Mr. Twombly2 and myself are about to commence the publication of a new weekly journal; devoted to the interests of Brooklyn, (for which we have received much encouragement,) and think we could give you a good position upon it. Our printing office will be here, but we wish a publication office near the City Hall, and an editor who will take charge of it. I wish you would call on us, at 145 Grand St., as soon as you can if you desire to have a connection with us.
Respectfully Yours Aaron Smith loc_jm.00203.jpg loc_jm.00204.jpg from Aaron Smith of Williamsburgh about new paperCorrespondent:
Aaron Smith (b. 1816), a
shoemaker by trade, founded the Williamsburgh Times in
1848 along with George C. Bennett (1842–1885) and Egbert Guernsey
(1823–1904). This newspaper later became the Brooklyn
Daily Times, a paper that Whitman both contributed to and edited in the
late 1850s. For more information on Whitman's work at the Times, see Karen Karbiener, "Reconstructing Whitman's Desk At The
Brooklyn Daily Times," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review,
33.1 [Summer 2015], 21–50.