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Whitman, Walt. "The Errand-Bearers; I6th 6th Month, Year 84 of the States." New York Times, June 27, 1860, 2.
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract
In this poem commemorating the visit of Japanese ambassadors to the United States, Whitman comments on the coming together of different countries and cultures--particularly those of the East with the West--in his home city of Manhattan.