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Index

Barnum, Phineas Taylor (
continued
)

Beaufort, Sir Francis, 183, 225

and advertisements, 105

Bee,
56

and Aunt Nelly humbug, 259–261

Bell, Jared W., 270–272

and Bennett, James Gordon,

Benjamin, Park, 84, 273–274, 298

relationship between, 285–286,

Bennett, James Gordon (father), 20, 72,

287–288

as boardinghouse proprietor, 110–111

204, 208–215, 272, 273

and crockery spinner, 253

and Aunt Nelly humbug, 259–261

early years of, 97–102

and Balloon Hoax, 243

as editor of
Herald of Freedom,

and Barnum, Phineas Taylor,

106–109

relationship between, 285–286,

family of, 104, 109, 110

287–288

as general store proprietor, 103–104

as British immigrant, 86

and glitter, 263

as editor of
Morning Herald,
88–89

as grocery clerk, 103–103, 104

and editorial insults, 286

as grocery store proprietor, 110–111

editorials of, 84–85

and Heth, Joice, 111–112, 113,

and the
Globe,
87

115–120, 121, 250, 251–252,

and Locke, Richard Adams,

253–254, 254–258, 258–259

relationship between, 83

and humbugs, 102, 103, 263–264

and Moon Hoax, 209–211, 211–212,

and Ivy Island, 99–102

212–213, 213–215, 216, 231,

libel suits against, 107–109

260–261, 264

as lottery agent, 105–106, 109

and
Morning Herald,
120

in New York, 104–105

and
Morning Herald,
first issue of,

personality of, 110

88–89

physical appearance of, 109

and
Morning Herald,
new office for,

as porter house proprietor, 105

285, 287–288

as promoter, 121–122

and the
Pennsylvanian,
87

and racial issues, 118–119

personality of, 83–84

radical politics of, 107–109

physical appearance of, 85

and religion, 98–99, 276

retirement of, 285

and Scudder’s American Museum,

and the
Sun,
rejection by, 87

purchase of, 286–288

and Wall Street column, 86

as showman, 112–114, 119

Bennett, James Gordon (son), 285

success of, 262–263

Besley, Thomas, 58

and Temple of Fortune, 105, 109

“A Better Story—Most Wonderful and

Barnum’s American Museum, 105,

Astounding Discoveries by

112–114, 182.
See also
American

Herschell the Grandson, LL.D.,

Museum

F.R.S., P.Q.R., &c. &c. &c.

Bartram, Coley, 111, 112, 115

(Bennett), 214

Baudelaire, Charles, 152–153

Bible, 280–282, 293

Beach, Moses Sperry, 295

Biology, 197

Beach, Moses Yale, 17, 113–114, 214,

Blacks, 6–7.
See also
Abolition; Racism;

237, 244, 283, 285, 289–290, 295

Slavery

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Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine,
56

Child, Lydia Maria, 7

Boardinghouses, 66–67

Cholera epidemic, 5–6, 25

Body snatching, and autopsies,

The Christian Philosopher; or, The

255–256

Connection of Science and

Boston and New York Menagerie, 224

Philosophy with Religion
(Dick),

Bouvard, Alexis, 288

Bowery, 253

Christianity, 195–196.
See also
Religion

Bowery Theatre, 8, 221–222

Church and state, 106

Bowling, John S., 116, 118

Churches, and colleges, 276

Boyd, John, 78

Cilley, Jonathan, 70

Brewster, Sir David, 138–139, 248–249,

City Saloon, 8

Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 289–290,

Bridgwater and Somersetshire Herald,

290–291, 292

57–59, 82, 107

Clemm, Maria, 147, 152, 233, 234,

Brinning, Jeffrey, 58

Bristol Cornucopia,
56–57

Coddington, Jonathan, 270–271

British Scientific Association, 267

Collect Lake, 22

Broadway, 8, 8 (photo)

Colleges, and religion, 195–196, 276

Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
272–273, 295

Columbia Spy,
235, 242–245, 243,

Brooks, Van Wyck, 101

Brother Jonathan
magazine, 37, 283

Commercial Advertiser,
40, 91, 122

Brougham, Lord, 294

circulation of, 20

Bryant, William Cullen, 20, 69, 81, 93,

editor of, 20

and moon series, 202

A Budget of Paradoxes
(De Morgan),

A Complete Account of the Late

288–289

Discoveries in the Moon
(Richard

Burnham Society, 50

Adams Locke), 175, 199, 225

Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine,
236

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

(Quincey), 166

Canadian Dwarfs, 9

Cornucopia,
62

Carlisle, David, 126

Corps of Royal Engineers, 52–53

The Celebrated “Moon Story,” Its

Cotton trade, 92

Origins and Incidents,
210, 280

Courier and Enquirer,
18, 24, 28, 29,

introduction (Griggs), 49, 52, 53

37, 40, 41, 43–44, 45, 77, 85,

Celestial Discoveries
series.
See
Moon

122–123, 201, 210, 216

series

circulation of, 20, 203

Celestial Scenery; or, the Wonders of the

editor of, 20, 69–71

Planetary System Displayed,

and Locke, Richard Adams, as crime

Illustrating the Perfections of Deity

stories reporter, 71–72, 80–82

and a Plurality of Worlds
(Dick),

and merger, 87

and moon series, 203

Chalmers, Thomas, 190

and slavery, 91, 220

Charleston Courier,
87

Cowan, John, 71

Chemistry, 197

Cox, Samuel H., 91

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Crosby, George, 77

and
Sun
’s circulation, 203

Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

and
Whistler
story, 30–31

Arts and Sciences, and Literature

and working-class issues, 24

(Rees), 161

writing style of, 30–31

and Yale College, 181–182

Daily Advertiser,
123, 202

Day, Clarence, 23

Daily Eagle,
284

Day, Eveline Shepard, 25

Daily Sentinel,
24, 27, 41

Day, Henry, 25

Dare, James, 58

De Morgan, Augustus, 288–289

Day, Benjamin, 2, 79, 80, 82, 87, 114,

De Quincey, Thomas, 166, 245

“A Defender of the Faith,” 59–60

“The Deluge” (Hanington), 8

and advertisements, 17, 19, 33

Democracy in America
(Tocqueville),

as compositor, 24, 25, 28

275–276

and crime stories, 44

Democratic-Republican New Era,

early occupations of, 24–25

270–272, 295. See also
New Era

early years of, 23–25

Diamond, John “Master,” 112

editorial insults of, 272

Dick, Thomas, 134, 192–195, 206, 274,

as editor/owner of
Sun,
39–41, 42,

277–279

Dickens, Charles, 4, 79

family of, 25

Diddle, 245–246, 263

founding of, 283–284

“Diddling Considered as One of the

and Matthias the Prophet, 44–45

Exact Sciences” (Edgar Allan Poe),

and
Memoirs of Matthias the Prophet,

245–246

75–76

Dinneford, William, 253

and Moon Hoax, 215, 230

The Discovery of a World in the Moone,

and moon series, 135–136, 175, 177,

or, A Discourse Tending to Prove

181–182

That ‘Tis Probable There May Be

and newsboys, 33–35

Another Habitable World in That

and newspaper format, 27–28

Planet
(Wilkins), 188–189

obituary of, 23

Discovery of Many Distinct Traces of

and penny paper, 27

Lunar Inhabitants, Especially of

personality of, 23–24

One of Their Colossal Buildings”

and printer’s devil, 18

(Gruithuisen), 186–187

and printing presses, 17, 34, 41, 43

Doings of Gotham
(Poe), 235

and slavery, 93–94

Drew, Samuel, 56

and snake story, 43–44, 263

Drummond, Lieutenant (fictional

success of, 262–263

character), 172

and
Sun,
circulation of, 177–178

Duels, 70–71, 83

and
Sun,
first issue of, 17–18,

Dunlap, Leslie W., 291

28–31

Dupin, C. Auguste, 250

and
Sun,
sale of, 283

Durant, Charles, 29

and
Sun
police-court reporter, 36

Dwight, Rev. Timothy, 196

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Edinburgh Encyclopedia,
138

Floy, Michael, 179

Edinburgh Journal of Science,
137,

Forty Years of American Life
(Nichols),

165, 172, 173, 180, 204, 210,

243

Friedrich, Joseph, Freiherr zu Racknitz,

Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal,

133, 188, 200, 210, 219–220, 290

Edinburgh Philosophical Journal,
248

Gangs, 22, 78–79

Editors, newspaper, 20, 28, 69

Garrison, William Lloyd, 92, 220

and editorial insults, 20, 83, 84, 213,

Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 219, 287

Gentleman’s Magazine,
51

personality of, 20

Geology, 190–191, 196–197, 276

and publishing, 132

Glitter, 263

rivalry of, 131

Globe,
87

salary of, 75

Godey’s Lady’s Book,
235, 291

See also individual editors;

Gowans, William, 292

Newspapers

Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s

“The Editor’s Table” (Clark), 289

Magazine,
246

Europe, and moon series, versions of,

Grant, Andrew (fictional character), 137,

227–230

140, 165, 166–167, 169, 170, 171,

Evans, George Henry, 74

172–173, 176, 199–200, 204, 205,

Evening Post,
28, 37, 93, 131, 270

206, 207–208

circulation of, 20

Grave robbing, and medical students,

editor of, 20

255–256

and moon series, 202

Graves, W. J., 70

Evening Star,
93, 123, 125, 131, 181,

“Great Astronomical Discoveries, Lately

Made by Sir John Herschel, L.L.D.,

circulation of, 20

F.R.S., &c. at the Cape of Good

and Moon Hoax, 211–212

Hope,” 136. See also
Great

and snake story, 263

Astronomical Discoveries series

Everett, Edward, 196

Great Astronomical Discoveries
series

Every Saturday
magazine, 297

(Richard Adams Locke), 136, 147,

Extraterrestrial life, 192–195.
See also

170, 174–175, 178, 202, 205, 210,

Lunar inhabitants; Man-bats

274, 277, 279, 280, 282.
See also

Fairs, 252

Moon series

Ferguson, James, 189

Great Britain, 202

Fifth Ward, 28

and Bristol riots, 61–62

Finn, Henry J., 222

and republicanism, 54–56

Fire, 76–77

Great Comet, 90–91

of August 12, 125–127, 204

Greeley, Horace, 26–27, 42, 87–88, 177,

Five Points, 22, 43

Flaherty, Bernard (aka Barney Williams),

Greene, Asa, 42, 43, 205, 217

33–34

Grey, Earl, 61

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Griggs, William, 49, 52, 53, 54–55, 57,

A Treatise on Astronomy,
10,

145–146, 147, 155, 159–161,

Gruithuisen, Franz von Paula, 133,

162–163

186–187, 194, 200, 219

Herschel, Margaret, 145

Herschel, Sir William, 41, 141,

Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 11

142–143, 186, 189–190

Halley’s Comet, 10, 91, 133, 145, 146,

Heth, Joice, 136, 199, 285, 287

age of, 254, 257, 258–259, 260, 261

Hamblin, Thomas, 222

and Aunt Nelly humbug, 259–261

Hanington, Henry, peristrephic dioramas

the automaton, 250, 251–252,

of, 8, 76, 208–209, 222–223, 256

253–254, 259

“Hans Phaall—A Tale” (Edgar Allan

autopsy of, 254–258, 259–261

Poe), 10, 147, 153, 154, 155,

death of, 254, 255

157–161, 234, 236–237, 249, 289

physical appearance of, 115–116

response to, 161–163

woodcut portrait of, 121

sequel to, 162–163, 231–232

Heth, Joice, exhibition, 9–10, 95–96,