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The Sobbing of the Bells
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Whitman Archive Title: The Sobbing of the Bells
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Whitman Archive ID: loc.00022
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Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839-1919, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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Box: 29
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Folder: The Sobbing of the Bells (1881). A.MS. drafts.
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Series: Literary File
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Date: September 1881
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
Draft of "The Sobbing of the
Bells," first published in the Boston
Daily Globe
on September 27, 1881. The poem was composed sometime between September 19, 1881, when President James Garfield died, and the publication date. This clean draft is encased in
mylar and housed with five clippings and descriptive cards.
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