Remarkable Longevity | Whitman Archive

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Title: Remarkable Longevity
Date: 14 August 1857
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: per.01363
Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, 14 August 1857: 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.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Remarkable Longevity." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 16 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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REMARKABLE LONGEVITY.—

There is now living in the village of Constantis, Oswego Co., in this State, a veteran continental soldier of the Revolution by the name of Gideon Bentley, who was yesterday (18th inst.) one hundred and seven (107) years old. Strange to say, nevertheless it is true, that he is father, grandfather of two hundred and forty-five (245) children.