The New York Tribune was an American newspaper, first established by Horace Greeley in 1841, which was long considered one of the leading newspapers in the United States. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Horace Greeley ( February 3, 1811 &ndash November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In 1924 it was merged with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which ceased publication in 1967. The New York Herald was a large distribution Newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924 The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald.
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History
The Tribune was created by Greeley with the hopes of providing a straightforward, trustworthy media source in an era when newspapers such as the New York Sun and New York Herald thrived on sensationalism. Note that Mathew B Brady spelled his first name with only one "t" The Sun was a New York newspaper that was published from 1833 until 1950 The New York Herald was a large distribution Newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924 Although considered the least partisan of the leading newspapers, the Tribune did reflect some of Horace Greeley's idealist views. His journal had Karl Marx (and Friedrich Engels) as European correspondent in the early 1850s. Friedrich Engels (28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895 was a German social scientist and philosopher, who [1]
During Greeley's editorship, the paper was aided by able writers including Charles Anderson Dana, George William Curtis, William Henry Fry, Bayard Taylor, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley, and Henry Jarvis Raymond. Charles Anderson Dana ( August 8, 1819 &ndash October 17, 1897) was an American Journalist, author and government official George William Curtis (February 24 1824 - August 31 1892 was an American writer and public speaker born in Providence Rhode Island, of old New England For the woodcarver and gilder see William H Fry. William Henry Fry (1813–1864 was a pioneering American composer music critic and journalist Bayard Taylor ( James) (January 11 1825 &ndash December 19 1878 was an American Poet, literary critic translator and travel author Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23 1810 – July 19 1850 was a Journalist, Critic and Women's rights activist associated with the American George Ripley (October 3 1802-July 41880 was an American Social reformer, Unitarian, and Transcendentalist. Henry Jarvis Raymond (January 24 1820 near Lima, Livingston County New York - June 18 1869 New York City) was an American journalist [1]
During the American Civil War (1861–1865) the Tribune was a radical Republican newspaper, which supported abolition and subjection of the Confederacy instead of negotiated peace. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Extremism is a term used to describe the actions or ideologies of individuals or groups outside the perceived political center of a society or otherwise claimed to violate Abolitionism was a political movement of the 18th and 19th century which sought to make Slavery illegal particularly in the United States and British West Indies The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 During the first few months of the war, the Tribune's "on to Richmond" slogan pressured Union general Irvin McDowell into advancing on Richmond before his army was ready, resulting in the disaster of the First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three Irvin McDowell ( October 15, 1818 &ndash May 4, 1885) was a career American army officer, famous for his defeat during Background Brig Gen Irvin McDowell was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to command the Army of Northeastern Virginia. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common After the failure of the Peninsular Campaign in the spring of 1862, the Tribune pressured President Abraham Lincoln into installing John Pope as commander of the Army of Virginia. The Peninsula Campaign (also known as the Peninsular Campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal John Pope ( March 16, 1822 &ndash September 23, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in The Army of Virginia was organized as a major unit of the Union Army and operated briefly and unsuccessfully in 1862 in the American Civil War.
Following Greeley's defeat for the presidency of the United States in 1872, Whitelaw Reid, owner of the New York Herald, assumed control of the Tribune. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Whitelaw Reid ( October 27, 1837 &ndash December 15, 1912) was a U Greeley checked into Dr. Choate’s Sanitarium where he died a few weeks later. George Cheyne Shattuck Choate ( March 30, 1827 – June 4, 1896) is a descendant of a family which settled in Massachusetts in 1643 Under Reid's son, Ogden Mills Reid, the paper acquired the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which continued to be run by Ogden M. The New York Herald was a large distribution Newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924 The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. Reid until his death in 1947.
Copies of the New York Tribune are available on microfilm at many large libraries. Microforms are any form either films or paper containing microreproductions of documents for transmission storage reading and printing Indices from selected years in the late nineteenth century are available on the Library of Congress' website. The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress The original paper articles from the newspaper's morgue are kept at The Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin.
New paper, same name
A "new" New York Tribune debuted in 1983 in New York City. One Pace Plaza, completed in 1969 is the flagship building complex of Pace University in New York City, specifically designed for Pace The paper, which later changed its name to The New York City Tribune, was published by the Reverend Moon's Unification Church. The Unification Church is a New religious movement founded by Korean religious leader Sun Myung Moon. It was published out of the former Tiffany building at 401 Fifth Avenue until it folded around 1993.
The "Moonie newspaper", as many came to know it, was the sister paper of today's Washington Times which is circulated primarily in the nation's capital. The Washington Times is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published in Washington D Both were published by News World Communications, Inc. The Tribune carried an expansive "Commentary" section with a decidedly conservative bent. Conservatism in the United States includes a variety of political ideologies including Fiscal conservatism, Supply-side economics, Social conservatism It worked hard, as does today's Washington Times, to demonstrate complete editorial independence from Moon's Unification Church. Indeed, included among the noteworthies who penned an occasional column for it was former New York City Mayor Ed Koch. Edward Irving Koch (born December 12, 1924;) was a United States Congressman from 1969 to 1977 and the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989 However, from time to time Moon's Unifiction Church would make its presence felt. Today's Washington Times, which has a substantially higher circulation than the new New York Tribune ever did, is not completely immune to the Korean evangelist's influence.
Former Tribune buildings today
- The New York Tribune building was the first home of Pace University. Pace University is a private, Co-educational, and comprehensive multi-campus University in the New York metropolitan area with campuses Today, the site where the building once stood is now the One Pace Plaza complex of Pace University's New York City campus. One Pace Plaza, completed in 1969 is the flagship building complex of Pace University in New York City, specifically designed for Pace Pace University is a private, Co-educational, and comprehensive multi-campus University in the New York metropolitan area with campuses Dr. Choate’s residence and private hospital, where Horace Greeley died, today is part of the campus of Pace University in Pleasantville, New York. Pleasantville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States.
Footnotes
- ^ Sandburg, Carl (1942). Storm Over the Land. Harcourt, Brace and Company.
References
- New York Tribune Index, 1875-1895 U. S. Library of Congress
- Spartacus Education Brief history from the U. K.
- The New York Tribune - A Sketch of Its History Book from 1883
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