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Literary Manuscripts

Integrated Catalog of Walt Whitman's Literary Manuscripts

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  • Whitman Archive Title: A main part of the greatness
  • Whitman Archive ID: duk.00152
  • Repository ID: Box III-6A
  • Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
  • Date: about 1857
  • Genre: poetry, prose
  • Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
  • View Images: 1
  • Content: Handwritten notes about the ceaseless progression of humanity, most likely written in 1857. The scrap contains notes written in prose, with two poetic lines about the same subject written at the bottom of the page. The connection of these lines to any of Whitman's published poetry is unknown. An image of the verso is not available.

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