Content:
A short prose manuscript that appears to be related to portions of
Specimen Days
, specifically "An Egotistical 'Find'." This piece was first published in
Specimen Days & Collect
(1882), and was included in
Complete Prose
. A note in another hand identifies this manuscript as part of "the Denver Diary of W. W." This manuscript is mounted in a copy of
Notes and Fragments
(1899), leaving the verso unavailable.
Whitman Archive Title: travelling the Rocky mountains
Content:
Heavily revised prose notes detailing Whitman's trip over the Rocky Mountains in September 1879. Much of the material in this manuscript was revised and used in "An Egotistical Find," first published in
Specimen Days & Collect
(1882–1883); and included, without revisions, in
Complete Prose Works
(1892).
