[18] Horace Greeley, nominated by the Democrats as their candidate for the Presidency.

[19] Burlington, Vermont, where Whitman’s sister, Mrs. Heyde, lived.

[20] Henry M. Stanley, African Explorer.

[21] Undated. Made up from copy among Whitman’s papers. This letter evidently belongs to the summer of 1873.

[22] The “Prayer of Columbus” was first published in Harper’s Magazine in March, 1874.

[23] John Cowardine. See “Anne Gilchrist, Her Life and Writings,” pp. 149 ff.

[24] Daughters of Thomas Jefferson Whitman.

[25] Mrs. George Whitman.

[26] Sister.

[27] Niece.