Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897

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Dates:
Birth 1819-08-08
Death 1897-10-17

Biographical notes:

Writer, newspaper correspondent and editor, and Civil War reporter.

From the description of Cabinet photograph, 1863 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971318

Editor of the NEW YORK SUN.

From the description of Papers, 1865-1885. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 42584183

American newspaper editor, member of Brook Farm and Assistant Secretary of War.

From the description of Papers of Charles A. Dana manuscript], 1844-1895. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833820

American newspaper editor.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Abraham Goldsmith, 1877 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709590453

Newspaper editor and assistant secretary of war.

From the description of Letters, June 25 and July 10, 1880. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443082288

Charles Anderson Dana was a newspaper editor and author. Born into an impoverished family in New Hampshire, Dana managed one year at Harvard University before financial concerns forced him to leave. He joined Brook Farm as a farmer and teacher, where he developed an interest in Fourierism, a form of French socialism. He accepted a job with the New York Tribune, and his letters from Europe helped his reputation, but he left the paper over a dispute based on his anti-slavery stance. Dana was hired as an investigator by the War Department, and became an assistant to the Secretary of War. Dana was perhaps best known as editor and part owner of the New York Sun, which he instilled with a reputation for urbane writing and quality reporting. Outspoken, intelligent, and incisive, Dana also wrote several books and compiled a number of important anthologies.

From the description of Charles A. Dana note and endorsed letters received, 1855. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 124067871

American publisher.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1860 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270877569

Charles Anderson Dana, newspaper editor.

Theophilus Carey Callicot, American newspaper editor and politician.

From the description of Charles Anderson Dana letters [manuscript], 1888, 1891, 1893, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648009394

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Subjects:

  • Collective settlements
  • Cotton trade
  • Journalists
  • Newspaper editors
  • Presidents
  • Railroads
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Occupations:

  • War correspondents

Places:

  • Mississippi (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Cold Harbor (Va.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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