Horace Greeley 1811-1872 American journalist and founder of the New York Tribune which advocated abolition and universal amnesty and suffrage Greeley also posted bail for Jefferson Davis Als on New York Tribune letterhead, lp 8vo., New York Oct 12 1869 to attorney O. P. Burnside. In part If you let me lecture for you on the evening of Monday, Dec. 6th I will be with you I Price 100 Subject Either 1. Great Men 2. Abraham Lincoln Greeley was as famous a lecturer as he was a newspaperman.