Weed, Thurlow
journalist, author, was born Nov. 15, 1797, in Cairo, N. Y.
His first effort in journalism, the great work of his life, was to establish a paper called the Agriculturist, after which he edited various newspapers, until in 1830 he became editor of the Albany Evening Journal, which position he occupied until 1865, and acquired great distinction and influence as a party manager for the whigs and republicans. Being the father of so many newspapers he is sometimes called The Priam of the Press. He was the author of Letters from Europe; and Autobiography. He died Nov. 22, 1882, in New York city.