. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . e and thus re- only the founder, but the first Corres- William Ladd, the Apostle of Peace 275 ponding Secretary, Editor and GeneralAgent. In the same month in which theAmerican Peace Society was organ-ized, Mr. Ladd commenced the publi-cation of The Harbinger of Peace, amonthly duodecimo ofIts circulation was aboutper month. For threeLadd continued to editorgan of the American Peace May, 1831, he was compelled byill health to lay down this editorialburden. The name of the paper was
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . e and thus re- only the founder, but the first Corres- William Ladd, the Apostle of Peace 275 ponding Secretary, Editor and GeneralAgent. In the same month in which theAmerican Peace Society was organ-ized, Mr. Ladd commenced the publi-cation of The Harbinger of Peace, amonthly duodecimo ofIts circulation was aboutper month. For threeLadd continued to editorgan of the American Peace May, 1831, he was compelled byill health to lay down this editorialburden. The name of the paper was 24 pages. 1500 copies years Mr. this official These afterwards were published inbook form. In addition to his threeseries of essays, the following volumesissued from his pen: The Sword orChristmas Presents, Howard and Na-poleon Contrasted, The French Sol-dier, History of Alexander the Great,etc. William Ladd literally wore him-self out in labors for peace. In May,1833, he was taken sick in New Yorkand was not able to reach his homeuntil June. For an entire year hewas obliged to remain quiet. When. William Ladd changed to The Calumet. The initialnumber of the Calumet, which was abi-monthlv, was published May-June,1831. In 1835, The Advocate ofPeace superseded The Calumet as theofficial bulletin of the American PeaceSociety. The Advocate is now pub-lished monthly in Washington and isthe ablest and most influential peacepublication in the world. In 1836 and 1837, Mr. Ladd pub-lished in the Christian Mirror a seriesof twenty-two essays on Obstaclesand Objections to the Cause of Peace. the annual meeting of the AmericanPeace Society was held in New YorkMay, 1834, its founder was un-able to attend. In a beautiful letterof greetings, however, he made aliberal contribution of money for thecarrying on of the work. In 1840 and1841 he undertook an extensive lec-ture tour in western Massachusettsand New York. He planned also atrip into Ohio. But he was obligedto abandon the Ohio itinerary.
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