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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley 41 1 Browse Search
William Alexander Linn, Horace Greeley Founder and Editor of The New York Tribune 14 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greeley, Horace 1811-1872 (search)
issued the New Yorker, devoted mainly to current literature, in 1834, of which Mr. Greeley was editor. The paper reached a circulation of 9,000, and continued seven years. In 1840 he edited and published the Log cabin, a campaign paper that obtained a circulation of 80,000 copies; and on April 10, 1841, he issued the first number of the Daily Tribune, a small sheet that sold for one cent. In the fall of that year the Weekly Tribune was issued. Mr. Greeley formed a partnership with Thomas McElrath, who took charge of the business department, and from that time until his death he was identified with the New Horace Greeley. York Tribune. Of Mr. Greeley's career in connection with that paper it is not necessary here to speak, for it is generally known. His course on political and social questions was erratic. He believed it better, before the Civil War broke out, to let the States secede if the majority of the people said so. When Jefferson Davis was to be released on bail he v