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In 1819 Herman Melville was born on August 1 1819 in New York City In the 1830 s he was the third child Melville became an official student to the Albany Academy and Albany Classic School where he started his study in classic literature Melville then began to write short stories poems and essays Then in 1837 Melville had omitted Albany to go pursue a job to teach in Massachusetts but then determined that the job was unsatisfying and so Herman returned back to New York That same Year Melville s got into a financial position They then moved to Lansingburgh New York so then Melville became an official member to Lansingburgh Academy so he could research surveying so then he could hopefully get a job to the new initiated Erie Canal project After Melville wasn't able to secure a job Melville than would go to perform as a crew member on a ship Then on 1839 Melville next signed to become a servant for the retailer ship called St Lawrence which would make a journey from New York City then to Liverpool England and back Suddenly in 1841 Melville got his second job on a boat this time work abroad for Acushnet a whaling ship But this trip was what may have sparked his literary career Melville wild journey happened when after arriving at Marquesas Island of Polynesia in 1842
