[9] Mannahatta.
[10] William Douglas O’Connor, born Jan. 2, 1832. He was a journalist in Boston in early life, went to Washington about 1861, first as clerk in the Light House Bureau, and later became Assistant Superintendent of the United States Life-Saving Service; died in Washington, May 9, 1889. He was one of Whitman’s warmest friends, and the author of “The Good Gray Poet.”
[11] The Monitor foundered off Cape Hatteras in a gale December 29, 1862.
[12] “Jeff.”
[13] A copy of the 1860 (first Boston) edition of “Leaves of Grass,” which Whitman used for preparing the next (1867) edition. From various evidence this is the same copy, with his MS. alterations, which Secretary Harlan found in Whitman’s desk at the Interior Department in 1865, and which he read surreptitiously before discharging the poet from his position. It is now in the possession of Mr. Horace L. Traubel, of Camden, N. J.
The reference to “Drum-Taps,” published in 1865, shows that it had already taken shape in MS.
[14] Andrew Whitman’s wife.
[15] Jessie Louisa Whitman.
[16] His sister, Mary Elizabeth Whitman (Mrs. Van Nostrand) born 1821 now (1897) residing in Sag Harbor, L. I.
[17] Mrs. Whitman’s maiden name was Louisa Van Velsor.