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Sydney Howard Gay papers

Title
Sydney Howard Gay papers, ca. 1837-1886.
Author
Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888.
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Additional Authors
  • Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
  • American Anti-Slavery Society.
Description
3 linear feet (6 boxes, 4 v.)
Summary
Collection consists of writings, correspondence, notes, account books, and reports.
Uniform Title
National anti-slavery standard.
Subjects
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Sydney Howard Gay (1814-1888) was an American journalist, author and abolitionist.
Call Number
MssCol 1130
OCLC
NYPW93-A256
Author
Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888.
Title
Sydney Howard Gay papers, ca. 1837-1886.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Sydney Howard Gay (1814-1888) was an American journalist, author and abolitionist. He was an editor at the Anti-Slavery Standard, the New York Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Evening Post. His other activities included lecturing for the American Anti-Slavery Society and writing biographies and the multi-volume History of the United States (with William Cullen Bryant).
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Occupation
Abolitionists.
Historians.
Added Author
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
American Anti-Slavery Society.
Added Title
National anti-slavery standard.
LCCN
ms 69000867
Research Call Number
MssCol 1130
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