Content:
On one leaf of pink paper (22 x 13 cm), in black ink, with revisions in the same
ink. Pinholes mostly in center. The original title was "Leaflet," and the original number seems to have been
70. After substantial revision (including the addition of the new first line "A
promise and gift to California,") this poem became section 30 of "Calamus" in 1860. Whitman further
revised the poem before including it, permanently retitled "A Promise to California," in the
1867
Leaves
.