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Whitman Archive Title: the RR we go on
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Whitman Archive ID: duk.00242
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Repository ID: MS q 111
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Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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Date: 1879
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Genre: prose
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Physical Description: 8 leaves, handwritten
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Content:
Pages of notes from Whitman's western railroad journey in September 1879. The pages describe his travels through Missouri and Kansas, and large portions of the notes would find their way into
Specimen Days
(specifically, the sections entitled "Missouri State," "Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas," "Art Features," and "A Silent Little Follower—The Coreopsis").
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