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Whitman Archive Title: The Dying Veteran
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Whitman Archive ID: loc.00193
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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: 26
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Folder: The Dying Veteran (1887). A.MS. draft.
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Series: Literary File
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Date: June 23, 1887
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Genre: poetry, prose
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, 28 x 21.5 cm, handwritten
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Content:
A dated, signed draft of "The Dying Veteran," first published in 1887. A note at end reads: "Given to Thomas Mosher by Horace
Traubel, 1900."
On verso of the page is a note by Whitman to "Mr. Curtz" (type setter)
asking for a finished proof by the middle of the afternoon,
Wednesday.
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