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The Whitman House: Final Resting Place (on a beautiful fall day!): I depart as air, I shake my white locks At the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it In lacy jags. I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love. If you want me again look […] […] Recently I’ve been reading Walt Whitman in Mickle Street, a short book published by Elizabeth Leavitt Keller in 1921. Keller wrote this account Whitman’s life in Camden after serving as a nurse to him just before he died. Keller’s observations and chronicling of the happenings at 328 Mickle Street make one feel as if she […] […] […] While doing a little Whitman “googling” earlier today, I came across a 2005 article from the New York Times by Charles McGrath. Aptly titled “O Camden! My Camden!”, McGrath reflects on the state of Camden (as well as the other Whitman locales). Before embarking on a bit of a chronology of Whitman’s different “homes” and […] […] Morgan’s Hall was located at the corner of Fourth and Market Streets in Camden. Construction on Morgan’s Hall was completed on October 5, 1848. Originally named Odd Fellows Hall at a dedication ceremony on November 8, 1849, the three-story building was designed to host local lodges. After a lack of interest, Odd Fellows Hall was […] […] As a recent New Jersey transplant, I know little about the political environment in which I live. It didn’t take long, however, for me to find out that a major race for Governor was approaching, what with the ads flashing on the television about every ten minutes. As New Jerseans prepared to fill out their […] […] |