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Whitman, Walt. "The Errand-Bearers [from the New York Times, June 27]." New-York Saturday Press. 30 Jun. 1860: 1.
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.
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- "The Errand-Bearers" originally appeared in the New York Times, but was soon after reprinted in the Saturday Press.
