Papers of Walt Whitman [manuscript], 1881-1887.

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Papers of Walt Whitman [manuscript], 1881-1887.

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The collection contains three letters, 1881 September 29, 1887 March 6, and n.y., December 2, Whitman to Charles Eldridge and [Alma] asking that some money be conveyed to Walter Godey, and tax and revenue reports to Paul Liptay; commenting on poor health, his bullying doctor, and his writing; and describing a trip to the theater. The collection also contains a photograph of Whitman with the children of J. H. and Amelia Johnston; an envelope addressed by Whitman to Josiah Child; and an autograph manuscript poem by Whitman entitled "you Tides with Ceaseless Swell and Ebbs." With the original Whitman items are a letter, 1948 December 23, Bertha Johnston to Doris Neale which accompanied the photograph of Whitman and the Johnston children; postcard, 1948 November 12, to Miss Doris Kellogg with a clipping of a Whitman Medal attached; and eleven miscellaneous prints of Whitman and four clippings related to him.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Eldridge, Charles,

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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...

Neale, Doris Kellogg,

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Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699

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Johnston, B. (Bertha), 1864-

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