Papers, 1811-1867.

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Papers, 1811-1867.

Collection consists mainly of correspondence of Alden Spooner (1783-1848), Edwin B. Spooner (d.1876), and Alden J. Spooner (1810-1881), publishers of the LONG ISLAND STAR. Correspondents include Thomas Kirk, Gabriel Furman, Theodore Dwight, Jr., J. Bennett, James Bryant Shaw, E.A. Powell, and Cornelius Mathews. Also included are the financial records of the STAR, 1811-1812.

34 items.

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Long Island Star.

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Spooner family.

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Kirk, Thomas Allison, 1962-....

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Mathews, Cornelius, 1817-1889

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Author. From the description of Letter of Cornelius Mathews, no year Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454393 American author and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Rufus W. Griswold, 1841 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270637257 From the description of Papers of Cornelius Mathews, 1841-1888. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136446 ...

Spooner, Alden, 1783-1848

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Printer, active in Brooklyn (N.Y.), Sag Harbor (N.Y.), and New London (Conn.). From the description of Correspondence, 1809-1848. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58776210 ...

Furman, Gabriel, 1800-1854

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Gabriel Furman (January 23, 1800-November 11, 1854) was a respected historian of early Brooklyn. Among his works were the Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, on Long-Island (1824), still available in a recent reprint. Little is known of Furman's youth; he attended Columbia Academy in Bergen (now part of Jersey City), New Jersey, from 1814-1816. Professionally, Furman became a lawyer, having studied law beginning in 1823 in the office of Elisha W. King of Beekman ...

Shaw, James Bryant.

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Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866

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Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander), 1879-

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Author. Died 1957. From the description of E. Alexander Powell papers, 1893-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010081 E. Alexander Powell (1879-1957) was an American adventurer, writer and foreign correspondent, author of more than thirty books on travel and adventure. A graduate of Syracuse University and Oberlin College, he served in the American consular service, and with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. According to his obituary, over the course ...

Spooner, Alden J. (Alden Jermain), 1810-1881

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Alden Spooner (1783-1848) was a prominent citizen of Brooklyn and a well-known publisher. Born in Westminster, VT, Spooner learned the printing trade at an early age from his father and uncle. He completed his apprenticeship under his cousin, Samuel Green, in New London, CT. From 1794 to 1811, Spooner published the Suffolk Gazette in Sag Harbor, Long Island. In 1811 Spooner moved to Brooklyn, where he purchased the Long Island Star, Long Island's oldest newspaper. Under Spooner's le...

Bennett, John

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John Bennett and [Philip?] Raines business owners. From the description of Ledger, 1836-1848. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49281485 B. 1943. From the description of John Bennett artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432876 ...

Spooner, Edwin B., 1807 or 1808-1876

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Alden Spooner (1783-1848) was a prominent citizen of Brooklyn and a well-known publisher. Born in Westminster, VT, Spooner learned the printing trade at an early age from his father and uncle. He completed his apprenticeship under his cousin, Samuel Green, in New London, CT. From 1794 to 1811, Spooner published the Suffolk Gazette in Sag Harbor, Long Island. In 1811 Spooner moved to Brooklyn, where he purchased the Long Island Star, Long Island's oldest newspaper. Under Spooner's le...