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1896
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1936
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{"value"=>"Section 1"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Includes documents and correspondence about ASO's acquisition of the NYT, including: ASO's letter to John Walsh telling of H. Alloway's telegrams apprising him of the opportunity to acquire the NYT; ASO's notes of Charles Flint's first proposal to him (March 1896); clippings about sale rumors; ASO's telegram to GWO about progress; Spencer Trask's initial proposal to ASO; ASO's letter to Ben Franck on reaching an understanding with the Reorganization Committee; Alloway's telegram to ASO on a news leak about the sale and news release, with a letter from H. H. Kohlsaat (April 1896); ASO's notes about the negotiations; a petition to the State Supreme Court to place the company in the hands of a receiver; a court order; ASO's draft of a letter to John Inman explaining Inman's careless remark to Flint about ASO's notes being past due; ASO's drafts of reorganization proposal and management, addressed to Trask (May 1896); ASO's letter to GWO and other correspondence on the progress in negotiations; clipping on announcement of receiver's sale (June 1896); clipping from The Argonaut on the receiver's sale; copy of the agreement between ASO and the Reorganization Committee; copy of the revised agreement and resolution of the new NYT Co. accepting it; Chattanooga Times article on agreement; copy of ASO's announcement on the NYT editorial page including his famous \"credo\"; newspaper articles on ASO's assumption of management (Aug. 1896); by-laws of the new company (Sept. 1896); financial statement; ASO's letters to his cousin Mattie Tachau and John Walsh about his assumption of management and improvements in NYT since then (Oct-Nov 1896); ASO's letter to John Agar protesting the receiver's use of the new company's stationery as harming its reputation; E. Mora Davison's letter to ASO and Spencer Trask's memorandum on further steps in the financial reorganization; ASO's letter refuting the rumor that the NYT's stock is for sale; copies of two agreements related to the financial organization (1897); ASO's letter to H. B. Hyde on improvements in the company's finances; handwritten and typed draft of ASO's refinancing plan; ASO's letter to M. J. Parrott denying rumors that control has passed to Tammany interests; ASO's letter to E. Mora Davison on stock transaction between the new company and the Reorganization Committee; ASO's letter to Charles R. Miller detailing refinancing plan; his statement and telegram to Minneapolis Times denying rumors of negotiations with William Waldorf Astor or the other Wall Street interests for further financing in exchange for part ownership (1898); list of stockholders as of January; ASO's letter to Leopold Wallach on a Mr. Taylor's opposition to his acquisition and reorganization plan (1899); ASO's letter to Reorganization Committee claiming that he had met terms of the 1896 Agreement and asking to be given stock held in escrow for him, draft resolution, the Committee's letter rejecting the request, minutes of a new Committee meeting reversing the stand, and financial reports used as basis for this action (July-August 1900); ASO's letter to Henry Stix reviewing the acquisition and successful management since (1901); August Belmont's letter to ASO on helping him in his acquisition bid with marginal notes by ASO (1921); excerpts from Kohlsaat's book relating to ASO's negotiations for the NYT (1923); copy of ASO's letter to L. G. Walker reviewing the negotiations (1934); and Godfrey Nelson's memorandum about ASO's appointment (not election) as publisher and general manager in 1896 (1936).</p>"}
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{"type"=>"did", "value"=>" For the original drafts of the \"credo\" in ASO's handwriting, see Policy. For details on the negotiations, see ASO's letters to his wife, almost daily in June and July 1896, under Ochs, Adolph S. (Mrs.) (Effie Wise Ochs) and under the name of individuals involved, such as Spencer Trask.\n\nSee also: Adler, Harry C. \nAnniversaries\nBent, Silas\nDavison, Mora E.\nDodge, Marcellus Hartley\nFederal Trade Commission\nFelton, S. M.\nFinances, of the New York Times\nHartley, Marcellus \nLibel and Slander: Hearst Suits, 1904-1908\nMcRae, Milton A. (Col.) \nOchs, George W. (later Ochs-Oakes, George W.)\nSpinney, George F. \nTerrill, Edward\nTrask, Spencer\nVan Dyck, F. T.\nWorld War I: O'Leary Trial "}
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1896
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1936
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