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Bennett, James Gordon
Biography
1 Sept. 1795–1 June 1872. Journalist, newspaper owner. Born at Newmill, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. Catholic. Moved to Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ca. 1815; to Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, 1819; to Boston; to New York, ca. 1822; to Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1822; to New York City, 1823; to Washington DC, 1827; to Philadelphia, 1832; and back to New York City, 1833. Founder of New York Herald, 1835. Married Henrietta Agnes Crean, 6 June 1840, at New York City. Lauded by JS for his evenhanded reporting on Latter-day Saint doctrines and people. Appointed to rank of brigadier general in Nauvoo Legion, May 1842. Awarded “freedom of the city” of Nauvoo and honorary doctor of laws degree from University of Nauvoo, Aug. 1842. Died at New York City.
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- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Book of Abraham and Facsimiles, 1 March–16 May 1842
- Discourse from John C. Bennett, 18 December 1841
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–A
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 1 September 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 16 August 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 20 February 1843
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 1 October 1842
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 8 March 1843
- Letter from Willard Richards, 9 August 1842
- Letter to Editor, circa February 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17–18 March 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17–18 March 1843, Draft
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter, Willard Richards to James Arlington Bennet, 19 March 1843
- Minutes, 18 December 1841
- Minutes, 18 December 1841, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 22 April 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Poem to William W. Phelps, between circa 1 and circa 15 February 1843
- Resolution, 18 December 1841–A
- Resolution, 18 December 1841–A, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Resolution, 22 April 1842–A
- Resolution, 22 April 1842–A, as Published in the Wasp –A
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