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Description: Sydney Howard Gay (1814-1888) was an American journalist, author and abolitionist. He was an editor at the Anti-Slavery Standard, the New York Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Evening Post. His other activities included lecturing for the American Anti-Slavery Society and writing biographies and the multi-volume History of the United States (with William Cullen Bryant). Collection consists of writings, correspondence, notes, account books, and reports. Writings include manuscripts of the History of the United States and his biographies and other works. Correspondence, notes, reports, and account books are from the American Anti-Slavery Society and the Anti-Slavery Standard.
Names: Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888 (Creator)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1836 - 1886 (Approximate)
Library locations: Manuscripts and Archives Division; Shelf locator: MssCol 1130
Genres: account books; ledgers; writings
Notes: Biographical/historical: Sydney Howard Gay (1814-1888) was an American journalist, author and abolitionist. He was an editor at the Anti-Slavery Standard, the New York Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Evening Post. His other activities included lecturing for the American Anti-Slavery Society and writing biographies and the multi-volume History of the United States (with William Cullen Bryant).; Content: The collection consists of manuscripts of works by Gay, correspondence, notes, account books, and reports. Gay's writings include manuscripts of the History of the United States, his biographies and other works. Also included are correspondence, notes, reports, and account books from the American Anti-Slavery Society and the Anti-Slavery Standard.
Physical Description: Extent: 3 linear feet (6 boxes, 4 v.)
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11848388; MSS Unit ID: 1130; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d1b8bf40-c62b-012f-6fc4-58d385a7bc34

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