Exhibit | The Last Will of Walt Whitman
Camden, New Jersey: June 29, 1888Brown University Library, Special Collections In June of 1888, celebrated American poet Walt Whitman suffered a stroke, which left him partially paralyzed. Fearful he would not recover, Whitman drafted this will, which leaves the majority of his money to his sisters, his property to his brother, and names three literary … Exhibit | The Last Will of Walt Whitman