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Horace Greeley notebook and engraving

Call Number

1973.260

Date

1849-1851, inclusive

Creator

Greeley, Horace

Extent

0.02 Linear Feet in one folder.

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

This collection consists of a notebook belonging to Horace Greeley listing speaking and meeting engagements during the period 1849 to 1851, as well as an undated engraving of Greeley.

Biographical Note

Horace Greeley (1811-1872) was a New York politician and editor of the New York Tribune, one of 19th-century America's most influential newspapers. He is buried in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a notebook belonging to Horace Greeley listing speaking and meeting engagements during the period 1849 to 1851, as well as an undated engraving of Greeley. The notebook lists four Brooklyn engagements, including temperance meetings at Plymouth Church and an unspecified Williamsburg location, a meeting on opposition to flogging in the Navy, and a lecture at St. Peter's Church. Greeley's signature has also been cut out of the notebook and pasted onto a paper backing.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Horace Greeley notebook and engraving, 1973.260, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of A.J. Leffingwell, date unknown. The collection was formally accessioned in 1973.

Collection processed by

Nicholas Pavlik

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Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

Container

Box: A0008 (Material Type: Text)
Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201