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Catalog of the Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscript 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 with the assistance of the Gladys
Krieble Delmas Foundation, the University of Nebraska Research Council, the
Institute for Museum and Library Services, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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 catalog 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
Whitman Archive Title: Ship
Ahoy!
Whitman Archive ID: aas.00001
Repository ID: octavo vol. 28, p.103
Date: January 2,
1891
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
View images: 1 | 2
Content: This is a late draft of "Ship
Ahoy!," first published in Youth's
Companion on March 12, 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.
Restrictions on Original Materials: Please consult with repository.
Preferred Citation: To identify this catalog as a source, see the Archive's "Conditions of Use" page.
Repository Contact Information:
American Antiquarian Society
185 Salisbury Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634