George Jones papers

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physdesc

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unitid

{"value"=>"1590", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1825-1894", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1825/1894"}

{"value"=>"1860-1887", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1860/1887"}

date_inclusive_start

1825

date_inclusive_end

1894

keydate

1825

unittitle

{"value"=>"George Jones papers"}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"George Jones was the first publisher of the New York Times. He founded the New-York Daily Times in 1851 with Henry J. Raymond and Edward B. Wesley. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, and legal documents regarding mainly the New-York Daily Times and the Presidential Retiring Fund established by Jones."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>George Jones papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Jones, George, 1811-1891", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>George Jones was the first publisher of the New York Times. He founded the New-York Daily Times in 1851 with Henry J. Raymond and Edward B. Wesley.</p> <p>In 1841, Jones met Raymond while the two were working for Horace Greeley at the New York Tribune. They became friends and often discussed starting their own newspaper. In 1851, with the help of Edward B. Wesley, Jones and Raymond amassed enough capital to found the New-York Daily Times. Jones was the publisher, Raymond the editor, and Wesley the business manager.</p> <p>After Raymond's death in 1869, Jones took over the editorship of the paper. Under his leadership, the Times was responsible for the downfall of Tammany Hall and William M. \"Boss\" Tweed in 1871. Jones died in 1891.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, and legal documents regarding politics, the New-York Daily Times and the Presidential Retiring Fund established by Jones. The correspondence is separated into two series. The first series consists of letters to Jones and Raymond regarding the Times, politics, and other topics. The second series consists of correspondence regarding Jones' establishment of the Presidential Retiring Fund, a pension fund for Ulysses S. Grant and other presidents. In the first series, most of the letters dated 1856-1869 are addressed to Raymond. The letters dated after 1869 in the general correspondence and the entire second series are addressed to Jones.</p> <p>Prominent correspondents in the general correspondence include P. T. Barnum, Henry Ward Beecher, James Gordon Bennett, Joseph Hodges Choate, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Samuel Sullivan Cox, George William Curtis, Charles A. Dana, John A. Dix, Cyrus W. Field, James Fisk, Horace Greeley, John Hay, Horatio Potter, James Watson Webb, Thurlow Weed, and William C. Whitney. Prominent correspondents in the Presidential Retiring Fund correspondence include John Jacob Astor, John Murray Forbes, Jay Gould, Henry Hilton, John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, and William H. Vanderbilt.</p>"}

{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The George Jones papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1590#c107905'>Series I. General correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1845-1894, n.d.</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes correspondence with Raymond and Jones regarding the New-York Daily Times and politics. The majority of the letters written before 1869 are addressed to Raymond and concern his political career, but there are some between Jones, Raymond, and Wesley regarding the Times. The letters after 1869 are written to Jones concerning the Times, congratulations on the success of his Tammany Hall series, and politics.</p> <p>Prominent correspondents in this series include P. T. Barnum, Henry Ward Beecher, James Gordon Bennett, Joseph Hodges Choate, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Samuel Sullivan Cox, George William Curtis, Charles A. Dana, John A. Dix, Cyrus W. Field, James Fisk, Horace Greeley, John Hay, Fitz-John Porter, Horatio Potter, James Watson Webb, Thurlow Weed, and William C. Whitney.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1590#c107916'>Series II. Presidential Retiring Fund</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1880-1888, n.d.</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes correspondence and financial records regarding the establishment and management of the Presidential Retiring Fund. The correspondence is composed of letters accompanying donations to the Fund and letters from other trustees regarding the management of the Fund.</p> <p>Prominent correspondents in this series include John Jacob Astor, John Murray Forbes, Jay Gould, Henry Hilton, John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, and William H. Vanderbilt.</p> <p>The financial records of the Presidential Retiring Fund include an account book, receipts, and subscription books listing prominent men of the time and the amount of their donations.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1590#c107924'>Series III. Miscellaneous</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1825-1869, n.d.</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>The George Jones papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>Series I. General correspondence, 1845-1894, n.d.</li> <li>Series II. Presidential Retiring Fund, 1880-1888, n.d.</li> <li>Series III. Miscellaneous, 1825-1869, n.d.</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Mrs. Gilbert E. Jones, 1939, 1950.</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Henry J. Raymond papers. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</span>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Megan O'Shea.</p>"}

extent_statement

.63 linear feet (2 boxes)

date_start

1825

date_end

1894

date_bulk_start

1860

date_bulk_end

1887

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1. Series I. General correspondence [10/1]
2. Series II. Presidential Retiring Fund [4/2]
3. Series III. Miscellaneous [3/1]