Charles A. Dana letters and documents 1850-1897

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Charles A. Dana letters and documents 1850-1897

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Charles A. Dana was an American newspaper editor, journalist, and author. Collection consists of thirteen letters from Dana to various correspondents; signed memoranda; cut signatures; and approximately 60 newspaper clippings relating to the various phases of Dana's public life

.1 linear feet; 1 folder

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313624

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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

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Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper New-York Tribune until 1862. During the American Civil War, he served as Assistant Secretary of War, playing especially the role of the liaison between the War Department and General Ulysses S. Grant. In 1868 he became the editor and part-owner of the New York Sun. He at first ...