Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882

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Dates

Existence: 1797 - 1882

Biography

Edward Thurlow Weed (November 15, 1797 – November 22, 1882) was a printer, New York newspaper publisher and Whig and Republican politician. He was the principal political advisor to prominent New York politician William H. Seward and was instrumental in the presidential nominations of William Henry Harrison (1840), Zachary Taylor (1848), and John C. Frémont (1856).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Thurlow Weed letter

Collection

Identifier: Mss 851581.1

Webster Mss 851581.1

Date(s): 1851-10-31

Abstract

In English.