Horace Greeley Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
HORACE GREELEY
Born: February 3, 1811 in Amherst, New Hampshire
Died: November 29, 1872 in Pleasantville, New York
Died: November 29, 1872 in Pleasantville, New York
HORACE GREELEY founded the "New York Tribune" in 1841 and edited it until his death. He served in Congress to fill a vacancy (December 4, 1848-March 3, 1849) and was a friend and supporter of Lincoln. Greeley was the unsuccessful nominee of the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties for President against President Grant in 1872, dying on November 29, 1872, just 24 days after the election.
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Handwritten letter from Greeley speaking of several accounts he manages, saying he does not know one of the account holders personally, and that he was trying to convey the amount of work he does to the recipient's associates. Dated 1867 and signed twice! read more...Sale Price $595.00
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HORACE GREELEY Civil War-dated ALS seeking to repay a debt of $30 Autograph Letter signed: "Horace Greeley", 1 page, 5x8. New York, N.Y., 1864 January 3. On N. Y. Tribune letterhead to Abner Bentford [?], in full: "I believe you paid $30 for the dinner to Prof. read more...Sale Price $680.00
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HORACE GREELEY ALS accepting a donation "for the Poor of our City" from an upstate minister Autograph Letter signed: "Horace Greeley", one page, 4¾x7¼ folded, 9½x7¼ open flat. New York, 1854 January 13. To Reverend M. M. Fisk, Potsdam, New York. read more...Sale Price $450.00
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HORACE GREELEY. Autograph Letter signed: "Horace Greeley", 1 p, folded to 5x5¾. On letterhead of New York Tribune. New York, 1870 January 18. To "Dear Sir". In full: "The bearer is my friend H. L. Stuart Esq. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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HORACE GREELEY ALS to an Illinois man moving to Kansas to support the anti-slavery cause Autograph Letter signed: "Horace Greeley", 4¾x7¼ folded, 9½x7¼ open flat, 2 pages (front and verso). Washington, D.C., 1856 January 19. To James Eames, Clarion, Bureau County, Illinois. read more...Sale Price $450.00
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Horace Greely wrote this letter on New York Tribune stationery in 1867 to advise the recipient against publishing a book: "I judge that no one can afford to print his book who cannot evade a judgment." Greeley was the founder and editor of the Tribune. read more...Sale Price $595.00
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Horace Greeley wrote this letter on New York Tribune stationery in 1867 about investing in beet sugar: "I don't know about immediate money-making thereby; but I feel very sure that we shall soon be wishing Beet Sugar by millions of pounds". Greeley was the founder and editor of the Tribune. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greeley wrote this letter on New York Tribune stationery in 1864 to discuss the distribution of unidentified specimens. Greeley was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune. Autograph letter signed "Horace Greeley". 2 pages, 5¼x8, on New York Tribune stationery. read more...Sale Price $595.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greeley sends an autograph letter about hoping the coming generation does not have to "struggle for Liberty and Equality". Autograph Letter Signed: "Horace Greeley", 1p, 4½x7. New York, 1868 June 16. To an unnamed "Young Friend read more...Sale Price $450.00
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At a moment of extreme tension following South Carolina's secession but before the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Greeley disputes the origin of a letter written from Charleston, since the Tribune's reporters had been "driven away" from that city. read more...Sale Price $765.00
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HORACE GREELEY. ALS: "Horace Greeley", 2p, 5¼x8 (front and verso). New York, 1858 April 5. To Col. S.R. Curtis M.C. In part: "Two radical changes seem to me indispensable if our government is ever again to be honest and free, viz 1. read more...Sale Price $680.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greeley wrote this letter on New York Tribune stationery in 1864 about the publication of a book on Texas. Greeley was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune. Autograph letter signed "Horace Greeley". 2 pages, 5x8, 1 sheet, front and verso, on New York Tribune stationery. read more...Sale Price $680.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greeley sends an autograph letter stating that he cannot ask for more appointments in the new Lincoln administration. Autograph Letter Signed: "Horace Greeley", 1p, 5x8. Office of the Tribune, New York, 1861 April 8. To F.H. Upton, Esq., 82 Broadway, New York City. read more...Sale Price $450.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greeley wrote this letter from New York in 1864 to settle details on the publishing of a fairly hefty book. Greeley was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune. Autograph letter signed "Horace Greeley". 1 page, 4¾x7¾, ruled paper. read more...Sale Price $680.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greeley wrote this letter to say that he would review the recipients' notes when he met him. Greeley was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune. Autograph letter signed "Horace Greeley". 1 page, 7x9¾. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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HORACE GREELEY. ALS: "Horace Greeley/154 Nassau St", 1p, 4½x7. New York, 1856 April 21. To Albany Tile Works, Albany. In full: "Please send me by Harlem Railroad to Chappaqua, Westchester Co. N.Y. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greeley wrote this letter on New York Tribune stationery in 1866 to turn down an invitation to speak at a fair. Greeley was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune. Autograph letter signed "Horace Greeley". Pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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Horace Greeley wrote this letter on New York Tribune stationery in 1865 regarding someone that he thought would be "a very fit and worthy person to be a trustee of the great college". Greeley was the founder and editor of the Tribune. read more...Sale Price $595.00
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Greeley handwrote, signed and dated this letter to J. H. Fowler in New York in 1860. In it, he rips the work of abolitionist and anarchist Lysander Spooner and an article by Fowler, which he called "a clear imitation of Spooner". read more...Sale Price $680.00
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Horace Greeley wrote this letter on New York Tribune stationery in 1868 to U. S. Senator Henry Bowen Anthony to protest the scandalous manner in which the crowds of the late World's Exposition at Paris were persecuted by paid officials of our government purposes of jobbery and puffery." Greeley was the founder and editor of the Tribune. read more...Sale Price $680.00
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Horace Greely wrote this letter to an autograph hunter on New York Tribune stationery: "The fact that a man's Autograph is sought du-ring his life offered proof presumptive that he is not a great man." Greeley was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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HORACE GREELEY. ALS (twice): "Horace Greeley" and "H.G.", 2½p, front and verso, 7¾x10. New York, 1839 August 5. With integral leaf addressed by Greeley. To Augustus S. Porter, Detroit, Michigan. read more...Sale Price $765.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greely wrote this letter on stationery of the New York Constitutional Convention in 1867 to request an overdue statement. Greeley was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune. Autograph letter signed "Horace Greeley". Black ink in top left corner and on verso, both in unknown hand. read more...Sale Price $595.00
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THE CHAMPION OF MORALISTIC IDEALS WRITES OF OVERCOMING EVIL HORACE GREELEY. ALS: "Horace Greeley", 1p, 4¾x5¾ ruled sheet. Albany, New York, 1867 August 17. To unknown recipient. Begins: "My friend read more...Sale Price $1,190.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greeley wrote this letter of recommendation on New York Tribune stationery in 1865. Greeley was the founder and editor of the Tribune. Autograph letter signed "Horace Greeley". Pencil notations at top edge in unknown hand. 1 page, 5x7, on New York Tribune stationery. Sept. read more...Sale Price $595.00
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1872: HORACE GREELEY (Lost to Grant) He is running as a Lincoln presidential elector and is too absorbed in the election to "think of little elsee". ALS: "Horace Greeley", 1p, 5x8. Office of The Tribune, New York, 1864 October 11. To Mrs. Laura Bowe. read more...Sale Price $595.00
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HORACE GREELEY To the Secretary of the Interior recommending a promotion. Autograph Letter Signed: "Horace Greeley", 1p, 5x8. Office of the Tribune, New York, 1865 October 19. To Hon. James Harlan, Sec. Interior. In full: "Dr. W.C. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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HORACE GREELEY Horace Greeley wrote this letter in 1851 to ask the recipient to for $50 worth of quicksilver. Greeley was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune. Autograph letter signed "Horace Greeley". 1 page, 6½x9¼, on ruled paper. Tribune Office, New York City, Nov. 5, 1851. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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HORACE GREELEY Handwritten employment recommendation for the bearer, who "was rather wild in his youth" but "has married, sobered down to work". Written on New York Tribune letterhead. Autograph Letter signed: "Horace Greeley", 1 page, 5x7. New York, 1870 November 19. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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Horace Greeley wrote this letter on New York Tribune stationery in 1866 to give the recipient political advice: "You don't know how many and bitter are the new enemies of Protection, who say the manufacturers are too greedy, &c. We must reason with these, not boil at them." Greeley was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune. read more...Sale Price $680.00
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