Notebook 4: ("D"). "A Note Book Containing a few smooth pebbles and pearly shells which the waves of thought leave, from time to time upon my shores. Dec. 3d 1859"
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Notebook 4: ("D"). "A Note Book Containing a few smooth pebbles and pearly shells which the waves of thought leave, from time to time upon my shores. Dec. 3d 1859"
Collection
Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892
Series II. Manuscripts relating to Whitman
Burroughs, John, 12 original early notebooks, 1853-1883
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1859 - 1860
Place: Newark, NJ
Library Location
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Burroughs, J.
Shelf locator: Burroughs, John 12 holograph notebooks, 1854-1883 3 & 4
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Notes
Numbering: Pages numbered by Burroughs 1-151.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 leather notebook ; [78 leaves]
Abstract
Commonplace entries and notes; dated entries with thoughts and epigrams.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520479
Archives ID: 19100
accession number: 118185B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6fc5aeb0-959b-0130-a66f-58d385a7b928
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Notebook 4: ("D"). "A Note Book Containing a few smooth pebbles and pearly shells which the waves of thought leave, from time to time upon my shores. Dec. 3d 1859"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1859 - 1860. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fc5aeb0-959b-0130-a66f-58d385a7b928
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1859 - 1860). Notebook 4: ("D"). "A Note Book Containing a few smooth pebbles and pearly shells which the waves of thought leave, from time to time upon my shores. Dec. 3d 1859" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fc5aeb0-959b-0130-a66f-58d385a7b928
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Notebook 4: ("D"). "A Note Book Containing a few smooth pebbles and pearly shells which the waves of thought leave, from time to time upon my shores. Dec. 3d 1859"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fc5aeb0-959b-0130-a66f-58d385a7b928
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