Theodore Tilton
Theodore Tilton (October 2, 1835 – May 29, 1907) was an American newspaper editor, poet and abolitionist. He was born in New York City to Silas Tilton and Eusebia Tilton (same surname). On his twentieth birthday, October 2, 1855, he married Elizabeth Richards. Tilton's newspaper work was fully supportive of abolitionism and the Northern cause in the American Civil War.Theodore Tilton was present at The Southern Loyalist Convention held in Philadelphia in September 1866. Frederick Douglass writes of him in his autobiography:
There was one man present who was broad enough to take in the whole situation, and brave enough to meet the duty of the hour; one who was neither afraid nor ashamed to own me as a man and a brother; ''one man'' of the purest Caucasian type, a poet and a scholar, brilliant as a writer, eloquent as a speaker, and holding a high and influential position—the editor of a weekly journal having the largest circulation of any weekly paper in the city or State of New York—and that man was ''Mr. Theodore Tilton''. He came to me in my isolation, seized me by the hand in a most brotherly way, and proposed to walk with me in the procession.
From 1860 to 1863, Tilton was the assistant of Henry Ward Beecher at the New York periodical ''The Independent'', owned by Henry Chandler Bowen. He succeeded Beecher as editor-in-chief until he was forced to resign in 1870. In 1869 he gave the commencement speech for the Irving Literary Society.
In 1874 Tilton filed a complaint against Beecher for "criminal conversation" (adultery) with Elizabeth Richards Tilton and sued for a $100,000 (~$}} in ) judgment.
The Beecher-Tilton trial ended in a deadlocked jury. Afterwards, Tilton moved to Paris, where he lived for the rest of his life. In the 1880s, Tilton frequently played chess with a fellow American exile, ex-Confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin, until the latter died in 1884.
As a poet, Tilton is famous for his 1858 poem "The King's Ring", with its famous line, "Even this shall pass away", which is the last line of each of its seven stanzas. Provided by Wikipedia
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Official report of the trial of Henry Ward Beecher with notes and references / by Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
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Golden-haired Gertrude : a story for children / by Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
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The sexton's tale, and other poems. by Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
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Tempest-tossed a romance / by Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
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Sanctum sanctorum; or, Proof-sheets from an editor's table. by Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
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Tempest-tossed. : A romance / by Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
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Victoria C. Woodhull a biographical sketch / by Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
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The rights of women a letter to Horace Greely / by Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
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The Constitution a title-deed to woman's franchise a letter to Charles Sumner / by Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
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Last poems / by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Poems / by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Theodore Tilton vs. Henry Ward Beecher action for crim. con. [i.e., criminal conversation], tried in the City Court of Brooklyn, Chief Justice Joseph Neilson, presiding / by Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
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Official report of the trial of Henry Ward Beecher, with notes and references by Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
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Official report of the trial of Henry Ward Beecher, with notes and references by Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
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Data processing for decision-making : an introduction to third-generation information systems / by Brightman, Richard W.
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Official report of the trial of Henry Ward Beecher by Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
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Beecher-Tilton investigation the scandal of the age : full and impartial account : all the letters, sworn statements, private correspondence, and many additional facts now for the...
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A review of the Beecher case by Fairfield, Edmund B. (Edmund Burke), 1821-1904
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Theodore Tilton v. Henry Ward Beecher action for crim. con. tried in the City Court of Brooklyn, Chief Justice Joseph Neilson, presiding /
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Pictorial edition of the Tilton-Beecher trial a complete history, containing over one hundred engravings of this famous trial.
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