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Buffalo and Erie County Public Library; 1 Lafayette Square; Buffalo, NY 14203-1887
Correspondence, 1863-1892, nd (1 box), III.
Images and Checks, 1875-1887, nd (1 folder); The earliest dated material consists of tearsheets of "The
Lands]about 1872poetryhandwritten2 leaves18.5 x 18.5 cm to 20 x 18 cm; The first two entries on Leaf 1
, thy every daughter, / son, endear'd alike, forever equal,)" in the same section projected on Leaf 1.
50-51uva.00182xxx.00061[Now the hour has come upon me]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 18.5 x
p. 341 [Long I was held]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf16 x 10 cm; This manuscript became section 1
On the first side of the folded leaf a blue pencil was used to correct a pencil number 7 to a 1, and
first and third sides of two folded half-sheets (20 x 16 cm) of the same white wove paper used for 1:
3:1 and 1:3:2, in the same light brown ink and, like them, with only minor revisions.
The lines on page 1 became verses 1-8 of section 4 of Calamus. in 1860; page 2 ("Solitary, smelling the
The lines on the first leaf became verses 1-9 of section 7 of Calamus in 1860, and the second leaf's
50-51uva.00321xxx.00066[Long I thought that knowledge]1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaves 1 and
Whitman also penciled in the numbers 7, 8, and 8 1/2 in the lower-left corner of each page.
The lines on the first leaf became verses 1-5 of section 8 of Calamus in 1860; the second leaf's lines
50-51uva.00314xxx.00066[Hours continuing long]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 9.5 x 9 cm; leaf
Whitman removed the lower section of page 2 from the top of current leaf 1:3:33 ("I dreamed in a dream
The first page contains what would become verses 1-3 in 1860, and the second ("Hours discouraged, distracted
50-51uva.00340xxx.00066[You bards of ages hence]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 8 x 9 cm; leaf
Whitman numbered the first 9 1/2 and the second 10, in pencil, in the lower-left corner of each leaf.
The lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-3 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page
For an earlier draft of the poem numbered V please see the verso of leaves 15-16 of Premonition (1:1:
The lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-5 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page
50-51uva.00332xxx.00066xxx.00081To a new personal admirer1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 13
featuring a new first line, became section 12 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 Whitman dropped the last 2 1/
Whitman numbered this page 1 in pencil.
On the second page Whitman added, in a combination of normal and blue pencil, the number 43 (1/2).
With the addition of a new first line ("1. Who is now reading this?")
number 17 of the Calamus cluster in 1860, with the lines on the first leaf corresponding to verses 1-
The group first appeared in print in the 1860 Leaves of Grass with this poem as section 1.
It became section 20 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first manuscript page correspond to verses 1-
This poem became section 21 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first manuscript page became verses 1-
It was numbered section 22 of Calamus in 1860: the lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-6 of
The excised top portion of the leaf became the bottom section of page 2 of 1:3:11, the poem (eighth in
This page bears the same papermaker's mark as 1:3:35.
Whitman also numbered each leaf in the lower-left corner in pencil: the leaves follow the order 1-9,
9 1/2 (a full page despite its number), and 10-15.
50-51uva.00188xxx.00297A Sunset Carol1857-1859poetryhandwritten6 leavesleaf 1 25.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves
-51uva.00189xxx.00309xxx.00413Thought [Of these years I sing]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1
(This particular Thought was numbered section 1 of the composite poem.)
.00190xxx.00413xxx.00047Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1
50-51uva.00195xxx.00240American Laws1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaf 1 19.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves 2
Side 1 corresponds to verses 1-9 of section 14 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass; side
leaves21.5 x 12.5 cm; This manuscript draft became section 16 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with Leaf 1
corresponding to verses 1-6 and Leaf 2 ("They shall train themselves/ to go in public,...") to verses
This became section 17 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass, with leaf 1 corresponding to
verses 1-6 and leaf 2 ("We confer on equal terms with / each of The States,") to verses 7-13.
This poem became section 20 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and
of Grass in 1860, with the manuscript leaves corresponding to the published version as follows: leaf 1
to numbered verse paragraphs 1 (now beginning "O bitter sprig!
the pencil numbers 16, 17, and 18 in the lower-left corner of the leaves, substituting the numbers 1
Section 1 was eventually published (1881) as one of the poems in the cluster Inscriptions, but Whitman
13.5 cm; Originally numbered 86 and revised by overwriting to 87; Whitman also numbered the leaves 1-
5 (in pencil, lower left corner), with the 1 replacing a 6 and the 2 written over what looks like a 7
Whitman numbered the leaves 1-5 in pencil in the lower left corners.
Leaf 1 corresponds to verses 1-6 of the 1860 version, and the lines on leaf 2 ("Who out of the theory
1859poetryhandwritten2 leaves21 x 12.5 cm to 21.5 x 13 cm; These manuscript lines were revised to form numbered sections 1
in poetry (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
On the verso of the manuscript is the letter from the editors of the Critic, dated November 1, 1890,
(Tennyson had responded to Whitman's A Word About Tennyson, published in the Critic on January 1, 1887
Edward Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984) 1:
Edward Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
manuscript is a note by Whitman for the poem To the Man-of-War Bird, which was first published in the April 1,
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
The march referred to took place on December 18" (1:474).
Grier [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:222). Understand that you can have
The poem had been published earlier as The Man-of-War Bird in the 1 April 18 issue of The Athenæum.
The poem was first published as The Man-of-War Bird in the 1 April 18 issue of The Athenæum and finally
The poem was first published as The Man-of-War Bird in the 1 April 18 issue of The Athenæum and finally
This page is from the London Athenæum (April 1, 1876). Thou Who Hast Slept All Night Upon the Storm