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It is particularly stated that a number of soldiers who were under the command of W. W.

Attorney, New York City Sir: I am directed by the Attorney General to say, in reply to your letter of

patrols marching around the streets—no more great racks of hospitals—I get along well enough in this city

O how much comfort it would be to me, if things were so that we could have each other's society—for I

for a military force to seize certain boxes of arms & accoutrements then in the possession of the American

Donnelley, Buffalo, New York, were seized and stored in Fort Porter, Buffalo, for safe keeping—where

property, & the order of the Secretary of War, an order requesting the delivery of the property to the American

Y. authority for the re-delivery to the American Express Company of the arms & accoutrements seized in

Chapin of 24 Beekman Street, New York City, set the type for the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass; see

Direct to me at 279 East 55th street, New York City.

Remember 279 East 55th street, New York City. I have been well & hearty.

and Poets (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1877), Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (New York: American

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

was one half of the Boston based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who put out the 1860

New York City August 25, 1866.

New York City —I expect to return about 12th Sept.

Price, | 279 East 55th street, | New York City. It is postmarked: Washington D. C. | Aug | 4.

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

. | New York City. It is postmarked: Washington | Jul | 30 | Free.

and Poets (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1877), Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (New York: American

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

After the war, all the hospitals except this one were converted to other purposes.

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

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

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

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

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

I wish you were nearer, that we might be together frequently.

, his "Diary," printed last winter—his funeral was simple but very impressive—all the big radicals were

Count referred in his entry for April 18, 1864, to Whitman as among "the most original and genuine American

LeRoy Fischer, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 36 (1949–1950), 415–434, and Dictionary of American

Whitman apparently wrote again on February 13, and Mason replied from City Point on February 16 that

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

this difficulty has arisen from the miserable teachings of her mother, who enjoined upon her, when we were

Dibble for the property you occupy in the city of Buffalo.

Harlow was their Capt. he was mortally wounded the 30th of Sept. 1864 the same day that Henry was there were

Clarence was the only one that saw him after he was wounded the rebs nearly surrounded them they were

Clarence stopped with him a minute or two the rebs were so near he had to leave him.

come to this Department, deemed reliable, to the effect that operations are being carried on in the city

On the same day there appeared in one of the public papers of the city of Buffalo, an advertisement to

It is also understood here that there are numerous & strong associations in the city of Buffalo, having

their common lead in one of the police of the city who is in full sympathy with them, their object being

An auctioneer in the city of Buffalo, it is said, received, between the 16th and 20th ult. twenty seven

I am, Sir, respectfully, James Speed, Attorney General Letters exactly as above, were also sent this

Gents: Enclosed I send you Nine, (9) dollars, for subscription to the "Daily American" from Jan'y 28,

that certain features of that are not introduced in this; for we are compelled to confess that there were

And it was somewhat amusing, too, to discover certain little myths which were afloat from bed to bed

before and after his appointment and dismissal from a clerkship at Washington, he sought in his native city

"The Lady of this teeming and turbulent city" calls forth her children as bees are called from the hive

"I see a sad procession, And I hear the sound of coming full-keyed bugles; All the channels of the city

John Esten Cooke (1830-1886) was an American novelist noted for his grandiloquent writings centered on

Possibly referring to Marion Lumpkin Cobb, wife of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), an American

John Esten Cooke (1830-1886) was an American novelist noted for his grandiloquent writings centered on

Virginia.; Possibly referring to Marion Lumpkin Cobb, wife of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), an American

Probably these were the Misses Sallie and Carrie Howard listed in the 1866 Directory, or Miss Garaphelia

If his faith in the unseen were more of a prophetic fury, and less a premeditated and coolly considered

Whitman wrote this poem following a request by the Committee on Invitations of the American Institute

Old matron of the city! this proud, friendly, turbulent city!

CITY OF SHIPS. CITY of ships! (O the black ships! O the fierce ships!

City of the world!

City of wharves and stores! city of tall façades of mar- ble marble and iron!

what were God?)

tropes, likenesses, piano music, and smooth rhymes — nor of This manuscript probably dates to the early 1860s

the leaf (duk.00795), which contains draft lines that contributed to poems first published in the 1860

these years I sing...]" and to "Apostroph," the opening section of "Chants Democratic and Native American

Both poems first appeared in the 1860–1861 edition of Leaves of Grass. America needs her own poems

This manuscript probably dates to the early 1860s, as it appears to have been inscribed after the writing

the leaf (duk.00795), which contains draft lines that contributed to poems first published in the 1860

these years I sing...]" and to "Apostroph," the opening section of "Chants Democratic and Native American

Both poems first appeared in the 1860–1861 edition of Leaves of Grass.

"The Two Vaults," a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook that probably dates to the early 1860s

A note about an editorial on "American Expansion and Settlement Inland" is written on the back of this

"The Two Vaults," a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook that probably dates to the early 1860s

Notebook (1861–1862).; Transcribed from digital images of the original.; A note about an editorial on "American

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921).

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921).; This is a draft of a poem unpublished in

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921).; Transcribed from digital images of the original

1879 or early 1880, just after Whitman's trip to the western U.S. in 1879 (The Correspondence [Iowa City

University of Iowa Press, 2004], 57), it seems more likely that the draft letter is probably from 1860

supplied—the great West especially—with copious thousands of copies" (New York Saturday Press [7 January 1860

1879 or early 1880, just after Whitman's trip to the western U.S. in 1879 (The Correspondence [Iowa City

University of Iowa Press, 2004], 57), it seems more likely that the draft letter is probably from 1860

supplied—the great West especially—with copious thousands of copies" (New York Saturday Press [7 January 1860

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates the top scrap to the 1860s and the bottom scrap to the 1850s

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates the top scrap to the 1860s and the bottom scrap to the 1850s

next morning very much alarmed indeed there is very much house breaking and robbery going on in this city

Because the letter refers to local burglaries and fights in the City Park near the Naval Yard, the intended

The criminal activity that menaced the City Park near the Naval Yard followed mass layoffs of laborers

Louisa had described a crime near City Park a few weeks earlier (see her November 25, 1865 letter to

which occurred on Portland Avenue near Myrtle on December 5, was reported in the next day's paper ("City

time wont won't wait for us well Walt i dident didn't get my shoes i had made for me they fit me they were

The Navy Yard workers were organized by profession: carpenters, plumbers, caulkers, etc.

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

Bucke's year 1865 is confirmed because the letter describes an alleged murder in Brooklyn City Park,

The reported murder occurred in the City Park, which borders the U.S.

Two suspects were identified, Theodore Martinez Pellecer and Jose Gonzales, both Spanish nationals from

Cuba; the weapons used to kill Otero were two razors and a dagger.

The newspaper covered the case avidly and editorialized on city parks as havens for crime.

If this were the case, we had been a nation of poets.

But in those cases in which these expressions were written out and printed with all due regard to prosody

Of course the city of Manhattan, as Mr.

This were indeed a wise precaution on his part if the intelligence were only submissive!

In another you call upon the city of New York to incarnate you, as you have incarnated it.

of facts and events, copies of important documents, etc.), compiled into book-length volumes which were

Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) was a popular and influential French poet and songwriter whose lyrics were

A large number of newspapers were published under the title "New Yorker."

lawlessness of this poet, and one asks himself if this is not the form which the unconscious poetry of American

Is it not more probable that, if the passional principle of American life could find utterance, it would

The people fairly rejected his former revelation, letter and spirit, and those who enjoyed it were readers

There were reasons in the preponderant beastliness of that book why a decent public should reject it;

He has truly and thoroughly absorbed the idea of our American life, and we say to him as he says to himself

not grounded in our soil; even though American in their reference, they were foreign to our New World

were not the outgrowth of that new movement in civilization which America inaugurates.

Still the poet may be said to be more truly artistic than if he were more ostensibly so.

The Indian Hunter by John Quincy Adams Ward (1860) is a bronze sculpture of a young Native American hunter

and his dog noted for its naturalist style and its American theme.

The Indian Hunter by John Quincy Adams Ward (1860) is a bronze sculpture of a young Native American hunter

and his dog noted for its naturalist style and its American theme.

Glad we were to see it, Charley & I. Have you sent one to Emerson? Do , in haste, won't you?

For a time Whitman lived with William D. and Ellen O'Connor, who, with Eldridge and later Burroughs, were

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

I write this not knowing but you may have left the place you were but shall use the envelope which you

Tommy (No. 6) he was quite well and enjoying himself well, said Tommy had a pleasant home and they were

For a time Whitman lived with William D. and Ellen O'Connor, who, with Eldridge and later Burroughs, were

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

Pleasants said they were well when Ashton left for Philadelphia.

For a time Whitman lived with William and Ellen O'Connor, who, with Eldridge and later Burroughs, were

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

1868, he wrote to Sutherland: "I retain just the same friendship I formed for you the short time we were

For a time Whitman lived with William D. and Ellen O'Connor, who, with Eldridge and later Burroughs, were

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

Whitman enclosed a review of his work from the London Leader of June 30, 1860, for William D.

8 or ten years —he certainly has the prospect of it—there is an immense amount of building in the city

Louis—I think it more than likely that he will build the water works of that city—if so it will be as

See Jeff's letter to Walt from April 16, 1860.

Vermont has no city or town named "Birmingham."

The Graysons were Southern sympathizers with a son in the Confederate Army.

In September 1865 George hoped to construct an office building in New York City but lost the contract