["I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing"]. Holograph poem, fragment.

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Title
["I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing"]. Holograph poem, fragment.
Names
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Creator)
Collection

Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892

Series I. Manuscripts

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1855 - 1859
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Whitman
Shelf locator: Walt Whitman - Original Manuscript for a Poem
Genres
Manuscripts
Poetry
Notes
Content: Holograph manuscript (fragment), unsigned, ca. late 1850s.
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe.
Physical Description
Manuscripts
Extent: 1 volume
[bound in 1 volume; 3 blank leaves; engrossed title page, with title "Lines upon a Moss Tree"; 1 leaf of MS tipped onto hinge leaf; 8 blank leaves]
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520479
MSS Unit ID: 19100
Other local Identifier: 175283B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 49a48550-a46c-0130-bb84-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1819: Creator Born
  • 1855: Created (Approximate)
  • 1892: 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. "["I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing"]. Holograph poem, fragment." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855 - 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4ceb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "["I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing"]. Holograph poem, fragment." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4ceb-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 - 1859). ["I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing"]. Holograph poem, fragment. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4ceb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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["I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing"]. Holograph poem, fragment.