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{"value"=>"261", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 261", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1831-1861", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1831/1861"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"James Gordon Bennett papers"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes, 1 volume", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- physloc
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{"value"=>"*Z-9488 [Microfilm of correspondence]"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872) was the founder and editor of the New York Herald."}
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{"value"=>"<p>James Gordon Bennett Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bennett, James Gordon, 1795-1872", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872) was the founder and editor of the New York Herald. Born in New Mill, Banffshire, Scotland, Bennett emigrated to the United States in 1819. He worked as a teacher and lecturer before founding the New York Herald in 1835.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of letters and other communications to James Gordon Bennett as editor and publisher of the Herald, and a diary kept by Bennett during a journey through New York State from June to August of 1831. The letters were sent by literary contributors and correspondents in various cities and include responses to articles published in the paper, requests for positions with the Herald, advertisements, and suggestions for future articles. Topics include U.S., New York State and New York City politics, religion, crime, and advertising. Also included are three letters and a signed agreement from R. Hoe & Co., 1841 and 1861 regarding the provision of equipment for the Herald. Bennett's replies are not present. Miscellaneous unsorted materials contain articles, poems, short stories and other submissions for publication and newspaper clippings.</p> <p>Bennett's diary covers his travels through New York including the towns of Saratoga, Schenectady, Utica, Syracuse, Auburn, Ithaca, Geneva, Canandaigua, Avon Springs, Rochester, Lockport, Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Batavia, Geneva. During part of his journey he was accompanied by Martin Van Buren, Benjamin F. Butler, and Nathaniel S. Benton. The diary contains quotes from conversations with politicians, editors and other on current events, the U.S. Bank, and anti-Masonry.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The James Gordon Bennett papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/261#c174363'>Series I. Letters to James Gordon Bennett</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1840-1851, 1861, n.d</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/261#c174372'>Series II. Miscellaneous scripts and submissions</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/261#c174373'>Series III. Diary</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1831 Jun-Aug</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The James Gordon Bennett Papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Series I. Letters to James Gordon Bennett, 1840-1851, 1861, n.d.</li> <li>Series II. Miscellaneous scripts and submissions</li> <li>Series III. Diary, 1831 Jun-Aug</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Mrs. Rodman Gilder (55M49); Purchase, (65M8)</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Anastacio Teodoro; machine readable finding aid created by FAKER.</p>"}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p>Boxes 1 and 2 available on microfilm, call number *ZL-243.</p>"}
- date_start
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1831
- keydate
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1831
- date_end
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1861
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1831
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1861
- extent_statement
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.5 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 volume)