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Swinton, John 1830-

Journalist; born in Salton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, Dec. 12, 1830; came to the United States with his parents, and learned the printer's trade in New York City; travelled through the United States, and later settled in Columbia, S. C. He took an active part in the free-slave contest in Kansas; returned to New York City in 1857, and began the study of medicine. He was managaing editor of the New York Times in 1860-70, and of the New York Sun in 1875-97; and published John Swinton's paper in 1885-87. [491] He was author of The Chinese-American question; Oration on John Brown, etc.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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