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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01640 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | James Gillespie Blaine offering congratulations and advice to an unknown journalist |
| Date | 24 December 1884 |
| Author | Blaine, James Gillespie (1830-1893) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Blaine offers his congratulations to his correspondent upon entering the field of journalism and offers only the advice to make his newspaper "absolutely trustworthy" since journalism is a "tiers etat of political power in America." He believes that swash-buckler, reckless, large-typed" journals shall fail among respectable people. |
| Subjects | Politics Journalism |
| People | Blaine, James Gillespie (1830-1893) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |