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Literary Manuscripts

Integrated Catalog of Walt Whitman's Literary Manuscripts

Brooklyniana A Series Of Local Articles On Past And Present No 3 Among The Few Relics Left

  • Whitman Archive Title: Talk with Mr. Hartshorn
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.07017
  • Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839-1919, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
  • Box: 38
  • Folder: Notes 1847–1891, Brooklyniana, undated, Guy's picture of Brooklyn
  • Series: Notes and Notebooks
  • Date: 1855-1861
  • Genre: prose
  • Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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  • Content: These notes discuss the authenticity of a painting by Francis Guy. Whitman wrote about Guy and one of his paintings in the installment of his "Brooklyniana" series published in the Brooklyn Standard on 28 December 1861. The piece is titled "Brooklyniana No. 3," but was actually the fourth installment to appear; an installment also titled "No. 3" had appeared in the Standard on 12 June 1861.

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