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Horace Greeley

Newspaper editor, mentioned in anecdotes.

minor

Also known as Greeley

First appearance: volume i early days

Horace Greeley shows up with force in A Memory of John Hay. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Former editor of the New York Tribune; noted as someone whom John Hay was not afraid of.
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Horace Greeley first appears in 0015 volume i early days.

In A Memory of John Hay: Former editor of the New York Tribune; noted as someone whom John Hay was not afraid of.

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