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CHARLES ANDERSON DANA - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/02/1892 - HFSID 40268

New York Sun editor and part-owner Charles A. Dana wrote this letter from New York in 1892, asking a postmaster to give someone a job. Autograph letter signed "C.A. Dana." 1 page, 4x4¾. New York, Sept. 2, 1892.

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CHARLES A. DANA
New York Sun editor and part-owner Charles A. Dana wrote this letter from New York in 1892, asking a postmaster to give someone a job.
Autograph letter signed "C.A. Dana." 1 page, 4x4¾. New York, Sept. 2, 1892. In full: "My dear Postmaster: Can you find em-ployment for James Foster? If you can, it will be a favor to an old friend. Yours truly". Dana (1819-1897), born Charles Anderson Dana, was the city and later managing editor of Horace Greeley's New York Tribune (1847-1862) and served as President Abraham Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of War (1863-1865). From 1868 until his death in 1897, Dana was part-owner and editor of the New York Sun. Lightly toned.Lightly discoloration near bottom edge, which touches signature. Neatly torn from notebook or pad at left edge. Otherwise in fine condition.

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