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Manuscript note in which Whitman seems to be considering the best ways to refer to the two sides in the U.S. Civil War. Though Whitman did, in fact, frequently use the term "Secesh" to refer to the South, he did not habitually apply the corresponding term C"Nationals") to the North. The reverside side of the leaf contains a short letter to Abby Price in which Whitman states that he has a "bad spell," perhaps a reference to his stroke in 1873.
Whitman Archive Title: To getter up of the books—Printer and proof reader
