Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1819, May 31 | Born, West Hills, N.Y. |
| 1830-1846 | Held various jobs as office boy, schoolteacher, typesetter, and journalist chiefly in Long Island and Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1839-1840 | Writer and typesetter, Long Island Democrat |
| 1841-1848 | Associated with numerous newspapers and magazines, including the New York Aurora and the New York Evening Tattler |
| 1846-1848 | Editor, Brooklyn Eagle |
| 1848 | Writer, New Orleans Crescent Editor, Brooklyn Freeman |
| 1855 | Published Leaves of Grass (Brooklyn, N.Y.: n.p. 95 pp.). Enlarged and revised in succeeding editions of 1856, 1860-1861, 1867, 1871, 1876, 1881-1882, 1888-1889, and 1891-1892 |
| 1857-1859 | Editor, Brooklyn Times |
| 1862-1865 | Served as hospital volunteer, Washington, D.C. |
| 1865 | Published Drum Taps (New York: n.p. 72 pp.) Clerk, Department of Interior, Washington, D.C. |
| 1865-1873 | Clerk, Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D.C. |
| 1871 | Published Democratic Vistas (Washington, D.C.: n.p. [Printed by J. S. Redfield, New York]. 84 pp.) Published Passage to India (Washington, D.C.: n.p. [Printed by J. S. Redfield, New York]. 120 pp.) Published After All, Not to Create Only (Boston: Roberts Brothers. 24 pp.) |
| 1872 | Published As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free (Washington, D.C.: n.p. [Printed by S. W. Green, New York]. 14 pp.) |
| 1873 | Suffered paralytic stroke |
| 1875-1876 | Published Memoranda During the War (Camden, N.J.: n.p. 68 pp.) |
| 1876 | Published Two Rivulets (Camden, N.J.: n.p. 32 pp.) |
| 1882-1883 | Published Specimen Days and Collect (Philadelphia: David McKay. 376 pp.) |
| 1888 | Published November Boughs (Philadelphia: David McKay. 140 pp.) |
| 1891 | Published Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay. 66 pp.) |
| 1892, Mar. 26 | Died, Camden, N.J. |