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Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, ALS to his parents. Apr. 23, [1848]. With postscript by WW.

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892

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Series V. Correspondence relating to Whitman

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Title
Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, ALS to his parents. Apr. 23, [1848]. With postscript by WW.
Names
Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, 1833-1890 (Author)
Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor, 1795-1873 (Recipient)
Whitman, Walter, Sr., 1789-1855 (Recipient)
Collection

Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892

Series V. Correspondence relating to Whitman

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1848-04-23
Place: New Orleans, LA
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Whitman
Shelf locator: Walt Whitman A Series of Letters of Jefferson Whitman to his Parent Written from New Orleans 1848
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Citation/reference: Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), #6, 1:33-36.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 double leaf
[4 written sides] with postscript to mother by Walt Whitman.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520479
MSS Unit ID: 19100
Accession number: 185729B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 792b3660-98b8-0130-428a-58d385a7bbd0
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Item timeline of events

  • 1833: Creator Born
  • 1848: Created
  • 1890: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, ALS to his parents. Apr. 23, [1848]. With postscript by WW." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1848. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e59c2ac0-c415-0131-0379-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, ALS to his parents. Apr. 23, [1848]. With postscript by WW." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 30, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e59c2ac0-c415-0131-0379-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1848). Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, ALS to his parents. Apr. 23, [1848]. With postscript by WW. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e59c2ac0-c415-0131-0379-58d385a7b928

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Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, ALS to his parents. Apr. 23, [1848]. With postscript by WW.