Sawyer, Thomas P., two ALS to WW. Apr. 26, 1863 & Jan. 24, 1864. Bound in volume with transcription, drafts of letters from WW to Sawyer and letter by Sawyer to Lewis Brown.

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Title
Sawyer, Thomas P., two ALS to WW. Apr. 26, 1863 & Jan. 24, 1864. Bound in volume with transcription, drafts of letters from WW to Sawyer and letter by Sawyer to Lewis Brown.
Names
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Addressee)
Sawyer, Thomas P., c. 1843 - ? (Author)
Brown, Lewis Kirk, 1843-1926 (Recipient)
Collection

Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892

Series IV. Incoming Correspondence

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1863-04-26 - 1864-01-24
Place: Camp of 11th Mass. Vols. & Camp near Brandy Station, VA
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Whitman
Shelf locator: Walt Whitman Letters to Tom Sawyer 1863
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Citation/reference: Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00138, 00158. Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), listed 1:373.
Content: AL draft, [Apr. 21, 1863], nyp.00180, 3 leaves [3 sides] (transcription, 5 leaves); AL draft, [Apr. 26, 1863], nyp.00181, 2 leaves [2 sides] (transcription, 2 leaves); AL draft, May 27, 1863, nyp.00182, 1 double leaf [4 pages] (transcription, 2 leaves); AL draft, [Jul. 1863] [Correspondence: Aug. 1863], nyp.00184, 3 leaves [5 sides] (transcription, 2 leaves); AL draft, [Nov. 1863], nyp.00186, 3 leaves [4 sides] (transcription, 3 leaves). ALS from Thomas Sawyer to Lewis K. Brown, Apr. 12, 1863, 1 double leaf [4 written pages] (transcription, 2 leaves); ALS from Thomas Sawyer to Walt Whitman, Apr. 26, 1863, nyp.00138, 1 double leaf [3 written pages] (transcription, 2 leaves); LS from Thomas Sawyer to Walt Whitman, Jan. 21, 1864, nyp.00158, 1 double leaf [2 written pages] (transcription, 1 leaf).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 bound volume: 14 leaves (1 fragment)
[1 free end paper; 1 blank leaf; 1 engrossed title page; 2 leaves MS; 4 leaves TS; 1 leaf MS (folded); 1 leaf TS; 2 leaves MS; 2 leaves TS; 1 double leaf MS; 2 leaves TS; 3 leaves MS; 2 leaves TS; 4 leaves MS; 3 leaves TS; 2 blank leaves; 1 double leaf MS; 2 leaves TS; 1 double leaf MS; 2 leaves TS; 1 double leaf MS; 1 leaf TS; 5 blank leaves; 1 free end paper]. MS mounted at gutter edge. Catalog entry relating to sale of volume, loose, 1 leaf.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520479
MSS Unit ID: 19100
Accession number: 175262B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 67977ce0-9332-0130-815c-58d385a7b928
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Item timeline of events

  • 1819: Creator Born
  • 1863: Created (Approximate)
  • 1892: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Sawyer, Thomas P., two ALS to WW. Apr. 26, 1863 & Jan. 24, 1864. Bound in volume with transcription, drafts of letters from WW to Sawyer and letter by Sawyer to Lewis Brown." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1863 - 1864. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/366cd8d0-a707-0131-aa05-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Sawyer, Thomas P., two ALS to WW. Apr. 26, 1863 & Jan. 24, 1864. Bound in volume with transcription, drafts of letters from WW to Sawyer and letter by Sawyer to Lewis Brown." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 27, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/366cd8d0-a707-0131-aa05-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1863 - 1864). Sawyer, Thomas P., two ALS to WW. Apr. 26, 1863 & Jan. 24, 1864. Bound in volume with transcription, drafts of letters from WW to Sawyer and letter by Sawyer to Lewis Brown. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/366cd8d0-a707-0131-aa05-58d385a7bbd0

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Sawyer, Thomas P., two ALS to WW. Apr. 26, 1863 & Jan. 24, 1864. Bound in volume with transcription, drafts of letters from WW to Sawyer and letter by Sawyer to Lewis Brown.