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Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 15 June 1888

  • Date: June 15, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

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

Whitman on December 21, 1883, sent "A Backward Glance on My Own Road" to The North American Review and

Charles F. Sloane to Walt Whitman, 23 June 1888

  • Date: June 23, 1888
  • Creator(s): Charles F. Sloane
Text:

—I think they were called "Twilight": at all events they were of the Twilght, and several to trace a

likeness between the fading day and your own declining years—They were very sweet, very tender, and the

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 24 June 1888

  • Date: June 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

the chaos & row & unsettledness, have all settled—for definite shibboleth and ticket—that Blaine & American

Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 June 1888

  • Date: June 29, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Review of Democratic Vistas, and Other Papers

  • Date: 30 June 1888
  • Creator(s): Lewin, Walter
Text:

, of Sunderland (to whom Ruskin's letters—entitled Time and Tide —"to a working man of Sunderland" were

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 2 July 1888

  • Date: July 2, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

1884, when George and Louisa moved to a farm outside of Camden and Whitman decided to stay in the city

Reginald A. and Katie E. Beckett to Walt Whitman, 2 July 1888

  • Date: July 2, 1888
  • Creator(s): Reginald A. and Katie E. Beckett
Text:

We heard a little while ago that you were seriously ill, but hope you are now much better.

Walt Whitman to Thomas B. Harned, 7 July [1888]

  • Date: July 7, [1888]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Herbert Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 8 July 1888

  • Date: July 8, 1888
  • Creator(s): Herbert Gilchrist
Text:

We both wanted to telegraph when you were so ill only we didn't know who to telegraph to, as Mr.

Annotations Text:

Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860–1895) was the count of Bogesund.

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

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 9 July 1888

  • Date: July 9, 1888
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Annotations Text:

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

Ernest Rhys to Walt Whitman, 9 July 1888

  • Date: July 9, 1888
  • Creator(s): Ernest Rhys
Text:

of Edinburgh) affected me with its fine antiquity, its Walter-Scott-like atmosphere of old Scotch city

Annotations Text:

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

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 9 July 1888

  • Date: July 9, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

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

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 11 July 1888

  • Date: July 11, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 11 July 1888

  • Date: July 11, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

On July 12, 1888 O'Connor wrote: "I have felt that you and I were brothers in misfortune."

William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 12 July 1888

  • Date: July 12, 1888
  • Creator(s): William D. O'Connor
Text:

I have felt that you and I were brothers in misfortune—I hope in all other and better ways too.

The proofs were read with much pleasure, and despatched to Dr. Bucke, as you wished.

Annotations Text:

There is one additional "Camden" postmark, but only the name of the city is legible.

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

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

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 12 July 1888

  • Date: July 12, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Deborah Stafford Browning (1860–1945) was Susan and George Stafford's daughter.

Sylvester Baxter to Walt Whitman, 13 July 1888

  • Date: July 13, 1888
  • Creator(s): Sylvester Baxter
Text:

We had also been looking forward to the pleasure of feeling that you were comfortably domiciled in the

desired cottage of your own, away from the stifling and noisy city, but your friends who worked to that

Annotations Text:

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

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

Edward Bellamy (1850–1898) was an American author, best known for his utopian science fiction novel,

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 14 July 1888

  • Date: July 14, 1888
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
Text:

I have been quite worried about you, wondering how things were going  I am more than glad to hear that

you are holding your own I am up here on a question of the disposal of the sewage of the city  Davis

Annotations Text:

captain of engineers in the Parliamentary Army during the revolution of 1848, he fled to New York City

Louis Board of Public Improvements from 1877 to 1890 and was elected president of the American Society

John Burroughs to Walt Whitman, 16 July 1888

  • Date: July 16, 1888
  • Creator(s): John Burroughs
Annotations Text:

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

Charlotte Fiske Bates to Walt Whitman, 19 July 1888

  • Date: July 19, 1888
  • Creator(s): Charlotte Fiske Bates
Text:

I had feared that you were too ill to look at flowers or to identify, even in thoughts, those who think

Annotations Text:

John Whitman's fourth-great grandchild is American President Abraham Lincoln.

Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 19 July 1888

  • Date: July 19, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 21 July 1888

  • Date: July 21, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Weir Mitchell, the noted American physician and writer of historical fiction; the young Mitchell looked

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 22 July 1888

  • Date: July 22, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 23 July 1888

  • Date: July 23, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We both wanted to telegraph when you were so ill only we didn't know who to telegraph to, as Mr.

Annotations Text:

Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860–1895) was the count of Bogesund.

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

C. Sadakichi Hartmann to Walt Whitman, 24 July 1888

  • Date: July 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): C. Sadakichi Hartmann
Annotations Text:

There is an additional Camden, N.J. postmark, but only the name of the city is legible.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 24 July 1888

  • Date: July 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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 D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 25 July 1888

  • Date: July 25, 1888
  • Creator(s): William D. O'Connor
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 25 July 1888

  • Date: July 25, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

For more information on Bates, see American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with over 1,400 Portraits

Charles W. Eldridge to Walt Whitman, 26 July 1888

  • Date: July 26, 1888
  • Creator(s): Charles W. Eldridge
Text:

This is bound to be a large city, and the metropolis of Southern California as San Francisco of the Northern

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 27 July 1888

  • Date: July 27, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

I do wish I could hear that you were gaining strength, you are certainly better mentally and from what

Annotations Text:

Louis who married American socialist Albert Brisbane.

Whitman was having friends help him read proofs for November Boughs; the last two pieces in the book were

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 31 July 1888

  • Date: July 31, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

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

Walt Whitman to Charles S. Myrick, July 1888

  • Date: July 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

of November Boughs, Whitman claims that both "Now Precedent Songs Farewell" and "An Evening Lull" were

William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 3 August 1888

  • Date: August 3, 1888
  • Creator(s): William D. O'Connor
Annotations Text:

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

John Baker to Walt Whitman, 4 August 1888

  • Date: August 4, 1888
  • Creator(s): John Baker
Annotations Text:

Constant Seguin (1843–1898) was a French-born and widely known New York neurologist, one of the first American

professors of neurology and a founding member of the American Neurological Association.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 4 August 1888

  • Date: August 4, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 4 August 1888

  • Date: August 4, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 4 August 1888

  • Date: August 4, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

Walt Whitman to Billstein and Son, [6 August 1888]

  • Date: [August 6, 1888]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 7 August 1888

  • Date: August 7, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

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

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 8 August 1888

  • Date: August 8, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

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 Ingram to Walt Whitman, 10 August 1888

  • Date: August 10, 1888
  • Creator(s): William Ingram
Text:

Wm Cooper of this city (the free thinker, that I took over to see you some years ago) sent to the country

Twenty four hours after his death the retort fires were started on Sunday morning and at 4 in the afternoon

These are part of what thoughts were crowding in my brain as I stood watching for one hour till my friend

wished me to do in this matter and I know well he would have been pleased to know that his remains were

Walt Whitman to Louisa Orr Whitman, [13(?) August 1888]

  • Date: [August 13, 1888]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

From December 1887 through August 1888, 33 of Whitman's poems were published in the paper.

Walt Whitman to Thomas Donaldson, 14 August 1888

  • Date: August 14, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

be a reference to a book by George Catlin (1796–1872), an artist who focused on portraying Native Americans

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 14 August 1888

  • Date: August 14, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Aug: 14 '88 Sunny & cool to-day—nothing new in my case—bowel action—my lines on Sheridan's burial were

Annotations Text:

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

C. H. Browning to Walt Whitman, 15 August 1888

  • Date: August 15, 1888
  • Creator(s): C. H. Browning
Annotations Text:

Amélie Rives (1863–1945) was an American novelist, poet, and playwright, whose 1888 novel The Quick or

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 15 August 1888

  • Date: August 15, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

Walsh (1854–1919) was an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

John Herbert Clifford to Walt Whitman, 21 August 1888

  • Date: August 21, 1888
  • Creator(s): John Herbert Clifford
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 22 August 1888

  • Date: August 22, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 26 August 1888

  • Date: August 26, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Whitman's November

  • Date: 27 August 1888
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

Philadelphia Press About six weeks ago the children on Mickle street, below Fifth street, in Camden, were

morning after breakfast his housekeeper asks him with as much regularity and solemnity as though she were

writing pad was on his knee and numerous photographs of Elias Hicks, of whom the poet was writing, were

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