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Lot of 14. Including: Samuel Hopkins Adams (2) (1871-1958; investigative journalist and "muckraker"). Hopkins wrate a series for Collier's on "The Great American Fraud," an expose of patent medicine. A number of other writings were adapted for the stage (Tenderloin, It Happened One Night). Two clipped return addresses. Junius Henri Browne (1833-1902; journalist for New York Tribune). Browne became a war correspondent in 1861; he was wounded at Fort Donelson and taken prisoner near Vicksburg. He was kept at seven different POW camps over 20 months, finally escaping with another journalist, Albert Deane Richardson. The two made it back to Union lines 14 Jan. 1865. Browne was a graduate of Xavier College (now University) in Cincinnati. In addition to journalism, he also wrote several books, primarily non-fiction (such as Four Years in Secessia, documenting his time in the Confederate South). Clipped signature. Henry Richard Chamberlain (1859-1911; newspaper editor and foreign correspondent). Although he died in 1911, Chamberlain predicted during the last decade or so of his life that a World War was coming in Europe. His fellow journalists accused him of "seeing things." Clipped signature. George Jones (1811-1891; co-founder of the New York Daily Times - now just the NY Times). ANS, n.p., n.d. (docketing on verso indicates 3 Oct. (18)67). Addressed to "Friend Beach." Likely Moses S. Beach, owner and publisher of the New York Sun. Herbert Sebastian Agar (1897-1980; journalist, historian, editor at Louisville Courier-Journal). Agar's book The Price of Union was a favorite of John F. Kennedy's. So the story goes, a passage about the courage of John Quincy Adams inspired Kennedy and his speechwriter, Ted Sorensen, to find more examples, the collection which ended up as Profiles in Courage. Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896; journalist, Civil War correspondent, author, politician). Signed piece of note paper. During an illness as a young man, he read a book on surveying. The rest of his life, he viewed the landscape with an engineer's viewpoint. This made him an ideal correspondent during the Civil War. He would become the only journalist to cover the entire war, from Bull Run to Appomattox Court House. He always seemed to be in the "right" place, such as with Gen. Strong Vincent and Col. Joshua Chamberlain as they defended Little Round Top at Gettysburg. His first books documented his experiences during the war, but his best-known work would be The Boys of '76 documenting the Revolution. Walter Dexter (2), editor of The Dickensian (The Magazine of the Dickens Fellowship). One TLS (13 Oct. 1933) and one ALS (n.d.), both on The Dickensian letterhead. Dexter was also the author of several books on Charles Dickens and this family. Jacob August Riis (2) (1849-1914; "mickraking" journalist and social documentary photographer [all in the service of social reforms]) Riis documented the poverty and quality of life in New York's slums. ANS and clipped sig. affixed to larger sheet. Herbert Dickinson Ward (2) (1861-1932; author who also wrote extensively for journals and newspapers). Two signed calling cards. Lowell Thomas (2) (1892-1981; writer, broadcaster, traveler). Known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous. Just prior to his death, the Explorers Club created the Lowell Thomas Award for "men and women who have distinguished in the field of exploration." Calling card with inscription and signature in addition to the printed name, and TLS (NY, 10 Jan. 1933) with cover. Typed letter says he is enclosing a card as an introduction to the President of the New Yorker Hotel (which is the card above).