Autograph Letter, signed Horace Greeley to Obidiah A. Bowie O.A.B.

by Horace Greeley

$250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

1 -1/2 pages. 12mo. Old folds, else very good. Item #314879 Though he may not have coined the slogan go west, young man..., Horace Greeley 1811-1872 , founder of the New-York Tribune, which is considered among the great newspapers of its time, is certainly credited with popularizing the phrase. In this short letter to fellow newspaper man Obidiah A. Bowie, Greeley informs his life-long friend and correspondent, that he will go west.

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