DANA, Charles Anderson. Autograph Letter Signed (“C.A. Dana”). New York, January 15, 1866. 4 pages, octavo (conjoining leaves), to Thomas Brown Esq. Light creasing and discoloration, overall in fine condition. ¶ Charles A. Dana (1819-97), prominent American newspaper editor, joined the Brook Farm cooperative at an early age and contributed to the Dial and Harbinger. While there he met Horace Greeley under whom he later served as city then managing editor of the New York Tribune. He broke with Greeley over his support of the Civil War, leaving the paper to work as a special commissioner and later assistant secretary of the War Department. After the war he became part owner and editor of the New York Sun where he was the innovator of the “human interest” story. In this letter written while Dana was still editor of the doomed Chicago Republican he declines to invest in a gold mine. “My dear Sir: / Many thanks for your kind efforts with Jay Cooke & Co. / I find it is so very uncertain whether I shall accomplish anything here that I must keep every cent which I have in such a form that I can command it at any moment for I may go to Jerusalem or Madagascar in search of a place to work in. For this reason I must keep myself from investing in your gold mine attractive as that speculation seems to be. / If I should succeed here and the chance should then be open I dare say I should like to make a modest investment in it. / The Senatorial election was a closer pinch than I expected. The power of money & the power of office were both brought to bear against us. / Yours faithfully / C.A. Dana.” Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 883    inquire

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