Finding Aid for the W.G. Hunt Letter, 1824 November 13
MS-2445 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 14, 2006.
Summary Information
W.G. Hunt Letter
Date/Date Range : 1824 November 13
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains one Nov. 13, 1824 letter from William G. Hunt, the founder of The National Banner. He writes to Abram Maury and John Fitzgerald of the Nashville Republican, inquiring about the identity of an anonymous writer who "assailed" Hunt.
MS-2445
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Collection purchased June 2002.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], W.G. Hunt Letter, MS-2445. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
William G. Hunt (d. 1833) and John S. Simpson started The National Banner in 1822. It was combined with The Nashville Whig in 1826 with Hunt as Editor. Hunt, W. Hassell Hunt, and Peter Tardiff purchased The National Banner and The Nashville Whig in 1830, continuing with Hunt as editor.
In 1824, Abram P. Maury and Cary A. Harris began The Nashville Republican, which changed names to Nashville Republican and Tennessee Gazette. John Fitzgerald and Allen A. Hall bought the paper in 1826 and George Wilson's Nashville Gazette in 1827, and merged them into the Nashville Republican and State Gazette.
Abram Maury was also a State Senator from Williamson County, for whom Maury County was named.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains one Nov. 13, 1824 letter from William G. Hunt, the founder of The National Banner. He writes to Abram Maury and John Fitzgerald of the Nashville Republican, inquiring about the identity of an anonymous writer who "assailed" Hunt.
Subject Terms
- Nashville (Tenn.) -- Newspapers.
- Journalism -- Tennessee.
Contents List
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Letter to "Messrs Maury & Fitzgerald / Editors of the / Nashville Republican" from William G. Hunt, founder of The National Banner, 1824 November 13 Scope Note: Transcription of Letter
Gentlemen,
The reasons I have to offer for an application to you for the name of the author of the article signed "A citizen of Nashville" are such as must, I think, readily suggest themselves to your minds. The article in question contains a direct personal attack upon me by name, in such a manner [as] according to all the principles of fair dealing, entitles me to known by whom I am thus assailed: and when an editor admits such article into his column, I have always understood him bound to make known the name of the author to the person assailed, or [as] assuming, by a refusal, the responsibilities of the authorship upon himself.
Under these circumstances, I presume you will no longer hesitate to comply with my request.
Yours &
W.G. Hunt
Nov. 13. 1824.
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