[Trust] : autograph manuscript of the poem signed, ca. 1851?

Record ID: 
378132
Accession number: 
MA 1304.16
Author: 
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 32 cm
Notes: 

Also contains an autograph manuscript of "To My Old Schoolmaster" on p. 2-4. Both poems are written in pencil and heavily revised.
Possible date is based on the 1851 publication date of "To My Old Schoolmaster."
The title at the top of p. [1], "The Chapel of the Hermits," is not included in this manuscript.
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.

Provenance: 
Samuel T. Pickard; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.