Middle initial changed in Whitman letter

In our title to Whitman's March 29, 1860 letter to Abby Price, Price's middle initial was identified as "M." However, her middle initial is actually "H." The title of the letter has been revised to reflect this information.

~Janel 

Civil War letter Archive ID updated

The location of the Civil War era Letter from Alexander Gardner to Walt Whitman, 26 November 1866 was formerly unknown. This letter has since been located at the Library of Congress and it is currently held in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839-1919. We have updated the Whitman Archive ID to reflect this information. Previously med.00329, the Archive ID for this letter is now loc.02115.

The old url for this item was http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/med.00329.html

The new url for this letter is http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/loc.02115.html

~Janel

Civil War letter Archive ID updated

The location of the Civil War era Letter from Charles L. Heyde to Walt Whitman, April 1866  was formerly unknown. This letter has since been located at Duke University and it is currently held in the Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. We have updated the Whitman Archive ID to reflect this information. Previously med.00328, the Archive ID for this letter is now duk.00388.

The old url for this item was http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/med.00328.html

The new url for this letter is http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/duk.00388.html

~Janel

Civil War letter Archive ID updated

The location of the Civil War era Letter from William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 19 October 1865 was formerly unknown. This letter has since been located at the Library of Congress and it is currently held in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839-1919. We have updated the Whitman Archive ID to reflect this information. Previously med.00327, the Archive ID for this letter is now loc.01819.

The old url for this item was http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/med.00327.html

The new url for this letter is http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/loc.01819.html

~Janel

Civil War letter Archive ID updated

The location of the Civil War era Letter from William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 30 December 1864 was formerly unknown. This letter has since been located at the Library of Congress and it is currently held in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839-1919. We have updated the Whitman Archive ID to reflect this information. Previously med.00325, the Archive ID for this letter is now loc.01818.

The old url for this item was http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/med.00325.html

The new url for this letter is http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/loc.01818.html

~Janel

Archive ID for a Feinberg poetry manuscript changed

The Whitman Archive ID for the Feinberg poetry manuscript, "?Some Hours of a half Paralytic" has been changed in the Feinberg finding guide (http://whitmanarchive.org/manuscripts/finding_aids/Library_of_Congress-Feinberg.html). The Archive ID for this manuscript was formerly loc.00307 and has since been changed to loc.03275.

Archive ID for a Civil War letter changed

We had inadvertently given two objects the same Whitman Archive ID (loc.00847), although both were entered into the project database with different IDs. I've assigned one, Letter from William E. Babcock to Walt Whitman, 21 January 1865, a new Whitman Archive ID. Formerly loc.00847, the letter is now loc.01069.

The old url for the item was http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/loc.00847.html

The current url is http://whitmanarchive.org/biography/correspondence/cw/tei/loc.01069.html

~Janel