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Guide to the Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscripts in the Bolton-Stanwood Family Papers, American Antiquarian Society
Original records created by the American Antiquarian Society; revised and expanded by the Walt Whitman Archive and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. Encoded Archival Description completed through the assistance of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the University of Nebraska Research Council, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Title: A Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscript from the Bolton-Stanwood Family Papers, American Antiquarian Society
Collection Number: Mss. Dept., Mss. boxes "B", Octavo vols. "B"
Creator:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Repository: American Antiquarian Society
Abstract:
This finding aid was created, in part, from a photocopied image of the original manuscript obtained by the Walt Whitman Archive. The original manuscript is held at the American Antiquarian Society.
Scope and Content:
The American Antiquarian Society has one Walt Whitman poetry manuscript.
Biographical Information:
For additional biographical information, see
"Walt Whitman," by Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price, and the
chronology of Whitman's Life.
Subjects: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892;
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts;
Poets, American--19th century;
Series Description and Item Lists
Item: 1
Whitman Archive ID: aas.00001
Manuscript ID: octavo vol. 28, p.103
Title: "Ship Ahoy!"
Date: January 2, 1891
Physical Description: 1 leaf
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Late draft of "Ship Ahoy!," first published in 1891. The draft is relatively clean, though there are some differences between this manuscript and the published poem. On the verso of the manuscript is a cancelled letter to Whitman from William S. Ingram, dated December 24, 1890.
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Repository Contact Information:
American Antiquarian Society
185 Salisbury Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634