Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Walt Whitman across 7 places, from 1819 to 1892.
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Walter Whitman Jr. (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Walt Whitman was documented, and when
31 May 1819exact date
West Hills, New Yorkattested“Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, in West Hills, New York, the second of nine children of Quaker parents Walter and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, of English and Dutch descent respectively.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
May 1836month
Hempstead (village), New Yorkattested“In May 1836, he rejoined his family, now living in Hempstead, Long Island.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
1839year
Jamaica, Queensattested“By the summer of 1839, he found a job as a typesetter in Jamaica, Queens, with the Long Island Democrat, edited by James J.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
1839year
Jamaicaattested“By the summer of 1839, he found a job as a typesetter in Jamaica, Queens, with the Long Island Democrat, edited by James J.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
11 July 1855exact date
University of Notre Dameattested“Of this action, Laura Dassow Walls, professor emerita of English at the University of Notre Dame, wrote: "In one stroke, Whitman had given birth to the modern cover blurb, quite without Emerson's permission." On July 11, 1855, a few days…”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
30 September 1864exact date
Virginiaattested“On September 30, 1864, Whitman's brother George was captured by Confederate forces in Virginia, and another brother, Andrew Jackson, died of tuberculosis compounded by alcoholism on December 3.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
1873year
Camden, New Jerseyattested“After suffering a paralytic stroke in early 1873, Whitman was induced to move from Washington to the home of his brother—George Washington Whitman, an engineer—at 431 Stevens Street in Camden, New Jersey.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
26 March 1892exact date
Camden, New Jerseyattested“In the last week of his life, he was too weak to lift a knife or fork and wrote: "I suffer all the time: I have no relief, no escape: it is monotony—monotony—monotony—in pain." Walt Whitman died on March 26, 1892, at his home in Camden,…”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
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4 July 1825exact date
Brooklynmentioned“One happy moment that he later recalled was when he was lifted in the air and kissed on the cheek by the Marquis de Lafayette during a celebration of the setting of the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library's cornerstone by Lafayette in Brooklyn…”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
1848year
Brooklynmentioned“Whitman lost his position at the Brooklyn Eagle in 1848 after siding with the free-soil "Barnburner" wing of the Democratic party against the newspaper's owner, Isaac Van Anden, who belonged to the conservative, or "Hunker", wing of the…”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
28 December 1862exact date
New Yorkmentioned“Whitman, profoundly affected by seeing the wounded soldiers and the heaps of their amputated limbs, left for Washington, D.C., on December 28, 1862, with the intention of never returning to New York.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
1863year
New Yorkmentioned“He would write of this experience in "The Great Army of the Sick", published in a New York newspaper in 1863 and, 12 years later, in a book called Memoranda During the War.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
February 1868month
Englandmentioned“In February 1868, Poems of Walt Whitman was published in England thanks to the influence of William Michael Rossetti, with minor changes that Whitman reluctantly approved.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
26 June 1872exact date
Dartmouth Collegementioned“He also traveled and was invited to Dartmouth College to give the commencement address on June 26, 1872.”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
1882year
United Statesmentioned“Oscar Wilde met Whitman in the United States in 1882 and later told the homosexual-rights activist George Cecil Ives "I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lips." The only explicit description of Whitman's sexual activities is seco…”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
1888year
United Statesmentioned“In 1888, Whitman commented in November Boughs: Like many in the Free Soil Party who were concerned about the threat slavery would pose to free white labor and northern businessmen exploiting the newly colonized western territories, Whitm…”source: Wikipedia: Walt Whitman
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