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George Templeton Strong: Chronicler of New York

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Templeton Strong. Today he is recognized as a brilliant diarist – to nineteenth-century New York City what Samuel Pepys was to seventeenth-century London. From 1835 to 1875, Strong recorded the political, social and cultural world of New York – the treacherous currents where ships and men often floundered. Among historians, he is especially recognized for his record of the Civil War. A tireless public servant, Strong served as a dedicated, if sometimes curmudgeonly, trustee for many institutions including the New York Society Library.











When: Wed., Nov. 4, 2020 at 2:00 pm
Where: The New York Society Library
53 E. 79th St.
212-288-6900
Price: Free
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This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Templeton Strong. Today he is recognized as a brilliant diarist – to nineteenth-century New York City what Samuel Pepys was to seventeenth-century London. From 1835 to 1875, Strong recorded the political, social and cultural world of New York – the treacherous currents where ships and men often floundered. Among historians, he is especially recognized for his record of the Civil War. A tireless public servant, Strong served as a dedicated, if sometimes curmudgeonly, trustee for many institutions including the New York Society Library.

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