Harned, Thomas Biggs, 1851-1921
Variant namesLawyer.
From the description of Thomas Biggs Harned collection of the papers of Walt Whitman, 1842-1937 (bulk 1855-1892). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015543
Close friend and literary executor of Walt Whitman.
From the description of T. B. Harned letter to Mr. Clements [manuscript], 1920 Aug 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420344330
Biographical Note
Whitman, Walt
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1819, May 31:
Born, West Hills, Long Island, N.Y. -
1830 -1846 :Various jobs as office boy, printer's devil, schoolteacher, typesetter, and journalist -
1839 -1840 :Writer and typesetter, Long Island Democrat -
1841 -1848 :Associated with over ten newspapers and magazines, including the Aurora (New York) and the Evening Tattler (New York) -
1846 -1848 :Editor, Brooklyn Eagle -
1848:
Writer, New Orleans Crescent Editor, Brooklyn Freeman -
1855:
Published Leaves of Grass (Brooklyn, N.Y.: [Printed by Rome Brothers, Brooklyn, New York]. 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 -1864 :Hospital nurse, Washington, D.C. -
1865:
Published Drum Taps (New York: [Printed by Peter Eckler, New York]. 72 pp.) Clerk, Interior Department -
1865 -1873 :Clerk, Office of the Attorney General, Justice Department -
1871:
Published Democratic Vistas (Washington, D.C.: [Printed by J. S. Redfield, New York]. 84 pp.) Published Passage to India (Washington, D.C.: [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.: [Printed by S. W. Green, New York]. 14 pp.) -
1873:
Suffered paralytic stroke -
1875 -1876 :Published Memoranda during the War (Camden, N.J.: Author's edition. 68 pp.) -
1876:
Published Two Rivulets (Camden, N.J.: Author's edition. 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.
From the guide to the Thomas Biggs Harned collection of Walt Whitman papers, 1842-1937, (bulk 1855-1892), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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