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National Amateur Press Association
The First 100 Years: The moving finger...1876-1880
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1876
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Philadelphia, Pa., July 4
Chairman
— Richard Gerner
President
— John Winslow Snyder
Official Editor
— William Pemberton
Charles C. Heuman
(The Official Organ was not established until 1878. Until then
official matters were printed in the paper of the elected
editor.)
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1877
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Long Branch, N. J., July 16, 17
President
— Alexander W. Dingwall
Official Editor
— Charles C. Heuman
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1878
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Chicago, Ill., July 17, 18
President
— William T. Hall
Official Editor
— John Winslow Snyder
Clement Chase (4)
(Mr. Snyder resigned at the convention. Mr. Chase elected.
Vol. 1, No. 1 of
The National Amateur
published in September 1878. Figure in parentheses denotes
the number of issues published.)
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1879
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Washington, D. C., July 16, 17, 18
President
— J. Edson Briggs
Official Editor
— Clement Chase (4)
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1880
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Cincinnati, Ohio, July 14, 15
President
— Will L. Wright
Thomas G. Harrison
Thomas H. Parsons
Official Editor
— Joseph P. Clossey (1)
(Mr. Wright resigned at the convention. Harrison elected, but
because of inactivity the presidency was assumed by First
Vice-President Parsons.)
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