TILTON, THEODORE

1835–1907, American journalist, b. New York City. After working for the New York Observer he was (1863–71) editor in chief of the Independent, a Congregationalist weekly. He later managed (1872–74) his own weekly, the Golden Age. A popular lyceum speaker, Tilton supported various social reforms such as woman suffrage. He and his wife were active parishioners of Henry Ward Beecher, whom, in what has been called 19th-cent. America's most famous scandal, Tilton sued (1874) for alleged adultery with Mrs. Tilton. The suit lasted for months and ended in a hung jury. In 1883, Tilton went to Europe, where he lived for the remainder of his life. His publications include a romantic novel, Tempest Tossed (1873), and several volumes of poetry.

See R. Shaplen, Free Love and Heavenly Sinners (1954); R. W. Fox, Trials of Intimacy (2000).

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Reverend Beecher and Mrs. Tilton: Sex and Class in Victorian America
Book by Altina L. Waller; University of Massachusetts Press, 1982
Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward--1813-1887, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Biography, Marriage--United States--History--19th Century, Tilton, Elizabeth M. Richards--B. 1834, Tilton, Theodore--1835-1907
...Henry Ward, 1813-1887. 2. Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907, 3. Tilton, Elizabeth...38 Three. Theodore Tilton: Making It in the Gilded Age...130 Nine. Theodore Tilton as Scapegoat: Retreat from the...
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Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the Most Prominent Women of the Present Generation
Book by James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, James M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, E. C. Stanton; S.M. Betts, 1869
Subjects: Women--Biography
...JAMES M. HOPPIN, WILLIAM WINTER, THEODORE TILTON, FANNY FERN, GRACE GREENWOOD...ELIZABETH CADY STANTON , By THEODORE TILTON, 332...37. HELEN FAUCIT,--MRS. THEODORE MARTIN. 38. ANNA ELIZABETH DICKINSON...
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American Communism and Soviet Russia: The Formative Period
Book by Theodore Draper; Viking Press, 1960
Subjects: Communism--United States
American Communism AND Soviet Russia THEODORE DRAPER American Communism AND Soviet Russia THE...PERIOD 1960 THE VIKING PRESS New York COPYRIGHT 1960 BY THEODORE DRAPER FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1960 BY THE VIKING PRESS, INC...
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Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World
Book by Theodore C. Bestor; University of California Press, 2004
Subjects: Markets--Japan--Tokyo--History, Seafood Industry--Japan--Tokyo--History, T?Oky?O-To Ch?U?O Oroshiuri Shij?O--History, Tokyo (Japan)--Social Life And Customs
...MARKET AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD THEODORE C. BESTOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS...photographs were taken by the author, Theodore C. Bestor. Tokyo Uoichiba Oroshi Kyodo...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bestor, Theodore C. Tsukiji: the fish market at the center...
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Hawaii: A Century of Economic Change, 1778-1876
Book by Theodore Morgan; Harvard University Press, 1948
Subjects: Hawaii--Economic Conditions
...VIEWS EXPRESSED LONDON: GEOFFREY CUMBERLEGE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS HAWAII A Century of Economic Change 1778-1876 By THEODORE MORGAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 1948...
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Laura Jane Curtis Bullard (1831-1912)
Journal article by Denise M. Kohn; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 21, 2004
Subjects: Bullard, Laura Jane Curtis--Appreciation, Bullard, Laura Jane Curtis--Biography, Women authors--Appreciation, Women authors--Biography, Women writers--Appreciation, Women writers--Biography
...Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Theodore Tilton, all of whom were committed...Anthony and Stanton: Elizabeth Tilton, Theodore Tiltons spouse, was poetry editor...period, her relationship with Theodore Tilton seems to have become a subject...
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Writing in the Real World
Journal article by Karen L. Kilcup; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 25, 2008
Subjects: Women authors--Practice, Women writers--Practice
...in Letters." The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson. Ed. Wendy Martin. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2002. 51-73. Tilton, Theodore. "Memorial: Elizabeth Barrett Browning." Last Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. New York: James Miller, 1862. 1...
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Catholic Colleges, the Courts, and the Constitution: a Tale of Two Cases
Journal article by Joseph Richard Preville; Church History, Vol. 58, 1989
Subjects: Church History
...received a full hearing in 1971 in the case Tilton v. Richardson. Initiated in the fall of 1968 the Tilton suit challenged the constitutionality of...million. 25 The projects challenged in Tilton were the following: (1) a library at Sacred...
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Spectral Sexualities: Nineteenth-century Spiritualism, Moral Panics, and the Making of U. S. Obscenity Law
Journal article by Molly Mcgarry; Journal of Women's History, Vol. 12, 2000
Subjects: Women--History
...newspaper, took as its authority Theodore Tilton, the wronged husband. Woodhulls...evinced little patience for Theodore Tilton, accusing him of "bogus sentimentality...suffragists in a bind. Both Theodore Tilton and Beecher were prominent movement...
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The Noyes Academy, 1834-35: The Road to the Oberlin Collegiate Institute and the Higher Education of African-Americans in the Nineteenth Century
Journal article by Russell W. Irvine, Donna Zani Dunkerton; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 22, 1998
Subjects: African Americans--Education, Oberlin College--Social policy, Universities and colleges--1835
...reading of the riot act by Doctor Tilton was the only obstruction offered...established by his mentor, Theodore S. Wright, a Presbyterian minister...meeting and, later hiring, Theodore Weld, then a student at the...in Cincinnati, Tappan wrote Theodore Weld and enclosed a draft for...
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encyclopedia articles on: Tilton Theodore  - 5 results

 
 
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Tilton, Theodore
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TILTON, THEODORE 1835 1907, American journalist, b...Golden Age. A popular lyceum speaker, Tilton supported various social reforms such as...19th-cent. Americas most famous scandal, Tilton sued (1874) for alleged adultery with Mrs...
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Tracy, Benjamin Franklin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...eastern district of New York and was defense counsel to Henry Ward Beecher in the adultery suit brought against him by Theodore Tilton. He was (1881 82) judge of the New York court of appeals before becoming Secretary of the Navy (1889 93) under President...
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Woodhull, Victoria (Claflin)
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...socialism. In 1872 the paper reported rumors of a love affair between Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the wife of Theodore Tilton , which provoked a national scandal. Also in 1872, the journal published the first English translation of The Communist...
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Beecher, Henry Ward
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and an easy command of language produced a convincing eloquence. The sensational lawsuit brought against him by Theodore Tilton for adultery ended after a long trial (1875) with disagreement of the jury. Beechers friends acclaimed him the...
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Periodical
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Independent (New York and Boston, 1848 1928), at first Congregationalist under Henry Ward Beecher (1861 63) and Theodore Tilton (1863 70) but later a nonsectarian, crusading publication. The Overland Monthly (San Francisco, 1868 1935) had...


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