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

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Holograph literary fragments and notes for poems

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Title
Like Earth O River, you offer us burial
Additional title: Sailing down the Mississippi at Midnight
Names
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Author)
Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902 (Collector)
Sangorski & Sutcliffe (Binder)
Collection

Holograph literary fragments and notes for poems

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1855 (Approximate)
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll + Whitman, Walt Holograph literary fragments
Topics
Poetry, Modern -- 19th century
American poetry -- 19th century
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Manuscripts
Notes
Publications: "Like Earth O River, you offer us burial" published in The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman: Issued under the editorial supervision of his literary executors … (New York; London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1902), Vol. III, no. 107
Publications: "Sailing down the Mississippi at Midnight" first published in the New Orleans Daily Crescent on March 6, 1848 under the title “The Mississippi at Midnight”; reprinted in Specimen Days and Collect (1882–83) under title “Sailing the Mississippi at Midnight.”
Description
Manuscript poem written and revised in ink on a scrap of white paper, undated. On the verso: Sailing down the Mississippi at Midnight; manuscript poem (fragment) written and revised in ink on a scrap of white paper, undated. Text cancelled by Whitman with two diagonal strokes. In Volume II of: Walt Whitman. Holograph manuscript fragments assembled by Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19877231
RLIN/OCLC: 851581980
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5e930b90-c5d9-012f-5978-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1819: Creator Born
  • 1855: Created
  • 1892: Creator Died
  • 2017: 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. "Like Earth O River, you offer us burial" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fc4b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Like Earth O River, you offer us burial" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fc4b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1855). Like Earth O River, you offer us burial Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fc4b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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