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Journalist Edwin Croswell ALS 1842

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Journalist Edwin Croswell ALS 1842
<B>Journalist Edwin Croswell Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> 8 x 10, 4 pages, October 22, 1842, Albany, New York. Letter has two slight tears from opening else near fine. Croswell (1797-1871) was journalist. Writing for the <I>Catskill Recorder,</B></I> his first article being a defense and vindication of the soldiers drafted for the defense of New York during the war of 1812. His management of the <I>Recorder</B></I> attracted the attention of the democratic leaders, and in 1824 he was invited to Albany by Martin Van Buren, Benjamin F. Butler, and others, to edit the <I>Argus,</B></I> and also to become state printer. Croswell remained in Albany thirty years, changed the <I>Argus</B></I> from a semi-weekly to a daily journal, and made it one of the chief democratic organs in the country. Subsequently he found himself opposed to Martin Van Buren and others of his early political associates, through a split in the party. He retired from journalism in 1854 and engaged in business in New York. <I>From the collection of Henry E. Luhrs</B></I> <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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