Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

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Birth 1837-10-27
Death 1912-12-15
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U.S. politician, historian and newspaper editor.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cedarville, to Schuyler Colfax, 1863 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 649441349

American newspaperman, editor, diplomat, and historian.

From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid [manuscript], 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647879858

From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid, 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34689949

From the description of Correspondence of Whitelaw Reid, 1869-1892 [microform] (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 69080259

American diplomat and journalist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Purchase, N.Y., 15 June 1892, to Mr. [Henry Morrison?] Flagler, 1892 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675975

Native Ohioan working for the Cincinnati Gazette until Horace Greeley hired him as lead editorial writer for the New York Tribune in 1868 and managing editor in 1869, replacing John Russell Young. When Greeley died in 1872 he became editor in chief and after retiring in 1905 he maintained financial control of the paper.

From the description of Letter, Dec. 19, 1871. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54025439

Whitelaw Reid was born near Xenia, Ohio on October 27, 1837. He worked as a journalist during the Civil War and in 1868 joined the New York Tribune. He assumed control of the paper in 1872 and married Elizabeth Mills in 1881. Reid was active in Republican Party politics and served as Benjamin Harrison's ambassador to France (1889-1892). He ran for vice-president in 1892, and served as a member of the commission to negotiate a treaty with Spain following the Spanish American War. Reid also served as United States ambassador to Great Britain (1905-1912). He died on December 15, 1912.

From the description of Whitelaw Reid papers, 1865-1923 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702170955

From the guide to the Whitelaw Reid papers, 1865-1923, (Manuscripts and Archives)

Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) was an American diplomat (Ambassador to France, 1889-1892, and to England, 1905-1912) and editor of the New York Tribune . He was also the author of a popular history of Ohio in the Civil War.

From the guide to the Whitelaw Reid Letters, 1871-1904, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

American journalist and diplomat.

From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, N. Y., to David Pell Secor, 1896 Nov. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616650

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to John S. Clark, 1872 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616640

From the description of Letter signed : New York, to William W. Belknap, 1871 Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616644

Whitelaw Reid was editorial assistant, and later editor, of the New York Tribune. He served as U.S. Minister to France from 1889 to 1892. In 1892, he was nominated for the Vice Presidency of the U.S. by the Republican Convention. On his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain in 1905, he gave up active editorship of the Tribune. Thurlow Weed was a noted printer, journalist, New York politician and legislator.

From the description of Whitelaw Reid paper, 1874 [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 40483633

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