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Mentioned in Leaves of Grass

On October 23, 1858, Henry Clapp, Jr., published the inaugural issue of The Saturday Press.

On October 23, 1858, Henry Clapp, Jr., published the inaugural issue of The Saturday Press.

Born on Long Island and raised in Brooklyn, Walt Whitman spent his childhood and early adulthood amid the sights and sounds of New York City and its environs. As a young man Whitman worked as a journeyman printer for several New York newspapers, before ultimately becoming a journalist and editor in his own right. Before committing himself to poetry, Whitman also worked intermittently as a schoolteacher, a carpenter, and a writer of sensational prose fiction.