| Description |
7.8 linear feet (19 boxes). |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Access |
Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals when available. |
| Summary |
Collection consists of general correspondence, trotting horse papers, financial documents, writings, photographs, and artifacts. General correspondence includes letters to Bonner as proprietor of the New York Ledger, with a few drafts of his replies, mostly from contributors offering stories, suggesting plots, soliciting money, acknowledging remuneration, and relating to personal matters; letters from Presbyterian clergymen about church affairs; and letters from the owners of the New York Sun, New York Herald, and New York Times, revealing Bonner's willingness to lend financial aid to those newspapers. Papers relating to the breeding, development, and shoeing of trotting horses contain letters from owners, breeders, veterinarians, editors of sporting journals, and others from all parts of the United States, especially Kentucky; notes on horses; accounts; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings containing biographical data and other material on the horse and on the Scotch Irish Society of America; and photographs, sketches and artifacts. |
| Form |
General correspondence and Trotting horse papers; available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-359. |
| Biography |
Robert Bonner (1824-1899) was a newspaper publisher and trotting horse breeder. He owned and published the New York Ledger. |
| Finding Aids |
Collection guide available in repository and on internet. |
| Subject |
Bonner, Robert, 1824-1899.
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Scotch-Irish Society of America.
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New York herald (New York, N.Y. : 1840)
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New York ledger (New York, N.Y. : 1855)
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New York times.
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Sun (New York, N.Y. : 1833)
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Newspaper publishing -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Journalism -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Harness racehorses -- United States.
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Horses -- Pedigrees.
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Presbyterians -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Scottish Americans -- Societies, etc.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918.
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Kentucky -- Social life and customs.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Photographic prints.
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Scrapbooks.
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Sketches.
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| Occupation |
Horse breeders. |
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Publishers. |
| Added Author |
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.
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Clark, Thomas M. (Thomas March), 1812-1903.
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Cobb, Sylvanus, 1823-1887.
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Hall, John, 1829-1898.
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Lewis, Leon, 1833-1920.
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Lewis, Harriet.
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Peck, William Henry.
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Allen, William Russell.
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Armitage, Thomas, 1819-1896.
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Backman, Charles, 1824-1900.
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Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
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Brodhead, Lucas.
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Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
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Alexander, A.J.
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Busbey, Hamilton.
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Cameron, Roderick W., Sir.
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Case, J.I.
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Garrison, Joshua.
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Grady, Henry Woodfin, 1850-1889.
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Harris, Samuel T.
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Jewett, Henry C.
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Kellogg, Peter C.
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McDowell, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1861-1933.
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McFerran, J. C.
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Marvin, Charles, 1854-1890.
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Sibley, Joseph Crocker, 1850-
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Simpson, Joseph Cairn.
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Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
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Steele, Andrew.
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Strader, R. S.
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Thorne, Edwin.
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Tracy, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1830-1915.
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Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry), 1821-1885.
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Wallace, John Hankins, 1822-1903.
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West, Richard.
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| LCCN |
ms 72001004 |
| Standard no. |
*ZZ-5248 |
| Call No. |
MssCol 335
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| Research Call Number |
MssCol 335
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