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Creator
Black, John, 1783-1855
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
1 item
Preferred Citation
John Black manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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John Black, British journalist and newspaper editor. For twenty-six years, Black was the editor of the London newspaper The Morning Chronicle. He is perhaps best remembered as having been the first employer of a young Charles Dickens, who later described Black as his "first hearty out-and-out appreciator.". To an unnamed reporter : 1 autograph note signed : 1825 (MISC 0369), regarding coverage of a coronation for the Morning Chronicle.

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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