(1819 - 1892)
— He gave America, and poetry itself, a new voice. —
On this site, from 1841 to 1892, stood the offices of the Brooklyn Eagle. In its time, a powerful paper. From 1846 to 1848, Whitman, not yet 30 but a seasoned journalist, served as its editor. For his stand against slavery in newly admitted states, the owner fired him. His years here gave him a ringside seat on the young democracy that he would soon celebrate in his great work "Leaves of Grass" (1855). These poems would change the way people thought about — and wrote — poetry.| HM Number | HMKU5 |
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| Date Added | Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 10:08pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 585042 N 4506188 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.70221667, -73.99333333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 42.133', W 73° 59.6' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 42' 7.98" N, 73° 59' 36.00" W |
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| Area Code(s) | 718, 917, 347, 212 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 4648 Cadman Plaza W, New York NY 11201, US |
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