Printed Item: Walt Whitman / Ralph Waldo Emerson., 07/21/1855-07/21/1855

File — Box: 58, Folder: 44

Identifier: 74221

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

See also scrapbooks and scrapbook fragments in Series 7.

Dates

07/21/1855-07/21/1855

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Access to this collection is by permission from the Biddle family. Please contact Booth Family Center for Special Collections for further information.

Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 34 Linear Feet (65 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Printed facsimile of an autograph letter signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson to Walt Whitman commenting on the latter's poem, "Leaves of Grass," (dated July 21, 1855; facsimile printed to commemorate the sesquicentennial of Whitman's birth, May 31, 1819; original in the collection of Charles E. Feinberg).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

WHITMAN, WALT - CORRES. FROM EMERSON, RALPH WALDO 1855 (FACSIMILE): Printed Item

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO - CORRES. TO WHITMAN, WALT 1855 (FACSIMILE): Printed Item