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[The New Jersey papers say]

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  • Title: [The New Jersey papers say]
  • Date: 17 May 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: per.00739
  • Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, 17 May 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: Liam Roush Tara Ballard Stephanie Blalock Karie Cobb
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "[The New Jersey papers say]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 16 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: per.00739.xml (TEI)
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☞The New Jersey papers say an old Soldier, 113 years of age, who served through the Revolutionary War and fought under Napoleon at Salamanca1 and Badajos​ ,2 passed through Rahway3 the other day, on foot, having set out to walk to Boston. Except defective eyesight, he is in vigorous health, and is capable of enduring fatigue better than his son—a youth of eighty-four.

Notes:

1. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Salamanca was fought on July 22, 1812, resulting in a British victory. [back]

2. Badajoz was a French-held Spanish fortress that was the site of an especially intense and violent Siege that extended from March 16 to April 6, 1812, during the Napoleonic Wars. [back]

3. Rahway was established as a township in New Jersey in 1804 and became incorporated as a city on April 19, 1858. [back]

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