Preface [to "Specimen Days"]: To the reader in the British Islands. Holograph, signed, undated.
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Title
Preface [to "Specimen Days"]: To the reader in the British Islands. Holograph, signed, undated.
Collection
Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892
Series I. Manuscripts
Names
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Creator)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1887 (Inferred)
Library Location
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Whitman
Shelf locator: m.b. Whitman, S - Whitman, Walt Holographs
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Notes
Date: This preface was published in the British edition of Specimen Days (1882) which appeared in June 1887.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 leaf
[1 written side]
Came with Whitman's ALS to Ernest Rhys, March 8, 1887.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520479
Archives ID: 19100
accession number: 2001150
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 57299920-2544-0130-e50c-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Preface [to "Specimen Days"]: To the reader in the British Islands. Holograph, signed, undated." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/57299920-2544-0130-e50c-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1887). Preface [to "Specimen Days"]: To the reader in the British Islands. Holograph, signed, undated. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/57299920-2544-0130-e50c-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Preface [to "Specimen Days"]: To the reader in the British Islands. Holograph, signed, undated." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/57299920-2544-0130-e50c-58d385a7bbd0
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