1860

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Book

Title: The Life of Lincoln

Tribune Tracts no. 6. Extra-illustrated biography with engravings of Lincoln, the Executive Mansion, the Capitol, and a Lincoln-Hamlin electoral ribbon depicting Lincoln pasted in first few pages. Published by Horace Greeley & Co.

GLC03012

circa 1872

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph manuscript

Title: The British counter claims

This editorial examines American responsibility to compensate for destroyed British property during the Civil War. British citizen George Adlain had considered staying in America but his property on Missionary Ridge had suffered damage during the battle.

GLC03409

7 July 1863

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New York tribune. [Vol. 23, no. 6944 (July 7, 1863)]

"The Great Victory" at Gettysburg including a battlefield map with full accounts and lists of the dead and wounded. Reports from Meade, Kilpatrick, Couch, cavalry attacks, Lee's retreat, the Army of the Cumberland. Discussion of Vicksburg and an imminent battle there. Includes reports from Europe on page 5. Features stamp of "H. Wooster".

GLC03118

19 May 1860

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New York daily tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 5950 (May 19, 1860)]

Discusses the nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President by the Republican National Convention, which convened May 1860 in Chicago, Illinois. Reports on the reaction of citizens in New York City to the announcement of Lincoln's nomination, including the firing of guns in several public squares. Contains an article describing the nomination of Hannibal Hamlin as Lincoln's Vice President. Also advertises the printing of such materials as "The Life and Public Services of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln" and "The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln", with a steel portrait. Among various other…

GLC03127

June 26, 1846

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvester Graham

Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, writes to Graham, a minister and reformer. Declines Graham's request of publishing an article by a Mr. [Cambell?]. Writes, "He is now doing well, making some money... and perfectly able to pay for any service done him- much more than I am to give him any. Now such an article as yours in all my papers is worth to him $50, while I can only publish it at my own loss... I stand, therefore, on a just and necessary rule, which, I wish, I had adopted earlier and could now insist on... that a service at my own cost and to the becoming benefit of another, is…

GLC04505

circa 1861-1865

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Photograph

Title: In suit and greatcoat, standing 3/4 length portrait, tophat in hand

Imprint on recto "Brady New York." Graphite inscription on verso "Horace Greely." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York. & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C."

GLC05111.02.0995

10 October 1864

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Letter signed

Title: to William P. Fessenden

Countersigned by E. D. Morgan, Joseph Hoxie, L. Draper, George Opdyke, Shepherd Knapp, Waldo Hutchins, and C.A. Marshall. Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed a government agent "for the purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities in the States that have been and are, in rebellion." Greeley was the founder of the New York Tribune and an influential political activist. Opdyke had served as mayor of New York during the city's 1863 draft riots. Hutchins was a prominent New York attorney and future U.S. Congressman. Morgan, former…

GLC05316

4 October 1864

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William P. Fessenden

Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed agent for purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities from the Confederate states. Written on "Office of the Tribune" stationery.

GLC05317.01

December 1, 1864

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William P. Fessenden

Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed agent for purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities from the Confederate states. With a supporting autograph note signed and dated 7 December 1864 by James Dixon on page two. Written on "Office of the Tribune" stationery.

GLC05317.02

29 June 1864

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New York tribune. [Vol. 24, no. 7,249 (June 29, 1864)]

Reports on various Civil War events, including a 27 June 1864 Confederate attack on General Ambrose Burnside's soldiers. Includes a tribute from a Kentucky slaveholder concerning an enlisted slave. Includes local reports, international news, and public notices.

GLC08800

3 January 1863

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New-York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)]

One newspaper issue of New-York Daily Tribune, dated January 3, 1863. Prints the Emancipation Proclamation on page four. This is among the early printings of the Proclamation in a newspaper. Other news includes the Battle of Murfreesboro with map, attack on Vicksburg, and other Civil War news. Includes article on U.S. relations with Mexico.

GLC08862

1860

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Book

Title: A political text-book for 1860: Comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections: ...

Title continues, " ... Including all the national platforms ever yet adopted: also, a history of the struggle respecting slavery in the territories, and of the action of Congress as to the freedom of the public lands, with the most notable speeches and letters of Messrs, Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H. V. Johnson, etc., etc., touching the questions of the day; and returns of all presidential elections since 1836. Compiled by Horace Greeley and John F. Cleveland." Published by the Tribune Association.

GLC00267.205

5 March 1848

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. H. S. [Held]

Greeley discusses his decision not to publish a letter sent by [Held?] regarding the 1848 Presidential election. Writes, "Publishing your letter as you wish could have just one effect- to aid the nomination of Gen Taylor as the Whig candidate for the President. Do you desire that? If not, be thankful that I do not submit such letters as yours to the public. I am doing what I can to defeat Gen. Taylor's nomination, and taking what I believe the best way to do it. If he is beaten at all, it will be by the use of Mr. Clay's nerve." Marked "private" at the top.

GLC02467.14

18 October 1865

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7654 (October 18, 1865)]

Discusses President Andrew Johnson's involvement in various aspects of reconstruction. Addresses the responsibility of the Judiciary, not the Executive, in bringing former President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis to trial. Includes a full report on the beauty of Yosemite, written by an unspecified correspondent accompanied by Fred MacCrellish, publisher of the Alta California newspaper in San Francisco, William Ashburner of the State Geological Survey, and Frederic Law Olmsted, architect of Central Park and Secretary of the United States Sanitary Commission. Contains a report that…

GLC08726.34

3 January 1863

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)]

Prints the Emancipation proclamation on page four. This is among the early printings of the Proclamation in a newspaper. Other news includes the Battle of Murfreesboro with map, attack on Vicksburg, and other Civil War news. Includes article on U.S. relations with Mexico.

GLC08748.03

14 April 1865

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: The New York daily tribune. [Vol. XXV, no. 7495 (14 April 1865)]

Covers General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in detail. Includes an account of the events leading up to the surrender and the terms of the surrender. Publishes articles on the dawn of peace, reconstruction, the Battle of Fort Sumter 12-13 April 1861, and other news surrounding the surrender and end of the Civil War. Includes an article on the proposed exploration of the North Pole. Other articles detail local, international, political, court, and ship news, advertisements, and public announcements. Issue is uncut.

GLC08429.20

21 April 1865

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: The New York tribune. [Vol. XXV, no. 7501 (April 21, 1865)]

Covers President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and funeral. Reports on capturing the assassins, John Wilkes Booth, and on the funeral ceremonies being held in many cities and states. Includes an article on the disapproval of surrender terms between Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. Mentions reconstruction plans, and reports the escape of Jefferson Davis. Issue also includes the Evening Edition of the Tribune for the same date. This covers Richmond, Virginia news concerning Lincoln's assassination and the reconstruction of the city, and news of…

GLC08430.12

November 1, 1851

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elizabeth Oakes Smith

Greeley tries to discourage Smith from founding a woman's newspaper as a poor business decision and discusses differences between business and reform. He concludes by preferring that they be "former acquaintances" rather than "friends" or "enemies." With a docket on page 1 by recipient: "full of conceited assumptions by no means warranted by my communication to him. E.O.S."

GLC00496.026

November 15, 1871

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. L. Sanderson

Serving as editor of the New York Tribune, Greeley offers advice to Sanderson: "...I say to all who are in want of work, Go West!" Written on New York Tribune stationery.

GLC00608

September 28, 1832

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to O.A. Bowe

A personal letter about a trip to New England. Greeley discusses his trip by sea to Providence and stage-coach to Boston. He compares the Boston architecture to that in New York, describes going to church there, and comments on "the Boston aristocracy." He comments on his poverty, and asks Bowe to send him some papers from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Some loss of text from a cut-out post mark.

GLC00880

October 2, 1857

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harriet Weed

Greeley writes to the daughter of Thurlow Weed, a fellows journalist and founder of the Albany Evening Journal, about a meeting. He regrets that he could not visit sooner and arranges to have the meeting when he comes to Albany, New York. He mentions talking with her sisters, Maria and Emily.

GLC00930.03

November 20, 1861

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry S. Randall

Greeley writes to Randall, a biographer of Thomas Jefferson, about the relative qualities of Jefferson, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Alexander Hamilton. Expresses thanks for Randall's "vindication of Jefferson from the personal calumnies which had somewhat blackened his reputation." He expresses his reverence and love for Jefferson as the author of the Declaration of Independence but wishes Randall had "let him have some venial faults" to make him appear more human. He indicates that he has greater admiration for Hamilton, who he attributes greater responsibility "In building a…

GLC00935

September 14,1868

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Wilkeson re: completion of his book

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1815-1860

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Signature

Title: Horace Greeley

GLC05603.02.17

12 November 1860

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to H. S. Abott

Agrees to lecture at New Rochelle next Wednesday. Two possible topics are "Western America" and "Great Men."

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