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The hive at Gettysburg : autograph manuscript of the poem signed : Amesbury, 1869 Nov. 14.

BIB_ID
378271
Accession number
MA 1304.39
Creator
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
Display Date
1869 Nov. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of autograph manuscripts and letters of John Greenleaf Whittier. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 1304 for details.
The sheet also includes an autograph letter signed (1 p.) from Whittier to "[Oliver?] Johnson & [Theodore] Tilton" in which he presents the poem to them. The date, place of writing, and signature for the poem are taken from this adjoining letter.
Provenance
Samuel T. Pickard; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.