BIB_ID
453646
Accession number
MA 23913
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
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Gift of Susan Jaffe Tane in honor of the Morgan's Centennial, 2024.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18 x 12 cm
Provenance
Susan Jaffe Tane.
Summary
Identified by Whitman scholar Ed Folsom in 2024 as a prose note on the subject of American democracy, most likely composed during the period in which Whitman was writing "Democratic Vistas". The "noble Frenchman" mentioned is a reference to Alexis de Tocqueville.
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