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Andrew was one of three Whitman sons named after an American hero, a reflection of the patriotic ardor

Andrew's estate was limited to the contents of his carpenter's tool box, which were auctioned off by

The proceeds were given to his widow, pregnant with their third son, Andrew, Jr.

For Whitman, these disciplines, and his own interest in and dedication to them, were often conflated:

"There were busy, populous, and powerful nations, on all the continents of the earth, at intervals [.

Through the stretch of time [. . .] there were busy, populous, and powerful nations."

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995. Camboni, Marina. Il corpo dell'America: 1855 .

"Whitman and American Empire."

of the City of Brook- lyn for 1856, 1858–1859, and 1859–1860, and the Charter for the City of Brooklyn

[Henry Clapp Jr.], “Walt Whitman and American Art,” SP, June 30, 1860. 43.

“Walt Whitman and American Art,” SP, June 30, 1860. 3.

design decision equivalent to nakedness—in 1860 the poems were titled, and many were arranged into thematic

Kenny, Daniel J.The American Newspaper Directory and Record of the Press for 1860.

The sheriff told the Indians who the distinguished men were who were about tosee them, but the Indians

, were facts full of evil omen.

"were if sex were He tomen and lacking lacking.

my city, city young men, the Mannahatta city but when the Mannahatta leadsallthecitiesoftheearth, When

were our communities invaded by a dry rot of culture flwere we fast becoming a delicate,in race were

Emerson and Higginson—Waldo and Wentworth, as they were known to their friends—were two of the most formidable

In the turn the American Puritans then gave to it, these correlations were extended further from innerselftoouterself

When read in relation to their pre-1860 versions, the poet’s later revi- sions of the 1860 poems, in

Press, 1962); Stephen John Mack, PragmaticWhitman: Reimagining American Democ- racy (Iowa City: University

Tompkins, Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction, 1790–1860 (NewYork: Oxford University

He answered with as much sincerity as geniality, that it would indeed be strange if there were no music

at the heart of his poems, for more of these were actually inspired by music than he himself could remember

Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912) was the editor of the New York Tribune from 1872 to 1905 and also American

Some of his books were on figures as widely divergent as John Donne, A.E.

(M.A., 1937), and the University of London (Ph.D., 1953), White taught courses in journalism and American

One would suppose the Kansian population to be a subject race, serfs, villeins—and their high and mighty

whether it be submitted to the inhabitants of that territory for their fiat, the great cause of American

But if slavery is put through under Buchanan, as it was under Pierce, the radical revolution in American

there—to be reprobated all over the North and West—and to be barred out indignantly from all fresh American

published as part of Poem of Salutation in Leaves of Grass (1856), then as part of Salut au Monde in the 1860

–1861, 1867, and 1871–1872 editions of Leaves; these lines were later extracted and published as a separate

This manuscript was likely written in the mid-1860s and was never published. [While the schools]

FrederickHatchWhigsWhigsAn American political party of the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the Whigs tended

"Whigs—what a ridiculous name for an American party," Whitman scoffed (Daybooks 3:683).

The term began to appear in American politics at the local level as early as 1832.

party.Throughout their history the Whigs were plagued by divisions arising from the many differences

"Who Were the Southern Whigs?" American Historical Review 59 (1954): 335–346.Smith, Page.

This manuscript contributed to American's Bulk Average, which first appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891

For more information, see Amy Bridges, A City in the Republic: Antebellum New York and the Origins of

For the honor of American principle and feelings, our birthrights by inheritance, we should hope not.

Next fall if Tammany yields, her ascendency in this city is lost forever.

Krieg, Walt Whitman and the Irish (Iowa City: Iowa University Press), 16.

The Five Points was a region of the city where Worth, Baxter, and Park streets all intersected.

Tammany Hall was the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York City during the antebellum

period, and Irish Democrats increasingly influenced the city's politics, a fact that Whitman, as editor

For more information, see Amy Bridges, A City in the Republic: Antebellum New York and the Origins of

of New York City, of which the Five Points is the center.

The Five Points was a region of the city where Worth, Baxter, and Park streets all intersected.

the passage of a heavily amended Maclay bill in the state senate, hastily passed before the New York City

elections to give Democratic candidates for city positions an edge over their Whig counterparts.

This shady deal ensured that two no-votes were absent while only one yes-vote was absent, leaving the

See Diane Ravitch, The Great School Wars: A History of the New York City Public Schools (Baltimore: The

He has posted himself to the whole city as an unprincipled liar!

the passage of a heavily amended Maclay bill in the state senate, hastily passed before the New York City

elections to give Democratic candidates for city positions an edge over their Whig counterparts.

This shady deal ensured that two no-votes were absent while only one yes-vote was absent, leaving the

See Diane Ravitch, The Great School Wars: A History of the New York City Public Schools (Baltimore: The

Democratic Party and, more specifically, Tammany Hall, the center of Democratic political power in New York City

Capitol, and the next day it began a 1,600-mile journey by rail across the landscape and through major cities

"I remember," he said, "where I was stopping at the time, the season being advanced, there were many

clear; it seems as if it told something, as if it held rapport indulgent with humanity, with us Americans

But if that rationale were all, there would be no need of the thrush, whose song is a joyous carol in

wast not granted to sing thou would'st surely die.) 5 Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

day and night with the great cloud darkening the land, With the pomp of the inloop'd flags with the cities

not what kept me from sleep,) As the night advanced, and I saw on the rim of the west how full you were

and there, With ranging hills on the banks, with many a line against the sky, and shadows, And the city

men, I saw them, I saw the debris and debris of all the slain soldiers of the war, But I saw they were

wast not granted to sing thou would'st surely die.) 5 Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

day and night with the great cloud darkening the land, With the pomp of the inloop'd flags with the cities

not what kept me from sleep,) As the night advanced, and I saw on the rim of the west how full you were

and there, With ranging hills on the banks, with many a line against the sky, and shadows, And the city

men, I saw them, I saw the debris and debris of all the slain soldiers of the war, But I saw they were

wast not gifted to sing, thou would'st surely die.) 5 Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

and night, with the great cloud darkening the land, With the pomp of the inloop'd flags, with the cities

me from sleep;) As the night advanced, and I saw on the rim of the west, ere you went, how full you were

and there; With ranging hills on the banks, with many a line against the sky, and shadows; And the city

the rising and sinking waves—over the myriad fields, and the prairies wide; Over the dense-pack'd cities

Through youth, and through middle and old age, how unfaltering, how affectionate and faithful they were

Through youth and through middle and old age, how unfaltering, how affectionate and faithful they were

Through youth and through middle and old age, how unfaltering, how affectionate and faithful they were

Through youth, and through middle and old age, how unfaltering, how affectionate and faithful they were

WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;

WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,

WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,

WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;

RichardRaleigh"When I Heard at the Close of the Day" (1860)"When I Heard at the Close of the Day" (1860

)Published initially as "Calamus" poem number 11 in the 1860 edition of Leaves, "When I Heard at the

Walt Whitman and the American Reader. New York: Cambridge UP, 1990.Helms, Alan.

Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 1992. 185–205.Killingsworth, M. Jimmie.

"When I Heard at the Close of the Day" (1860)

was not a happy night for me that fol- low'd follow'd ; And else, when I carous'd, or when my plans were

capitol, still it was not a happy night for me that follow'd, And else when I carous'd, or when my plans were

capitol, still it was not a happy night for me that follow'd, And else when I carous'd, or when my plans were

was not a happy night for me that fol- low follow'd ; And else, when I carous'd, or when my plans were

of Live Oak, with Moss (with ornamental Roman numeral), this poem became section 11 of Calamus in 1860

The lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-5 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page

Whatever I say of myself, you shall apply to yourself If you do not, it is were time lost listening to

eventually titled "Song of Myself": "All I mark as my own you shall offset it with your own, / Else it were

the suburbs of New York—will be one great inducement, if permanently secured, for swelling our population

could cross the upper ferries for two cents, we should doubtless experience a large addition to the population

recent establishment of a Mercantile Library shows their consciousness of the wants of a thriving city

support of Common Schools in this State is $8,403,139, of which nearly one-half is expended in the cities

Referring to the American Almanac, we find that the sum expended annually in Massachusetts is $2,346,309

and 293 female; 100 private schools, and 46,000 children residing in the districts, 35,817 of whom were

There are 29,511 volumes in the school libraries of this city; 13 frame school houses, and 17 of brick

The cost per month per pupil in Kings County towns is given at 92 cents 9 mills, and in Brooklyn city

It was in evidence that the profits on liquors, such as are generally sold and drank in the city, were

(1860)"What Think You I Take My Pen in Hand?"

(1860)Originally number 32 of the "Calamus" cluster, this poem is one of a number devoted to a contrast

The Homosexual Tradition in American Poetry. Austin: U of Texas P, 1979.

(1860)

Or the vaunted glory and growth of the great city spread around me?

Or the vaunted glory and growth of the great city spread around me?

Or the vaunted glory and growth of the great city spread around me?

Or the vaunted glory and growth of the great city spread around me?

Both sections are in black ink but, as Bowers notes, the lower verses were inscribed using a darker,

section of the sequence Live Oak, with Moss, this poem was revised to form section 32 of Calamus in 1860

The lines were probably drafted for the Centennial of 1876. What the word of power unbroken

The lines that make up this manuscript were probably drafted for the Centennial of 1876.

The lines that make up this manuscript were probably drafted for the Centennial of 1876.; The manuscript

one-fourth of those helpless and most wretched men (their last hours passed in the thought that they were

In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the

articles in the current number of Blackwood’s Magazine, which we noticed yesterday, is one on the North American

proposed by Blackwood in calling attention to the subject is to secure a representation of the North American

and extinguish whatever anticipations we may have formed of the future annexation of Canada to the American

Henry Anders, of this city. It is a reply to an article from the pen of Dr.

of the Washington Park Commissioners and several other enactments affecting the interests of this city

Whitman's correspondence, arranged chronologically, contains an "Addenda," and two supplemental volumes were

The many materials that were not included in the are now housed in numerous and scattered archives, and

The problem we're describing is one of separated cultures: the divisions of labor that were acceptable

multiple repositories offer possibilities (both for public presentation and for scholarship) that were

and some types of research—for example, comparing drafts and establishing the history of composition—were