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The article makes a case for English action against American slavery wherein troops of African descent

Suppose our emissaries were to do what could be done in Ireland; and suppose the down trodden mass in

pro-independence political leader and Member of Parliament Daniel O'Connell (1775–1847), was that American

The article makes a case for English action against American slavery wherein troops of African descent

pro-independence political leader and Member of Parliament Daniel O'Connell (1775–1847), was that American

Then the elections of those days were sometimes held here.

John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms , 2nd ed.

The same offices were apt to be filled with the same persons again and again, year after year.

Here, from the earliest times, were "the polls" for election.

hand that were used in this article, including the piece's full title and sub-title.

However, two leaves in a notebook from the late 1850s or early 1860s (loc.05080) contain notes in Whitman's

hand that were used in this article, including the piece's full title and sub-title.; The Military Garden

; Old Colonel Green opened the Military Garden in 1810.; John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms

credit problems and eventual foreclosure.; The Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman who fought in the American

Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America (New York: Knopf, 1995), 37–39.; Before Brooklyn obtained a city charter

naming items seriatim, not all of which need be of the same class, as with "passion" in line two: "O'er city

The touch of flame—the illuminating fire—the loftiest look at last, O'er city, passion, sea—o'er prairie

The three poems were first published together in Lippincott's Magazine, March 1891, under the general

According to an official rgport report there were, in 1828, in the empire, 828 centenarians, of whom

40 had exceeded 120 years; fifteen, 130; nine, 136; and three, 138 years.

most selfish interests of a few, and The offices great city are not principally created for as to be

—They are part of the organic motion of the city, for the life and health of it from head to foot.— WW

WW After all has been is said, however, it the work of establishing and raising the character of cities

Transcribed from digital images of the original that were posted to Sotheby's website.

.; Transcribed from digital images of the original that were posted to Sotheby's website.; Poetic lines

Such was the unanimity with which the selections were made in caucus, and so strong is the numerical

Whitman Dear Sir:— The current number of the Weekly ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN contains an article of interest

Yours Truly, THE ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN PUB. CO. (T.)

New York, Nov. 23" 1891. see notes Nov 24 1891 Office of The Illustrated American to Walt Whitman, 23

Walt Whitman in Camden, Horace Traubel notes that he looked at that week's issue of The Illustrated American

Phrases and ideas from this manuscript were incorporated in the poem Unnamed Lands, first published in

the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

Both poems were first published in Drum-Taps in 1865.

and the phrase about "the buckwheat" from this manuscript appear in the poem as well, although they were

and the phrase about "the buckwheat" from this manuscript appear in the poem as well, although they were

Father," which was first published in Drum-Taps in 1865: "Smell you the buckwheat, where the bees were

DenaMattausch"Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances" (1860)"Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances" (1860

of the most significant of Whitman's philosophic poems, first appeared as "Calamus" number 7 in the 1860

Doubt" cannot be stated with confidence, but it is likely Whitman wrote it sometime between 1856 and 1860

While some "Calamus" poems were deleted from subsequent editions of Leaves, "Terrible Doubt" survived

"Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances" (1860)

The lines on the first leaf became verses 1-9 of section 7 of Calamus in 1860, and the second leaf's

Ownershipabout 1860poetry1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript was probably composed in the late 1850s or in 1860

as Whitman was preparing the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

It is a draft of No. 4 of the Thoughts cluster published first in the 1860 edition.

1881–1882 edition, the second line returned as Thought [Of Equality]; and the third and fourth lines were

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

This manuscript was probably composed in the late 1850s or in 1860 as Whitman was preparing the 1860

It is a draft of No. 4 of the "Thoughts" cluster published first in the 1860 edition.

ownership);" the second line was published as "Thought (Of Equality);" and the third and fourth lines were

This manuscript was probably composed in the late 1850s or in 1860 as Whitman was preparing the 1860

It is a draft of No. 4 of the "Thoughts" cluster published first in the 1860 edition.

ownership);" the second line was published as "Thought (Of Equality);" and the third and fourth lines were

"; This manuscript is a draft of No. 4 of the "Thoughts" cluster published first in the 1860 edition

"; The third and fourth lines of this draft were published as "Thought (Of Justice).

There is intellectual, moral, and physical force-possibility in the world enough to amaze us if it were

JayLosey"Of Him I Love Day and Night" (1860)"Of Him I Love Day and Night" (1860)A celebration and condemnation

Whitman removed this poem from the "Calamus" section (1860 Leaves) and eventually fixed its place in

The Homosexual Tradition in American Poetry. Austin: U of Texas P, 1979.Miller, James E., Jr.

"Of Him I Love Day and Night" (1860)

burial-places to find him, And I found that every place was a burial-place; The houses full of life were

streets, the shipping, the places of amusement, the Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, the Mannahatta, were

now I am willing to disregard burial-places and dispense with them, And if the memorials of the dead were

burial-places to find him, And I found that every place was a burial-place; The houses full of life were

streets, the shipping, the places of amusement, the Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, the Mannahatta, were

now I am willing to disregard burial-places and dispense with them, And if the memorials of the dead were

burial-places , to find him; And I found that every place was a burial-place; The houses full of life were

shipping, the places of amusement, the Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, the Manna- hatta Manhatta , were

I am willing to disregard burial-places, and dispense with them; And if the memorials of the dead were

Portions of this manuscript were used in Emerson's Books, (The Shadows of them), which first appeared

Portions of the essay were reprinted in the New York Tribune on 15 May 1882 under the title, A Democratic

prononce' ") that are resonant with passages of the poem Laws for Creation first published in the 1860

Webb, President of the Free College of the City of New York, and from Mr. Andrew Carnegie, Rev. Wm.

Many were spent in travel—some in the pursuit of power and wealth—which pursuit was successful.

the patter of horses' hoofs sounded rapidly on the road—but the beatings of the traveller's heart were

—He came in the day, when crowds were in the rooms—though all to him was a vacant blank—all but the corpse

—And at last he came in the silence of the midnight before the burial, when the tired watchers were asleep

—He bent down his ear to the cold blue lips and listened—but the cold blue lips were hushed for ever.

Oct. 17, 1860

Douglas [1832–1889]O'Connor, William Douglas [1832–1889]Walt Whitman met William Douglas O'Connor in 1860

by State Attorney General George Marston, had threatened prosecution unless extensive emendations were

A few days ago we were quietly treading our way among the bales, boxes and crates upon one of the East

knowledge of his is of far greater value than all the fanciful smattering that is usually caught up in the city

But we were speaking of the ocean—that eternal fountain of the sublime and mysterious.

Among the handwritten notes are several sets of ideas for poems that were never published and phrases

These were perhaps copied into the Brainard volume as he worked to write a poem in Gilchrist's honor,

Both poems were later included in November Boughs (1888) and in subsequent printings of Leaves of Grass

.— We were never more struck with the truth of the oft-quoted aphorism—“Death loves a shining mark,”

was distinguished by a modesty so unaffected, an amiability so sweet and touching as to win, as it were

Miss Metcalfe’s literary attainments were very considerable.

All her writings were marked by a singular delicacy and purity of sentiment, a sparkling but lambent

Hers were no labored sentences.

numeral), this was reformatted and renumbered but otherwise left unrevised as section 43 of Calamus in 1860

1865 and later included in Sequel to Drum-Taps (1865-66), the corrections on this particular copy were

Glue residue shows that these leaves were formerly pasted to two other leaves, upon which is written

…of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill'd with the

of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the

of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the

…of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill'd with the

Edward W.Huffstetler"O Magnet-South" (1860)"O Magnet-South" (1860)This poem, the fifth in the "From Noon

to Starry Night" cluster of the final edition of Leaves of Grass, was first printed in the 1860 edition

It was also published in the 15 July 1860 issue of The Southern Literary Messenger under the same title

In the 1860 edition, the poem was placed after "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," between the "Calamus" cluster

"O Magnet-South" (1860)

noises of the night-owl and the wild-cat, and the whirr of the rattlesnake, The mocking-bird, the American

noises of the night-owl and the wild-cat, and the whirr of the rattlesnake, The mocking-bird, the American

Mozer"O Living Always, Always Dying" (1860)"O Living Always, Always Dying" (1860)Its publication history

one of considerable shuffling, the poem first appeared as number 27 of "Calamus" in Leaves of Grass 1860

"O Living Always, Always Dying" (1860)

Brooklyn April 6, 1860 Box P.O.

my own pleasure at hearing that your "Leaves of Grass," in its next issue, is to eminate from that City

past personal experience and without wishing to intrude myself above my true level I could wish I were

Sammis to Walt Whitman, 6 April 1860

Language in the manuscript is also similar to language that appears in the poem "Poem of Joys" (1860)

Language in the manuscript is also similar to language that appears in the poem "Poem of Joys" (1860)

The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including this line) were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery

" in The American in October 1880.

46).; This manuscript may relate to the poem titled "A Song of Joys," which first appeared in the 1860

(1860, p. 259).

similarity this fragment bears both to the 1856 Poem of the Road (later Song of the Open Road) and to the 1860

revision of the former poem or, as seems more likely, an early draft of Proto-Leaf intended for the 1860

(1860)"O Hymen! O Hymenee!"

(1860)First published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as an untitled member of the "Enfans d'Adam

(1860)

27O Earth, My Likeness (1860).

1860poetryhandwritten1 leaf20.5 x 16 cm; A draft of the poem first published as Calamus, No. 36 in 1860

Then New York will be more populous than London or Paris, and, it is to be hoped, as great a city as

cities.

This phrase signifies the "upper ten thousand," or upper classes of major American cities and is usually

According to the 1849 "Bulletin of the American Art Union," "The American Art Union . . . was incorporated

1852 ("The American Art Union," The New York Times , June 12, 1852).

on July 4, 1842 and was the first large-scale water distribution system to supply water to New York City

Reservoir was demolished in 1899 and replaced by the New York Public Library in 1911 (William Hayes, City

cities and is usually ascribed to author and critic Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867).; According

According to the 1849 "Bulletin of the American Art Union," "The American Art Union . . . was incorporated

1852 ("The American Art Union," The New York Times, June 12, 1852).

the reader is probably aware what a wild and wide stretch of desert they are; but ten years ago they were

he suddenly came at right angles upon some tracks made in a loamy spot, and saw at once that they were

other house within five miles—and that there was only one bed in the cottage, the occupants whereof were

excellent sleep, and was disturbed by no dreams, is as true as that it would be well for many of our city

His perplexities were cut short by the loud clear voice of the young man outside: "Suke! Suke!

of his luck, and has doubtless astonished hundreds of fellow lawyers, around Nassau street, and the City

Deer Park, (we Americans seem to christen new localities according to contraries, like the way dreams

For there were also, in those days, perpetual quarrels and lawsuits between the people there, and the

An expert adept in city crime, however, would easily show it a clean pair of heels.

Shell heaps; kitchen middens of early Native American settlements.

See Isaac Backus, Church History of New England from 1620–1804 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication

"; Shell heaps; kitchen middens of early Native American settlements.; Our transcription is based on

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, opened in December 1844 and was the first railway tunnel dug underneath a city

and potatoes—apple orchards with yellow fruit—farms and farm-yards, and farm operations, and cattle—were

An immense city was sure to be that same Hicksville: now its sovereign sway enfolds a large unoccupied

The historians were hazy on the dates.

thousands upon thousands of human beings, all lying unproductive, within thirty miles of New York city

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, opened in December 1844 and was the first railway tunnel dug underneath a city

of Jamaica, Long Island (Francis Hodge, "Yankee in England: James Henry Hackett and the Debut of American

The historians were hazy on the dates.