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My dear loving boy, I wish things were situated so you could be with me, & we could be together for a

Try to keep up the same brave heart in the affairs of peace, that I know you did when you were a soldier

My Wife started for New York City last friday night to be gone several weeks. she is to be with her Sister

She had two children from a previous marriage: Lewis and Eva Morrell, and she and Benton were the parents

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

to philadelphe Philadelphia most a week Jeff came home last night but mat dident didn't come they were

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

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

Emily and her sister Helen were regular visitors to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman.

During the 1860s, Price and her family, especially her daughter Helen, were friends with Walt Whitman

In 1860 the Price family began to save Walt's letters. In a November 15, 1863 letter to Ellen M.

get to offer a Bill, & if he is willing, we will try it on—Had I known it when the Committee & House were

Price, | 279 East 55th street, | New York City." It is postmarked: "Washington | (?) | (?) | D.C."

Surratt to the American consul in Montreal when Surratt fled there shortly before Lincoln's murder; see

Manahatta Whitman (1860–1886), known as "Hattie," was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Whitman

Hattie and her younger sister Jessie Louisa (1863–1957) were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

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

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

Jules and Irene were the children of Gordon F. Mason, a prominent Pennsylvania businessman.

March 19, 1867 Dearest mother, I got both your letters last week, & they were a relief to my mind—I want

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

Price, | 279 East 55th street, | New York City." It is postmarked, "Washington | Mar | 13 | D.C."

In 1860, Erastus Otis Parker was indicted on seven counts of theft.

An Englishman might have written ninety-nine hundredths of American poetry.

The spirit that pervades is essentially American. It is more.

The philosophy and theology are decidedly American, the ethics are altogether of New York.

full of truly American exaggeration.

Everything American is the subject of his praises:— "These states are the amplest poem.

Mustard plasters were a mustard paste that was applied to a cloth or paper, which was then applied to

Jules and Irene were the children of Gordon F. Mason, a prominent Pennsylvania businessman.

O'Connor, & the wife too, were both very much taken with Jeff, & speak about him often.

Capitol last night, to see the House in session, & walk around—there was nothing very interesting—they were

hangs heavily and yet they say time flies fleetly , Ah it may be I have seen the time when minutes were

hours & hours days but that is gone yes its it's near two years since those scenes were past And May

storm was so very bad that jeffy thought she had better not go she had her hat and all on ready they were

Jules and Irene were the children of Gordon F. Mason, a prominent Pennsylvania businessman.

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

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

The Weekly Tribune enjoyed widespread distribution, with a circulation of 200,000 in 1860.

Hal Williams, "Chandler, Zachariah," American National Biography Online).

. | Walt Whitman was forty years | old during the 83d Anniversary | of American Independence.

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, Walt Whitman wrote that he had sent two almanacs to his mother, though both were

Attorney New York City.

that he should be one entirely familiar with matters of real property law & conveyancing in New York City

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

advertisement of the new book about the Ninth Corps—if George wants it, I think he can find it at the American

There were two tailors by this name in the Brooklyn Directory of 1865–1866: Andrew, 372 Myrtle Avenue

Hawley has been trying to get a copy of it for about a month but all that was here were taken as soon

Copies of the volume were withdrawn so that the sequel could be added.

several poems, adding eighteen new poems to those that appeared in Drum-Taps, and all of these poems were

Later, these poems were folded into Leaves of Grass, and by the time the final arrangement of Leaves

Gage, Sloans & Dater was listed as a drygoods store in Trow's New York City Directory (1856/1857), with

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

run those was pasengers passengers from flatbush i suppose but they had to walk down Jeffy said they were

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

employee at the Brooklyn Water Works from 1856 to 1868 and an assistant engineer in the Department of City

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

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

Simpson & Company of New York, Slave Songs of the United States was the earliest collection of African American

Northern abolitionists who collected the songs—many of which were spirituals—while they worked in the

The Club produced periodicals, as well as reprints of rare, curious, and old American, English, French

, and Latin books (American Literary Gazette and Publishers Circular [Philadelphia: George W.

For more information on the Club, see Adolf Growell, "The Agathynian Club (1866–1868)," American Book

I am glad you treated Emmy Price so kindly— they were so hospitable to me—I should think it would be

The Civil, Political, Professional, and Ecclesiastical History . . . of the County of Kings and the City

appellate court, on certiorari, the prosecution below was sustained, and that the whole proceedings were

It will be observed that this letter purports that the facts of Fincher's case were represented to the

know but Ben told you that I was in the Lunatic Asylum during the time that himself John & Charley were

coming young America be induced to do this noblest work manfully & womanly if benevolent liberals were

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

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

The park stretched to the city's eastern boundary is notable for its Long Meadow, "a classic passage

Beveridge, "Olmsted, Frederick Law," American National Biography Online).

Walt Whitman and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman were close friends of the Price family during the years of

The Prices also were regular visitors to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman in the post-war years.

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

In 1860, Erastus Otis Parker was indicted on seven counts of theft.

No. 26 Exchange Place, New York City.

Attorney, New York City.

Attorney New York City. Send at once briefs and opinions in Hadden vs. Barney. J.

His love of New York City has more in common with Gavroche's love for Paris than with that of Victor

The fact that the "songs" in Drum-Taps were written under such circumstances ought to have rebutted in

of the news from Sumter upon New York is thus described:— "The Lady of this teeming and turbulent city

"Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities; Amid the grass in the fields each side of the

both a place and the name of the Democratic Party political machine that often controlled New York City

both a place and the name of the Democratic Party political machine that often controlled New York City

a military outpost near Charleston, South Carolina, was the location of the first battle of the American

These manuscript pages were likely revised prior to the poem's first publication.

suggest that this particular draft was written sometime between 1867 and 1871 (the numbered sections were

This long essay was originally organized as a series of three shorter pieces, The first two of which were

However, the thoughts it contains were echoed in an article that appeared in the St.

1Undated, on the American IdiomUntitled and Unidentifiedloc.05620xxx.01135Go into the subjectBetween

sheet of paper (loc.05224), and on the verso is an outline for the three essays, only two of which were

the volume consisted of four separately paginated books stitched together (an edited version of the 1860

read some amusing pieces to them for three quarters of an hour, for a change—& sat down by those who were

herself; Of Equality—As if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself—As if it were

OF what I write from myself—As if that were not the resumé; Of Histories—As if such, however complete

, were not less complete than my poems; As if the shreds, the records of nations, could possibly be as

lasting as my poems; As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of all the lives of heroes.

all—None refuse, all attend; Armies, ships, antiquities, the dead, libraries, paintings, machines, cities

The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped, Wonders as of those countries—the soil, trees, cities

I see the results glorious and inevitable—and they again leading to other results;) How the great cities

women there—of happiness in those high plateaus, ranging three thousand miles, warm and cold; Of cities

where I was born, Well-begotten, and rais'd by a perfect mother; After roaming many lands—lover of populous

pave- ments pavements ; Dweller in Mannahatta, city of ships, my city—or on southern savannas; Or a

put in my poems, that with you is heroism, upon land and sea—And I will report all heroism from an American

ideal of manly love, indicating it in me; I will therefore let flame from me the burning fires that were

the Kanzas, count- less countless herds of buffalo, feeding on short curly grass; See, in my poems, cities

shall listen to all sides, and filter them from your- self your-self . 3 I have heard what the talkers were

Trippers and askers surround me; People I meet—the effect upon me of my early life, or the ward and city

All I mark as my own, you shall offset it with your own; Else it were time lost listening to me.

; The blocks and fallen architecture more than all the living cities of the globe.)

Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my brother, my sister?

FROM pent-up, aching rivers; From that of myself, without which I were nothing; From what I am determin'd

, entirely redeem'd her, the faithful one, even the prostitute, who detain'd me when I went to the city

And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?

and pause, listen, and count. 3 I knew a man, a common farmer—the father of five sons; And in them were

the fathers of sons—and in them were the fathers of sons.

and visit him to see—he was wise also; He was six feet tall, he was over eighty years old—his sons were

I am drawn by its breath as if I were no more than a helpless vapor—all falls aside but myself and it

A WOMAN waits for me—she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking, if sex were lacking,

or if the moisture of the right man were lacking.

We Two—how Long We Were Fool'd WE TWO—HOW LONG WE WERE FOOL'D. WE two—how long we were fool'd!

Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-

ture architecture , customs, and traditions; Yet now, of all that city, I remember only a woman I casually

met there, who detain'd me for love of me; Day by day and night by night we were together,—All else

original loins, perfectly sweet, I, chanter of Adamic songs, Through the new garden, the West, the great cities