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January 2, 1891poetryhandwritten1 leaf; This is a late draft of Ship Ahoy!
On the verso is a letter from Henry Hopkins dated November 2, 1891. [The tangled long]
The three lines later appeared as part of L. of G.'s Purport, first published in 1891.
[Walt Whitman is putting the later touches]1890prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript contains part
It later appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and, as part of the Good-Bye my Fancy annex, in the so-called
fol.00010xxx.00589Y.d.1036 (2)Autograph notes by Walt Whitman [manuscript], 19th century.
(first published in 1891), My task (published as part of L. of G.'s Purport in 1891), L. of G.'
first two lines of the poem of the same title published in 1891), Death dogs my steps (published as part
It later appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and, as part of the Good-Bye my Fancy annex, in the so-called
Lippincott's Magazine as To the Sunset Breeze in December 1890, in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and, as part
On the verso appears part of a letter with Houghton Mifflin Publishers letterhead. The Dead Emperor
Parts of this note would be published in Notes (Such as They Are) Founded on Elias Hicks in November
(See Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, 2: 42.)
(See Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, 2: 42.)
scrap, regarding the so-called "Hicksite Separation" within the Religious Society of Friends, forms part
(See Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, 2: 42.)
(See Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, 2: 42.)
(See Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, 2: 42.)
(See Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, 2: 42.)
(See Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, 2: 42.)
manuscript fragment regarding the importance of the spiritual aspect of human consciousness is probably part
The poems reappeared under the heading Fancies at Navesink, although still part of Sands at Seventy,
Heavily revised draft, signed, of Queries to My Seventieth Year, a poem first published in the May 2,
The poem was part of a cluster entitled Old Age Echoes, included in an edition of Leaves of Grass compiled
The couplet, however, was not part of any of those earlier essays.
The couplet, however, was not part of any of those earlier essays. Drift Sands
The couplet, however, was not part of any of those earlier essays. Notes and Flanges.—No. 1.
The couplet, however, was not part of any of those earlier essays. [Ripple and echoes from the]
The couplet, however, was not part of any of those earlier essays. Drift Sands
The couplet, however, was not part of any of those earlier essays.
27Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone (1887)loc.00223xxx.00369[Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone]May 2, 1887poetryhandwritten1
Alone first published in 1887, with Whitman's signature at the bottom and "Camden NJ" and the date, May 2,
These lines come from the first verse paragraph of section 2 of the poem.
A note at the top states: "sent to Herald March 2" indicating the draft was likely completed around the
The leaves that make up this manuscript incorporate parts of a previous version, published in the New
two lines of the twelve-line poem of the same title first published in 1891), My task (published as part
The top part of this manuscript has been cut away, leaving the emendations to what would become line
leaveshandwritten; This is a draft on three leaves of the poem Last of Ebb, and Daylight Waning, published as part
On part of the page is prose that appears to be a journal entry.
appeared, in an altered form and under the title Death of General Grant, in Sands at Seventy (first a part
The article, published under the name "George Selwyn," was part of a series called "American Authors
Old Chants in 1891), Grand is the seen (first published in 1891), Death dogs my steps (published as part
On the verso can be found various writings, including an earlier draft of The Dead Tenor, part of a letter
tis ghastly to descendabout 1889poetryhandwritten1 leaf; Eight lines evidently written originally as part
1883prose3 leaveshandwritten; Three-page draft of The Attempted Official Suppression, a section of Part
2, Chapter 1, History of Leaves of Grass, in Richard Maurice Bucke's 1883 biography, Walt Whitman.
manuscript draft of the poem, My Canary Bird, which was first published in the New York Herald on March 2,
Parts of the essay were used for Death of Thomas Carlyle published in Specimen Days in 1882 (later retained
(No. 2.), which was published in the Critic on April 9, 1881.
Though he did not include this essay as a whole in Specimen Days & Collect (1882–83), Whitman reprinted parts
These trial verses became part of A Twilight Song—subtitled, "for unknown buried soldiers, North and
suppose one can say]1880-1883prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript is an early draft of the first part
1885poetry1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript is an early draft of the poem Had I the Choice, published as part
Choiceabout 1885poetry1 leafhandwritten; This is a draft of the poem Had I the Choice, published as part
draft of poetic lines that may be an early version of Last of Ebb, and Daylight Waning, published as part
On the verso is part of a cancelled letter to Whitman.