Horace Greeley papers, 1812-1928 (bulk 1860-1872).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 2,000 items; 7 containers; 2.4 linear feetSubject(s): - Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 -- Correspondence
- Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917 -- Correspondence
- Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 -- Correspondence
- Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897 -- Correspondence
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901 -- Correspondence
- Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893 -- Correspondence
- Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902 -- Correspondence
- Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857 -- Correspondence
- Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 -- Correspondence
- Ransom, B. F. -- Correspondence
- Sherman, John, 1823-1900 -- Correspondence
- Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 -- Correspondence
- Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878 -- Correspondence
- Greeley family
- Liberal Republican Party
- Whig Party (U.S.)
- New York tribune
- American newspapers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1872
- Printers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York
- Slavery -- United States
- New York (State) -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Journalists
- Part of the collection was formerly among papers received from Elizabeth Mills Reid as the papers of Whitelaw Reid, Greeley's successor at the Tribune.
Open to research.
Correspondence, autobiography, writings by and about Greeley, a notebook, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed material, and other papers pertaining to his life and career as a journalist. Documents Greeley's boyhood, his early life in New York City as printer and publisher, the growth and success of his New York Tribune, Whig politics, New York politics, the Liberal Republican Party, slavery, the bail bond for Jefferson Davis, the presidential campaign of 1872, and family matters. Correspondents include Simon Cameron, William E. Chandler, Schuyler Colfax, Charles A. Dana, William Maxwell Evarts, Hamilton Fish, Jessie Benton Frémont, Rufus W. Griswold, John G. Nicolay, B. F. Ransom, John Sherman, Gerrit Smith, and B. F. Wade.
In part, transcripts. [S.l.].
Journalist.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009284
Part of the collection was formerly among papers received from Elizabeth Mills Reid as the papers of Whitelaw Reid, Greeley's successor at the Tribune.
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