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See also:WEED, See also:THURLOW (1797—1882) , See also:American journalist and politician, was See also:born in See also:Cairo, See also:Greene See also:county, New See also:York, on the15th of See also:November 1797. He began to See also:earn his own living at the See also:age of eight. From 1811 to 1818 he worked as an apprentice and journeyman printer in See also:Onondaga Hollow, See also:Utica, See also:Auburn, See also:Cooperstown, See also:Albany and New York See also:City. His first See also:independent enterprises, the Republican Agriculturist, established at See also:Norwich, N.Y., in 1818, and the Onondaga County Republican, established at See also:Manlius, N.Y., in 1821, proving unsuccessful, he became editor of the See also:Rochester See also:Telegraph in 1822. Entering politics as an opponent of the Democratic See also:machine, which he termed the Albany Regency, Weed was in 1824 elected to the See also:Assembly on the See also:John See also:Quincy See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams See also:ticket, serving for a single session (1825). Two years later, during the excitement over the disappearance of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Morgan (see See also:ANTI-MASONIC PARTY). he retired from the Telegraph and threw himself with See also:enthusiasm into the attack on the Masonic See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, editing for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the Anti-Masonic Enquirer. In 183o he established and became editor of the Albany Evening See also:Journal, which he controlled for See also:thirty-five years. Supporting the Whigs and later the Republicans, it was one of the most influential anti-See also:slavery papers in the See also:north-See also:east; and Thurlow Weed himself became a considerable force in politics. In 1863 he retired from the Journal and settled in New York City. In 1867 he assumed editorial See also:control of the Commercial Advertiser, but was soon compelled to resign on See also:account of See also:ill-See also:health. He died in New York City on the 22nd of November 1882.
See The See also:Life of Thurlow Weed (vol. i., Autobiography, edited by his daughter, Harriet A. Weed; vol. ii., Memoir, by his See also:grandson, Thurlow Weed See also:Barnes, See also:Boston and New York, 1884). The Memoir is especially full for the See also:period 1850-1867.
End of Article: WEED, THURLOW (1797—1882)
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