Brooklyn Daily Eagle June 5, 1847 issue EDITED BY WALT WHITMAN

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle June 5, 1847 issue EDITED BY WALT WHITMAN.
This is the LAST of three Whitman-edited issues of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from our father's collection.
The paper consists of two sheets printed on both sides. Each sheet measures about 15 3/8" x 21 1/8". Condition is nice as shown, with occasional edge tears.
The paper came with an explanatory page from the seller when our father purchased it. That page is pictured in a photo and will be included for the purchaser.  According to the explanatory page, this issue was formerly in a bound volume at the Library of Congress, which cut the papers mechanically at the spine (without losing any of the content), preserved them on microfilm, and subsequently released them for sale.
From June 1846 through late January 1848, the editor-in-chief of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat was the (future) great American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Whitman's contributions included all the editorial material published during this period, as well as virtually all the essays, dramatic reviews, book reviews, and "occasional paragraphs."
This issue contains an essay on the status of women by Mrs. S.T. Martyn and news and a letter on developments in the war with Mexico (see photos).
Notable causes that Whitman advocated in the Eagle included the plight of women forced into prostitution and the fight against slavery. Whitman’s anti-slavery views reached a boiling point in 1847, as the United States government anticipated the acquisition of new territory as a result of the Mexican-American War and the country debated whether this new land would be settled using slave labor. House Democrats introduced a bill to ban slavery in these and all future territories, but Senate Democrats, hoping to court Southern support during an election year, killed the bill. Through the end of 1847 and into 1848, Whitman denounced the Democrats who refused to stand up for their party’s original principles.
Ultimately, Whitman's views on slavery caused friction with publisher Isaac Van Anden, which led to Whitman's abrupt dismissal in early 1848.
The above information, and more, can be found on the sheet that accompanied this issue and in the following article on the internet: https://tinhouse.com/the-poet-as-a-young-man-walt-whitman-at-the-brooklyn-eagle/ . Whitman's publications in the Eagle have been collected in a two-volume work entitled The Gathering of the Forces.
Note -- unless the purchaser requests otherwise and pays extra for shipping, this newspaper will be shipped folded along the pre-existing fold at the center.
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