(This article was clipped from an unidentified and undated newspaper.)

JOEL T. HEADLEY DEAD.

The Veteran Author and Associate of Horace Greeley
Passes Away at the Age of Eighty-Four.

Newburgh, N. Y., Jan. 16 - Joel T. Headley, the historian, died early this morning. He was eighty-four years old. He was born in Walton, N. Y. in 1813. He graduated from Un[illegible] College in 1839, and afterward took a course in Auburn Theological Seminary. After being ordained he was settled over a church at Stockbridge, Mass. His health failing he went to Europe and wrote "Letters from Italy."

On his return he became associate editor of the New York Tribune, at the solicitation of his friend, Horace Greeley. After a year in this position he resigned and devoted himself exclusively to authorship. His most famous works were "Napoleon and His Marshals," "Washington and His Generals," "History of the War of 1812," "Sacred Mountains," "The Great Rebellion," "Grant and Sherman," "Life of Farragut" and "History of the Great Riots." He was elected to the New York Assembly in 1854, and a year later was chosen Secretary of the State of New York.

He was among the first to call attention by his writings to the Adirondack Mountains as a health resort. He resided here about thirty-five years, and was for much of this time president of the trustees of Washington's Headquarters. One of his sons, ex-District Attorney Russell Headley, is the author of several law books.

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