Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7497 (April 17,1865)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08428.05 Author/Creator: Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 17 April 1865 Pagination: 8 p. ; 53 x 39 cm. Order a Copy
Reports on the murder of President Lincoln, the improved condition of Secretary Seward and critical condition of Frederick Seward, Secretary Seward's son. The paper is uncut.
The New-York Daily Tribune also known as the New York Tribune was established by Horace Greeley in 1841 and was long considered one of the leading newspapers in the United States.
Greeley died in 1872, the year Whitelaw Reid assumed control of the paper. His son Ogden Mills Reid merged the paper with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which continued to be run by Ogden M. Reid until his death in 1947.
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