Subject: Re: James Gordon Bennett Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 00:37:35 -0500 From: "Ronald F. Bennett" <rbennett@infoave.net> To: len.ben.@xtra.co.nz James Gorden Bennett b. New Mill, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland (1800-1872) He founded the New York Herald. He entered the U.S. Through the port of Charleston,S.C. He is quoated as having said " he wished to see the place where Franklin was born". He was the first newspaper proprietor to employ telegraph wires to transmit a long political speech.;d. New York, 1872.