Manuscript/Mixed Material Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters to and from Whitman; Gilchrist, Anne Burrows, 1871, Sept. - 1885, July
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Image 1 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … HARNED WHITMAN CORRESPONDENCE Gilchrist Anne Sept 1871 July 1885 L C 132 135 Box 3 Folder 33 ____ ____- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 2 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … THE GILCHRIST CORRESPONDENCE 132 Rough draft of a letter from Whitman to Anne Gilchrist London England Camden N J Feb 8 1872 2 p on I l 15 12 x 20 cm…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 3 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … 72 I am still living here in Washi a in my employment in a government office my health is good Life is rather sluggish here yet not without its the sunshine Your…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 4 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … 133 Rough draft of a letter from Whitman to Anne Gilchrist London England Camden N J Aug16 1873 Fifteen holograph fragments in pencil and ink with revisions in ink ranging in size…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 5 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … Department of Justice Washington 187 Department of Justice Washington 187 41 150 lie Washington inverted I have the pain or distress in my head for what averages more than half inverted went…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 6 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … the pictures in the one of Jan 24 72 Though I can slowly move slowly very short distances I walk even then with difficulty have to stay in the house My case…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 7 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … 1417 The enclosed ring I have just taken from my finger to send you with my love I shall probably get well but though I may not My post office address will…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 8 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … 134 Rough draft of a letter from Whitman to Anne Gilchrist London England Camden N J Mar 17 1876 Seven holograph fragments written and revised in ink ranging in size from 3…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 9 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … WM TORBERT President F A ELLIS Secretary and Treasurer MANAGERS Wm Torbert Richard I Thomas Jos H Steele Daniel Bratton G R Howard Barclay Reynolds Jacob Tome Wm M Knight I F…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 10 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … My new edition is printed ready Upon receipt of your letter I have sent you a set two Vols by mail March 15 which you must have recd by this time I…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 11 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … Geneva Illinois March 13 1876 Mr Walt Whitman Dear Sir I am compiling for my own use a list of the principal American authors together with the dates of the publication of…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 12 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … March 17 76 Letter to Mrs Gilchrist Free Dress Times EVENING EDITION BURLINGTON MONDAY MARCH 13 1876 There was a sharp political discussion in the Senate on Friday provoked by a speech…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 13 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … in its aspirations has her own that can lead her for ever for ever up and on It is for her soul exactly as it is for her body the strong divine…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 14 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … for his true and steady love and so sorry for him I said yes But next day terrified at what I had after a painfully consideration of the near absence from my…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 15 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … but nothing in life or death can tear out of my heart the passionate belief that one day I shall hear that voice say to me My mate the one I so…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 16 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … hand to all household occupation found it bracing healthy and cheerful nothing Now I think it more even now that I understand the divineness sacredness of the Body I think there is…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 17 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … enabled me to carry into execution what I was brooding over For I had and still have a strong conviction that it was necessary for a woman to speak that finally and…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 18 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … longing to stand openly proudly in the ranks of its friends for the lower reason that say nature is proud as defiant as their own and immeasurably disdains my faintest appearance of…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 19 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … which my soul sings Arise Shine for thy light is come the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee After the 29th of this month I shall be in my own…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 20 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … I will wait no longer A higher instinct dominates that other the instinct for perfect truth I would if I could lay every thought and action and feeling of my whole life…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 21 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … to thee I feel for a certainty that she may Try me for this life my darling see if I cannot so live to grow to learn to love that when I…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 22 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … deed and thought my love for my children my hopes aspirations for them all taking new shape new height through this great love My soul has staked all upon it In dull…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 23 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … Let me have a few words directly dear Friend I shall get them by the middle of November I shall have to go to London about two or a little later to…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 24 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … they want now But we leave with regret for it is one of sweetest wildest spots in England though only 40 miles from London Good bye dear friend Ann Gilchrist- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 25 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … loosing so all alone as I have done now nearly three years it will be three in May since I first recd the book first knew what the word love meant Love…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 26 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … I was not disappointed at the short ness of your letter I do not ask nor even wish you to write save when you are inwardly impelled desirous of doing so I…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 27 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … Then when the Book came but with it no word for me alone There was such a storm in heart I could not for weeks read in it I wrote that long…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 28 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … that often often is so full of yearning tenderness I know not how to draw my breath The tie between us would not grow less but more beautiful fear friend if you…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 29 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … great beautiful thoughts sorrow suffering working struggling yearning loving so all alone as I have done now the nearly it will be 3 in May since I first read the book first…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 30 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … I was not disappointed at the shortness of your letter I do not ask nor even wish you to write save when you are mainly impelled desirous of doing so I only…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 31 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … my silence must kill me sometimes Then when the Book came but with it no word for me alone There was such a storm in my heart I could not for weeks…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 32 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … enough was like a blow on the breast to me breast that often often is so full of yearning tenderness I know not how to draw my breath The tie between us…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 33 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … house for us in London where rents are so high And I have succeeded better than I anticipated for we find this a comfortable dear little home small indeed but not so…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 34 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … meaning the more I brood over them the sweeter do they taste Still I am not as happy content as I thought I should be if I could only know my words…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 35 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … to do this have put the management of the whole into my hands And I feeling that she needs and ought to have now an easier scale of expenditures at Colue have…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 36 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … he likes his work well writes us cheerfully lodges in a farm house in the midst of grand scenery within a walk of the sea An So this enables me to give…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 37 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … over the wooded weald do Sussex so richly green fertile looking almost as boundless as the great sweep of sky over it the South Downs the Surry Hills near at hand the…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 38 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … seasons of the year He is even morbidly sensitive on this point will not stir beyond his own grounds from weeks end to weeks end to avoid his admiring or inquisitive persecutors…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 39 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … too much even for a strong frame coming as it does after twenty years of very hard work Therefor please dear Friend do not warn me any more it hurts so as…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
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Image 40 of Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters … to hand a sore disappointment to me dear Friend I can ill afford to lose the long eagerly watched for pleasure of a letter If it seems to you there must needs…- Contributor: Harned, Thomas Biggs - Whitman, Walt
- Date: 1871-09
About this Item
Title
- Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Correspondence, 1866-1891; Letters to and from Whitman; Gilchrist, Anne Burrows, 1871, Sept. - 1885, July
Names
- Harned, Thomas Biggs, 1851-1921 (Collector)
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Creator)
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Headings
- - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- - American poetry
- - Harned, Thomas Biggs, 1851-1921--Correspondence
- - Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Leaves of grass. 1855
- - Manuscripts
- - United States
Genre
- Manuscripts
Call Number/Physical Location
- mss45443, reel 2
- series: Correspondence, 1866-1891
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- Thomas Biggs Harned collection of Walt Whitman papers
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- Manuscript Division
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