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Greeley

American  
[gree-lee] / ˈgri li /

noun

  1. Horace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.

  2. a city in N Colorado.


Greeley British  
/ ˈɡriːlɪ /

noun

  1. Horace. 1811–72, US journalist and political leader: founder (1841) and editor of the New York Tribune, which championed the abolition of slavery

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When the plot went public, it was denounced outside Dixie — Horace Greeley’s New-York Tribune called it the “Manifesto of the Brigands”—and the idea was shelved as America slid toward civil war.

From Barron's

When the plot went public, it was denounced outside Dixie — Horace Greeley’s New-York Tribune called it the “Manifesto of the Brigands”—and the idea was shelved as America slid toward civil war.

From Barron's

The company, which has a U.S. headquarters in Greeley, Colo., also has facilities and offices throughout Europe and Australia.

From Los Angeles Times

His daring would win the admiration of national antislavery advocates such as Ohio Gov. Salmon P. Chase and Horace Greeley, the editor of the New York Tribune, which regularly published Clay’s speeches and letters.

From The Wall Street Journal

To Douglass, Lincoln’s letter to Greeley sounded like betrayal.

From The Wall Street Journal