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The article by the wretch named Willard in the American Magazine filled me with indignation.

O'Connor is likely referring to Cyrus Field Willard (1858–1942), an American journalist, political activist

In the December 1887 edition of The American Magazine, Willard dramatizes an interview he conducted with

There were some jolly young fellows there, & some splendid girls, but among the last I think Alys Smith

York Evening Post and Herald newspaper correspondent and editor Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901); they were

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

There is also a Camden postmark, but only the city and the month (JAN.) are legible.

There were some jolly young fellows there, & some splendid girls, but among the last I think Alys Smith

The article by the wretch named Willard in the American Magazine filled me with indignation.

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

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

York Evening Post and Herald newspaper correspondent and editor Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901); they were

In the December 1887 edition of The American Magazine, Willard dramatizes an interview he conducted with

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

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

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

Had a good letter from Sidney Morse, & was (as tickled as Rhys says you were) over his fine old mother

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) was an American critic, poet and editor of The Atlantic.

Two of the poems you enclosed were new to me. I liked them much.

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

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

This letter is addressed: Courtlandt Palmer | 117 East 21st Street | New York City.

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

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

Thomas Eakins (1844–1919) was an American painter.

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

For more on the paper and the many poems by Whitman that were published in it, see Susan Belasco, "The

He knows that there were some & he once read them. "Elias was a great man.

A wonderful preacher—why, one Sunday before he finished his sermon tears were coursing down all our cheeks

Strange too he should expound scriptures when the Spirit & he were closely intimate.

Smith, his wife Hannah, and their children were all friends and supporters of Whitman.

This letter is addressed: Andrew Carnegie | New York City.

Whitman sent this postcard to "New York City"; someone added "5 West 51st St."

In a little house, narrow and low, facing Mickle street, in the city of Camden, N.

William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was the novelist and "Dean of American Letters" who wrote The Rise of

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

has not been hitherto publish'd & will not be until after you issue it—No word nor money from y'r American

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

Morse's letters to Whitman from Richmond, Indiana, where he was staying with his mother, were filled

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

The two volumes I mentioned as having been sold by me were purchased by the National Library for one

Wilson & Brother, and that subscribers were to write directly to the author.

Executive Committee Contemporary Club: I propose the name of Thomas B Harned, Counsellor at Law, of this city

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

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.

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

the window; & on Sanborn's suggestion I took these to shew show to the people at the lecture, who were

They were anxious to hear all about you.

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

station so if you should want to send any word to me you will catch me there as soon as I reach the city

There were some 200 present.

At all events, the thanks were profuse and hearty.

Several ministers were there & in perfectly good humor.

later transformed him into a martyr for the abolitionist cause (see Robert McGlone, "John Brown," American

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

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

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

Thomas Eakins (1844–1919) was an American painter.

Southwestern Archaeological Expedition took place between 1886 and 1894 with the goal of unearthing Native American

opposition & resentment at L of G. is probably as concentrated & vital & determined in New York (my own city

writer and women's suffrage activist who ran for a seat in the British parliament soon after women were

spiteful little "animated torrid zones" & covering them with feathers—it seems as if our Church deacons were

.; Mannahatta, meaning "land of many hills," is the Native American name Whitman uses for New York City

Thomas Eakins (1844–1919) was an American painter.

Paumanok is the Native American name, and the name Whitman preferred, for Long Island.; Our transcription

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

The occasion of the dinner is the anniversary of the passing of the law incorporated the city of Brooklyn

Messrs Ingram and Logue were much taken with y'r talk, impression, presence &c.

William James (1842–1910), brother of the writer Henry James, was an American psychologist, anatomist

These friends were new last fall but I almost feel as if I had known them always, particularly one from

Hensley "I dream'd a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth

, I dreamed that was the new city of friends."

At some point, Bucke's closing and the signature on his letter were cut away.

You have no doubt got their invitation to lecture by this time—which I told you sometime ago they were

For when we were in college together in Cambridge Mass.

They were a band of earnest liberal fellows (Norman & I the best read of 'em) & I saw that they did not

Stead (1849–1912); see American Literature, XXXIII (1961), 68–69, and the letter from Whitman to William

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

Walsh (1854–1919) was an American historian, poet, critic, and editor.

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