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Died From Heat

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  • Title: Died From Heat
  • Date: 12 July 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: per.00715
  • Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, 12 July 1858: 2. Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm scan of the original issue. Microfilm of original issue held at Pennsylvania State University Libraries. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the journalism, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Editorial note: This piece is unsigned, as was the case for most of Whitman's journalism. However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified by the Whitman Archive journalism team as likely authored by Whitman. This decision is based on a combination of historical and (auto)biographical accounts, similarity to contemporary Whitman writings, a history of scholarly attribution, extant clippings retained by Whitman, computational stylometric analysis, and, in some cases, manuscript evidence in Whitman’s hand.
  • Contributors to digital file: Tara Ballard PJ Zaborowski Kaylen Michaelis Stephanie Blalock Karie Cobb
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Died From Heat." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 16 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: per.00715.xml (TEI)
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DIED FROM HEAT.—

John Gleason, a laborer at the Brooklyn Gas Works, died yesterday morning from the effects of becoming overheated at his work. He was conveyed to his residence 200 Marshall St., and the coroner was notified.

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