| Birth and Early Career |
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| • | Born
31 May 1819 near |
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| Huntington,
Long Island, |
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| New
York |
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| • | Second
child (of 8) born |
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| to
Walter and Louisa Van |
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| Velsor
Whitman. |
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| • | Works
as printer’s |
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| apprentice
(to 1835) and |
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| as a
schoolteacher. |
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