Horatio Hastings Weld

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Horatio Hastings Weld (4 February 1811 – 27 August 1888) (commonly referred to as H. Hastings Weld) was an American

newspaper editor and minister.[1] In 1845 he became an Episcopal minister.[1][2]

Weld was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1811. In 1845, Weld was ordained a minister in the

rector of St. James Episcopal Church of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Trinity Church of Moorestown, New Jersey and Christ Church of Riverton, New Jersey.[3]

Weld's books include The Women of the Scriptures (1848); Life of Christ (1850); and Sacred and Poetical Quotations (1851).

Weld served as editor for several New York City periodicals, including Brother Jonathan, and the short-lived Evening Tattler.[4] He also served as editor of the Boston-based newspaper the New England Galaxy, recruiting John Neal to co-edit the paper in 1835.[5]

Weld died in Riverton in 1888.

References

  1. ^ a b Wilson, James Grant & Fiske, John (eds.) Appleton's cyclopædia of American biography, Volume 6, p.424 (1889)
  2. ISBN 978-1584650065
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  3. ^ "H. Hastings Weld". Blue Letter Bible. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. ISBN 978-0230604704
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  5. OCLC 7588473
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