Author: Smalley, George Washburn (1833-1916). Journalist and "Times" correspondent who made his name as a battlefield correspondent for the New York Tribune during the American Civil War.
Title: Autograph Letter Signed by the Journalist George Washburn Smalley, Who Served As a Battlefield Correspondent for the New York Tribune During the CIVIL War.
Description: Hyde Park Square, [London], May 19, 1890. 1890. - Over 45 words penned on 7 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide speckled blue "8, Chester Place, Hyde Park Square" stationery. Apologizing for not being able to "call on" the American lecture manager Major Pond "today", Smalley suggests that he might "conveniently look in at the Devonshire Club, St James St. any day between 1 and 2, Tuesday excepted, you would be likely to find me.." Signed "G.W. Smalley". Folded for mailing. Fine.

The journalist and "Times" of London correspondent George Washburn Smalley (1833-1916) made his name as a battlefield correspondent for the New York Tribune during the American Civil War. He went on to establish the London office of that paper, fitting in with that City's aristocratic and Tory circles. Smalley was American correspondent to the "Times" of London from 1895 to 1906. A member of the Beefsteak Club, he socialized with Carlo Pellegrini and Arthur Blouet as well as James McNeil Whistler, frequently writing about the painter's works. He supported Whistler following his libel trial with Ruskin. Fine .

Keywords: JOURNALISM; HISTORY; JOURNALIST; GEORGE WASHBURN SMALLEY; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT; TIMES; NEW YORK TRIBUNE; BATTLEFIELD CORRESPONDENT; CIVIL WAR; ART CRITIC.

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