“I have let Whitman alone”

Re:“I have let Whitman alone” by swamp40 on Monday April 08, 2019 @07:31PM (#19610194)

Why can't I find any stories of that time Mark Twain and Walt Whitman tried to dig up the grave of Elias Hicks to make a plaster cast of his head? Is there a conspiracy of silence going on here? What good is the internet if not for tracking down obscure details of events like this?

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Re:“I have let Whitman alone” by defen on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:40PM (#19610572)

That was Samuel E. Clements, not Samuel L. Clemens, and Whitman wasn't involved; he was just an apprentice for Clements at the newspaper Clements edited.

Clements did succeed at digging up the grave, but apparently the mold and busts were destroyed during an argument over money.

Source: Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography by David Reynolds

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Re:“I have let Whitman alone” by swamp40 on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @11:38AM (#19615729)

Ahh, I see. Well that certainly explains things. Thanks!

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