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SWEETSER, Henry Edward, journalist, born in New York city, 19 February, 1837; died there, 17 February, 1870. After graduation at Yale in 1858 he devoted himself to mercantile pursuits, and then became a reporter for the New York "Times." In 1860 he was made night editor of the " World," and in 1863 he founded, with his brother, Charles H. Sweet-ser, the " Round Table," from which he withdrew in 1866, and, after a short visit to Europe, returned to New York and engaged in editorial work until his death.--His brother, Charles Humphreys, journalist, born in Athol, Massachusetts, 25 August, 1841 ; died in Palatka, Florida, 1 January, 1871, after graduation at Amherst in 1862 engaged in journalistic work, aided in founding the "Round Table," and became connected with the New York "Evening Gazette." He was an originator of the " Evening Mail" in 180% and the " City" in 1869. After the failure of the latter enterprise he removed to Minnesota, and subsequently to Chicago, where he became literary editor of the "Times," but, owing to impaired health, he went to Florida. He published "Songs of Amherst" (Amherst, 1860); "History of Amherst College" (1860); and "Tourist's and Invalid's Guide to the Northwest" (New York, 1867).
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