Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 to Elizabeth Oakes Smith

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GLC00496.026
GLC#
GLC00496.026-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
November 1, 1851
Author/Creator
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Title
to Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Greeley tries to discourage Smith from founding a woman's newspaper as a poor business decision and discusses differences between business and reform. He concludes by preferring that they be "former acquaintances" rather than "friends" or "enemies." With a docket on page 1 by recipient: "full of conceited assumptions by no means warranted by my communication to him. E.O.S."

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