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Washington as a Central Winter Residence
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Whitman Archive Title: Washington as a Central Winter Residence
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Whitman Archive ID: yal.00328
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Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in The Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Folder: 119
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Date: 1871–1872
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Genre: prose
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Physical Description: 6 leaves, handwritten
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Content:
This manuscript touches on the developing "distinctive metropolitan American Character" of Washington, including the city's status as a literary center. Portions of this manuscript were used in "Washington as a Central Winter Residence" and "Authors of Washington," the latter of which was published in two installments. The first installment appeared in the 6 January 1872 issue of the Washington
Evening Star
, which also included "Washington as a Central Winter Residence." The second installment was published in the 9 January 1872 issue of the same. For more details regarding how this manuscript contributed to these two pieces of journalism, see Martin G. Murray, "Two Pieces of Uncollected Whitman Journalism: 'Washington as a Central Winter Residence' and 'The Authors of Washington,'"
Walt Whitman Quarterly Review
20 (Winter/Spring 2003), 151-176.
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