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158:, said "Mr. Croswell, as a boy, was noticeable for the same quiet, studious, refined habits and associations which have characterized his whole life." When Croswell was seven, he had "the advantage of the best tutors in the locality to instruct his youthful mind." He later attended college, where he studied English. When he was fourteen he began his apprenticeship at the family paper. By his mid-twenties, he had assumed more responsibility for writing, editing, and publishing the paper. 31: 195:
an influential Democratic party machine, urged Croswell to take the position of assistant editor of the Argus. Accepting the position, he worked for Issac Q. Leake, who continued as publisher until the latter part of 1823, when he became too ill to continue. The Argus voiced Van Buren's positions on
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in the 1840s. In May 1855 Croswell, as director of the company, was charged with fraud and dishonest acts (People v Croswell). Croswell was then removed as a director and had to replace the stolen money. His childhood friend, Thurlow Weed, continued to visit Croswell. Edwin Croswell died in
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were reprinted in other papers throughout the state as embodiments of Democratic party principles. In 1840, Croswell was elected to the first of his two terms as 'state printer', which solidified his position in Albany. He retired from the
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questions of the day, including the construction of the Erie Canal, establishment of the national bank, and the states' rights issue of 'nullification'; the
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In 1800, while he lived in the Hudson River town of Catskill, Croswell's father, Mackay Croswell, started a newspaper called the
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Mackay Croswell, father Betsey Shethar, mother
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Cantine was a Catskill native, and had written articles for the
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Life of Thurlow Weed: including his autobiography and a memoir
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History of The County of Albany, NY from 1609 to 1886
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Catskill, New York
Princeton, New Jersey
People vs Croswell
Thomas Jefferson
Thurlow Weed
Albany, New York
Moses I. Cantine
Albany Argus
Martin Van Buren
Albany Regency
Tammany Hall
Gideon J. Tucker
U.S. Mail Steamship Company
Princeton, New Jersey
"Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997 database"
"About This Newspaper: Catskill Recorder"
Library of Congress
The New York Times





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People from Catskill, New York
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Writers from New Jersey
Writers from New York (state)
1797 births

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