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.
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.
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