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This is a eulogy that Walt Whitman wrote for his brother Thomas Jefferson"Jeff" Whitman who died November 25, 1980.

This is an undated photograph of Walt Whitman.

This photograph of Walt Whitman contains several inscriptions. "From the personal collection of Walt Whitman" "From Sarah Co Julia ?" "To Jessie Whitman's niece of a great ?. from J. S. Ford" " to Sarah Sheridan 1898 from ?"

In this short letter from April 24, 1883, Walt Whitman writes to his niece Jessie Whitman. He is thanking her and her sister Mannahatta "Hattie" for their letters and sends along a picture he had meant to send at Christmas.

This undated short Christmas note was sent by Walt Whitman to his niece Jessie Whitman.

This undated card was sent by Walt Whitman to his niece Jessie Whitman.

This photograph is of Walter Whitman, Walt Whitman's father, who was born July 14, 1789 and died July 11, 1855.

In a letter of July 19, 1901 to Walter McKenzie Clark, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, A. Gordon is writing on behalf of W. W. Stringfield. He is informing Clark of a few historical errors, most notably that it was not Major…

In a letter of November 21, 1864, Mary Stringfield writes to her son, Willie Stringfield. She received his latest letter and fills him in on the whereabouts and health of friends and relations.

In a letter written on June 23, 1935, Josephina Niggli writes to her mother, wishing her a happy birthday, a birthday which is also shared by the Prince of Wales at the time.