About Edwin Curtis Bailey
Lived 1816 – 1890 (aged 74). Edwin Curtis Bailey was an American newspaper editor and postmaster.
Edwin Curtis Bailey (June 10, 1816 – August 19, 1890) was an American newspaper editor and postmaster.
Biography Bailey was born on June 10, 1816, in Albany, New York. He served as the postmaster of Boston from 1853 to 1857,
Bailey later was the owner and editor of the Boston Herald, until he sold the newspaper in 1869. In 1878, Bailey was hired by Charles H. Taylor to be editor of The Boston Globe, He was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston.
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Who was Edwin Curtis Bailey?
American newspaper editor (1816–1890)
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Edwin Curtis Bailey was born on 10 June 1816 in Albany, New York.
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Edwin Curtis Bailey died on 19 August 1890 in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Edwin Curtis Bailey was a newspaper editor and postmaster.
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Edwin Curtis Bailey was American.
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