Horace Greeley Letter
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Ms-1994-024
Scope and Content
Newspaper editor (most notably of the New York Tribune) and political leader. Best known for his famous phrase "Go west, young man." One page manuscript letter from Greeley, written February 10, 1865, to Reuben E. Fenton, U.S. Senator from New York. Greeley asks Fenton to consider Col. L.W. Boadly(?) for the post of Emmissary General of Ordnance, for the war effort.
Dates
- Creation: 1865 - 1865
Creator
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 (Person)
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Contact:
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu