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    <title>James Gordon Bennett papers, 1845-1934 (bulk 1861-1864)</title>
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    <namePart>Bennett, James Gordon</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1795-1872</namePart>
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  <abstract>Chiefly correspondence (1861-1864) concerning the Civil War and national politics, addressed to Bennett as publisher of the New York Herald, by staff reporters located at the headquarters of Gen. George Brinton McClellan in Washington and in the field.  Also includes letters addressed to Bennett's assistant and business manager, Frederic Hudson, recipient copy of a letter (1845) from Bennett to Thomas Ritchie, drafts of articles, clippings (1862-1863), and pamphlets.  Correspondents include Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., Charles G. Halpine, Thurlow Weed, and Fernando Wood.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Microfilm edition available, no. 19,765.</note>
  <note>Microfilm produced from originals and photocopies in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988.</note>
  <note>In part, negative photocopies of originals in private hands. [S.l.].</note>
  <note>Private</note>
  <note>Newspaper publisher.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007004">Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007004</note>
  <note>Includes a transfer in 1938 from the Papers of Manton Marble.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1816-1894</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Bennett, James Gordon</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1841-1918</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Halpine, Charles G. (Charles Graham)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1829-1868</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Hudson, Frederic</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1819-1875</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>McClellan, George Brinton</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1826-1885</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Ritchie, Thomas</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1778-1854</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Weed, Thurlow</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1797-1882</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Wood, Fernando</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1812-1881</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <titleInfo>
      <title>New York herald</title>
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  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>American newspapers</topic>
    <geographic>New York (State)</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Journalists</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>1861-1865</temporal>
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    <occupation>Publishers</occupation>
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