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Creator
Kinsella, Thomas, 1832-1884
Call number
MssCol 1650
Physical description
.08 linear feet (1 v.)
Preferred Citation
Thomas Kinsella papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Thomas Kinsella (1832-1884) was born in Ireland and settled in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (known also as the Brooklyn Eagle) from 1861 until his death. He held various political offices including election to Congress in 1870 as a Democrat. Collection consists of scrapbook containing clippings, ca. 1861-1868, of articles and editorials from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle with Kinsella's manuscript comments. Topics include Brooklyn political matters, the Civil War, international affairs, and Kinsella's life and career. Criticisms of plays performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music also are included.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Purchase, Wormser, Richard S, 1938

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Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328