O'Connor, William D. [A Defence of Whitman], written as a letter to R. M. Bucke, dated Feb. 22, 1882.

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Title
O'Connor, William D. [A Defence of Whitman], written as a letter to R. M. Bucke, dated Feb. 22, 1882.
Names
O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889 (Author)
Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902 (Addressee)
Collection

Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892

Series II. Manuscripts relating to Whitman

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1882-02-22
Place: Washington, DC
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS O'Connor
Shelf locator: A Defence fo Walt Whitman Wm. D. O'Connor Original MS 1883
Topics
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Genres
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Notes
Publications: Published as "Introductory Letter" [to "The Good Gray Poet"] in R. M. Bucke, Walt Whitman (Philadelphia, 1883), 73-98. Whitman's leaf is a recommendation of O'Connor's letter, and incorporated by Bucke into his introduction to Walt Whitman (1883), 7-8.
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 bound volume: 245 leaves
[1 free end paper; 1 blank leaf; 1 holograph leaf by Walt Whitman; 241 holograph leaves by W. D. O'Connor; 1 free end leaf]. Sale catalog entry, 1 leaf; note with transcription of Whitman's comment, 1 leaf.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520479
MSS Unit ID: 19100
Accession number: 175899B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8dc69810-9640-0130-ca72-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1832: Creator Born
  • 1882: Created
  • 1889: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "O'Connor, William D. [A Defence of Whitman], written as a letter to R. M. Bucke, dated Feb. 22, 1882." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7df6cb0-e05f-0131-954d-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "O'Connor, William D. [A Defence of Whitman], written as a letter to R. M. Bucke, dated Feb. 22, 1882." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7df6cb0-e05f-0131-954d-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1882). O'Connor, William D. [A Defence of Whitman], written as a letter to R. M. Bucke, dated Feb. 22, 1882. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7df6cb0-e05f-0131-954d-58d385a7b928

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O'Connor, William D. [A Defence of Whitman], written as a letter to R. M. Bucke, dated Feb. 22, 1882.