Papers, 1860-1861.

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Papers, 1860-1861.

Photocopies of letters to Thurlow Weed (1797-1882), politician and journalist, concerning efforts to avoid secession and civil war; conciliatory measures and the likelihood of their success; Horace Greeley; William Henry Seward; and the election of Ira Harris to succeed Seward as U.S. senator. The originals are located in the Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

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Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882

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Thurlow Weed, politician and journalist, was born in Cairo, N.Y., on 15 November 1797. He married Catherine Ostrander in 1818. Weed was a leader of the anti-Masonic movement of the 1820's and 30's, a New York assemblyman from 1829-1831, and a key member of the Whig Party and then the Republican Party. From 1824-1826 Weed was the owner and editor of Rochester Telegraph. He published Anti-Masonic Enquirer, and from 1829-1863 he worked as a reporter and editor for the anti-Masons' paper, Albany Eve...