Father Taylor (and Oratory)

Whitman Archive Title: Father Taylor (and Oratory)
Whitman Archive ID: hun.00044
Repository ID: HM 6711
Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Repository Title: Father Taylor (and Oratory)
Date: 1886-1887
Genre: prose
Physical Description: 11 leaves, handwritten
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Content: Late-stage draft (with printer's instructions) of the essay "Father Taylor (and Oratory)," which first appeared in Century Magazine in February 1887. The piece would later be reprinted in November Boughs . Edward Thompson Taylor was a Boston Methodist minister known for his powerful sermons, serving as the inspiration for Melville's "Father Mapple" in Moby Dick . Whitman went to hear Taylor speak on several occassions during his stay in Boston in 1860.