jefferson Whitman's April 16, 1860 letter

that the libel was filed upon an affidavit of the Spanish Consul at Charleston, before any directions were

that the reason the Marshal was obliged to put the crew and passengers on shore, was because they were

I know I am glad that your selections were put into my hands first, so that I was lifted up by them to