Content:
This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "Paumanok," which was first published in the
New York Herald
on
February 29, 1888. Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888).
Content:
Written in ink on a sheet of white paper, cut from a larger sheet, is a
late draft of "Paumanok," first published in 1888. It is
signed in full at bottom. The word "personal" is partially encircled in the upper
right-hand corner. In pencil on verso in another hand: "Feb 18,
1888."
Content:
A small newspaper clipping of "Paumanok" pasted onto a larger sheet of
paper, with notes and corrections in Whitman's hand. "Paumanok" was first
published in the New York
Herald
in 1888.
Content:
This manuscript contains a draft of the poem titled "Paumanok" first published in the New York
Herald
, February 29, 1888.
Notes at the top state "pub'd" and "personal." A note at the bottom states "sent
to Herald Feb 27 '88" indicating the draft was likely completed around the time of
publication.
