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[Dr. Abraham Gesner, of Bedford]

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  • Title: [Dr. Abraham Gesner, of Bedford]
  • Date: 7 January 1859
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: per.01377
  • Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, 7 January 1859: 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: Thara Michaelis Kaylen Michaelis Tara Ballard Stephanie Blalock Karie Cobb
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "[Dr. Abraham Gesner, of Bedford]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 17 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: per.01377.xml (TEI)
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DR. ABRAHAM GESNER, of Bedford avenue in this district delivered a very interesting address before the Geographical Society, in New York last evening, on the fisheries of North America, for which at the close he received a unanimous vote of thanks. The Dr., it appears, was once employed by the British Government, to make a geological survey of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, in which capacity he made a thorough examination of the fishing grounds. The Dr., in the course of his remarks, gave it as his opinion that the shad could be captured by hook and line if the fishermen were possessed of the secret as to the particular kind of shrimp which is its favorite food.

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