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On Walter & Louisa Whitman, and their first 5 children: Whitman Family Dates Father: Walter Whitman, Sr. (b. 1789, m. 1816, d. 1855); & Mother: Louisa Van Velsor Whitman (b. 1795, m. 1816, d. 1873) Brother: Jesse Whitman (b. 1818, d. 1870) Walt Whitman (b. 31 May 1819, d. 26 March 1892) Sister: Mary Elizabeth […] […] SADAKICHI HARTMANN While doing a search project about Whitman’s racism during his Camden years, I came across an interesting story about a Whitman disciple named Sadakichi Hartmann. Surprisingly, Reynolds does not mention Hartmann in his book. Whitman’s admiration for Asian civilizations is apparent in his work. In “Passage to India,” he suggests that the complete […] […] |