Horace Greeley and the story of a certain sea captain

Source: New Castle Now

Editor’s note: Following is a little anecdote of her father’s that Horace Greeley’s daughter, Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin, remembered from her youth. It is taken from “Proceedings at the Unveiling of a Memorial to Horace Greeley at Chappaqua, N.Y. February 3, 1914. A Personal Impression of Horace Greeley.”