. Leslie's history of the greater New York . i\ 10, 1841. BENNETT, JAMES GORDON, founder of the New York IhnihJin 1835, and its Managing Editor as well as proprietor until hisdeath, June 2, 1872, was born at New-mills, Banffshire, Scotland,about 1800. He was educated for the Koman Catholic priesthood atAberdeen, but a perusal of Franklins Autobiography turned histhoughts toward America. Peaching Halifax in 1811), he gave lessonsin French, Si)anish, and bookkeeping for a time, and then removedto Boston, where he worked in a juinting office. In 1822 he reachedNew i^ork, and for some years worked
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . i\ 10, 1841. BENNETT, JAMES GORDON, founder of the New York IhnihJin 1835, and its Managing Editor as well as proprietor until hisdeath, June 2, 1872, was born at New-mills, Banffshire, Scotland,about 1800. He was educated for the Koman Catholic priesthood atAberdeen, but a perusal of Franklins Autobiography turned histhoughts toward America. Peaching Halifax in 1811), he gave lessonsin French, Si)anish, and bookkeeping for a time, and then removedto Boston, where he worked in a juinting office. In 1822 he reachedNew i^ork, and for some years worked as reporter and assistant editoron New York newspapers, interspersed with various futile attempts tolaunch a journal of his own. A series of letters as Washington corre-spondent of the Courier and Enquirer attracted attention, and in 1830he became associate editor of this paper. In 1833 he became City Edi-tor of the Peuusj/lvaniaii at Philadeli)hia. He presently returned toNew York, however, and on May 11, 1835, sent forth the first number. .TAMES GORIlOX , JR. 348 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. of the Xew York HcrahU a one-cent daily, from its ori^iinal ottioe in acellar. Refiisinii a political complexion for his sheet, and denyinjithat he had any hobby to promulgate, he filled the paper with newsand gossii) dished up in a si^rightly style. The paper at once becamea success, while his enterprise in getting news ahead of his competi-tors enabled the Herald to lead all rivals for many years in pointof circulation. He married Henrietta Agnes Crean, in her early daysan accomi^lished music teacher, and had two sons and a son is his namesake and successor; the other died in early daughter married Isaac Bell, Jr., and is now a widoAV livingabroad with her three children—one son and two daughters. died in Italy, in March, 1873, not quite a year after her hus-bands decease. CARLETON, GEORGE W., long a prominent publisher of this city,alth
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