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“WE ASK SIMPLYTO BE LET ALONE”
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GREELEY, HORACE. Autograph Letter Signed, to Chairman of the NewYork
State Senate Judiciary Committee Charles J. Folger, recommending that the laws governing
the collection of shipping news remain unchanged. 1 page, 8vo, “New-York Tribune” sta-
tionery, lined paper; faint scattered staining with some touching signature; matted with
portrait and framed.
NewYork, 29 April 1869
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“
. . .We ask simply to be
let alone
.The laws governing the collection of ship news are fair and
just. They were fully acquiesced in by
The Herald
, if not suggested by it. Now that paper
wants to kick up a row . . . .We beg the legislature to do nothing . . . .”
In April 1869, a Ship News Bill, supported by the
Herald
, was proposed that would autho-
rize reporters to board vessels entering NewYork Harbor for the purpose of collecting news; the
Bill was defeated.
LARGE PHOTOGRAPH OF HIMAS GOVERNOR OF NEWYORK
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HUGHES, CHARLES EVANS. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “With my best
regards / Charles E. Hughes,” as Governor of NewYork, bust portrait by Moffett, showing
him looking into the camera. Inscribed in the blank lower margin. 13x10 inches (image),
16x13 inches overall; few scattered abrasions with one at left edge retouched (not affecting
portrait), mounted to board trimmed to size. (MRS) Albany, 19 January 1909
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