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1819

31 May, Walter Whitman born at West Hills, Huntington Township, New York, the second child of Walter Whitman, house builder, and Louisa Van Velsor, both descendants of early settlers on Long Island.

Walt whitman biography timeline activities

Seven other Whitman children survive infancy: Jesse (1818–1870), Mary Elizabeth (1821–1899), Hannah Louisa (1823–1908); Andrew Jackson (1827–1863); George Washington (1829–1901); Thomas Jefferson (1833–1890); and Edward (1835—1892).

1823

27 May, Whitman family moves to Brooklyn expecting housing boom.

1825

4 July, Marquis de Lafayette visits Brooklyn and, according to Whitman's collection, embraces him.

1825–1830

Attends public school in Brooklyn.

Family frequently relocates within city.

1830–1831

Quits school; works as an office boy for lawyer, doctor.

1831–1832

Learns printing trade as apprentice for Long Island Patriot.

1832–1835

Summer 1832, works at Worthington's printing house.

Fall 1832 to May 1835, works as compositor on Long Isl