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Whitman Archive Title: Old Chants
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Whitman Archive ID: loc.04598
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Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Library of Congress
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Box: 6
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Folder: Poetry Manuscript, Old Chants
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Series: Lincoln Material
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Date: about 1891
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
A draft of the first five lines of the poem "Old Chants," first published in 1891. The
draft shows that Whitman also considered the titles "An Ancient Ballad
Reciting" and "An Ancient Song Reciting." The verso is blank.
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