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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 10: the first penny paper—and who thought of it. (search)
riginator of the idea history of the idea Dr. Sheppard's Chatham-street cogitations the idea is cder may forget it, History will not—is Horatio David Sheppard. The story of his idea, amply confirm, is the following: About the year 1880, Mr. Sheppard, recently come of age and into the possessi life. The company were highly amused, and Mr. Sheppard said to himself, That's no common boy. Pert into business on his own account. To him Dr. Sheppard announced his intention, and proposed that ting of his Bank Note Reporter, he embraced Dr. Sheppard's proposal, and offered Horace Greeley, foraged, and were fain to run shivering home. Dr. Sheppard was wholly unacquainted with the details ofiness with which it was purchased convinced Dr. Sheppard, but him alone, that if it had been startedIts success demonstrated the correctness of Dr. Sheppard's calculations, and justified the enthusiasfrom the Chatham-street cogitations of Horatio David Sheppard. A distinguished authoress of this [10 more...]