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"A Death-Sonnet for Custer." Holograph poem, undated, signed.

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M_1169393


Item data

Title

"A Death-Sonnet for Custer." Holograph poem, undated, signed.

Collection

Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892
Series I. Manuscripts

Names

New York Herald Tribune (Firm) (Addressee)
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1876-07-10

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

Subjects

Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876

Genres

Manuscripts
Poetry

Notes

Ownership: Owen D. Young

Physical Description

Extent: 1 leaf
[1 written side] Text for newspaper publication, July 10, 1876: "From far Montana's cañons," later "From far Dakotas cañon" in Leaves of Grass (1881-82).

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520479
Archives ID: 19100
Digital Gallery Image ID: m_1169305
Digital Gallery Image ID: m_1169306
Digital Gallery Image ID: m_1169307
Digital Gallery Image ID: m_1169393
Other local Identifier: 223809B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bba8e5f0-22e2-0130-7716-58d385a7b928

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Text

Date Issued

1876-07-10

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MLA format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. ""A Death-Sonnet for Custer." Holograph poem, undated, signed." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bba8e5f0-22e2-0130-7716-58d385a7b928

APA format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1876). "A Death-Sonnet for Custer." Holograph poem, undated, signed. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bba8e5f0-22e2-0130-7716-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. ""A Death-Sonnet for Custer." Holograph poem, undated, signed." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bba8e5f0-22e2-0130-7716-58d385a7b928

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