Content:
A draft of "A Thought of
Columbus," a poem first published on July 16, 1892, in
Once a Week
, accompanied by
Horace Traubel's account of its composition, called "Walt Whitman's Last Poem."
This manuscript is a draft of only the first six lines and is dated 1891.
Content:
A draft line for "A
Thought of Columbus." According to Horace Traubel, this was
the last poem Whitman wrote. It was published first in 1892. On the verso is a letter from Henry Hopkins dated
November 2,
1891.
Whitman Archive Title: [Deep mystery of mysteries!]
Content:
A draft of lines for "A
Thought of Columbus." According to Horace Traubel, this was
the last poem Whitman wrote. It was published first in 1892. On the verso is the end of an undated letter from Mrs.
John M. Gardner.
Content:
A draft of lines for "A
Thought of Columbus." According to Horace Traubel, this was
the last poem Whitman wrote. It was published first in 1892. On the verso is a cut away, undated letter.
Content:
A draft of lines for "A
Thought of Columbus." According to Horace Traubel, this was
the last poem Whitman wrote. It was published first in 1892. On the verso is a cut away, undated letter.
Content:
A draft of lines for "A
Thought of Columbus." According to Horace Traubel, this was
the last poem Whitman wrote. It was published first in 1892.
Whitman Archive Title: [The mystery of mysteries!]
Content:
A draft of lines for "A
Thought of Columbus." According to Horace Traubel, this was
the last poem Whitman wrote. It was published first in 1892. The draft is written on an opened-up envelope from J.
H. Johnston postmarked October 30, 1891.
Content:
A complete draft of "A
Thought of Columbus" written on two long strips of various
fragments pasted together and three smaller pieces. According to Horace
Traubel, this was the last poem Whitman wrote. It was published first in
1892.
Content:
A brown envelope that Horace Traubel said contained the manuscript of
"A Thought of
Columbus" that Whitman gave him shortly before he died in
1892.
