Content:
There is no known connection between the recto of this manuscript—treating Washington's
visit to Brooklyn in the 1790s—and Whitman's published work. The verso of this manuscript contains cancelled notes on the
establishment of the Hudson Avenue Hospital in the mid-1840s.
Whitman wrote about the Hudson Avenue Hospital in "Brooklyniana. A Series of Local Articles, on
Past and Present. No. 16," which appeared in the 29 March 1862 issue of the
Brooklyn
Standard
. Though there are no direct textual links between
the two, it is likely that these notes contributed to this piece of
journalism.
