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Presents information about Walt Whitman and his poem, O captain! my captain!, written in response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The poem originally appeared in the compendium, Leaves of grass, but on February 9, 1888 Whitman notified the publishers of The Riverside literature series no. 32 of their errors in the printing of the poem. Highlights the outpouring of grief over the death of President Lincoln, including examples of nineteenth century songs written to commemorate his death.
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Title from HTML header (viewed on Nov. 21, 2002; last updated Feb. 2001).
Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Biography of three missionaries in the Oregan Territory in the 19th century--Cushing Eells, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, with an emphasis on the Whitmans. Provides information on their missions, their relationships with the Cayuse Indians, and the Whitman Massacre in 1847.
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