“If you seek his monument, look about you.”
These words, written by a Los Angeles newspaperman, summarize succinctly the life and words of General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times from to
Born in Ohio on Feb. 10, , Otis was the youngest of 16 children. He came from a Boston family of fine repute. His life was fraught with adventure and controversy. The complex of his professions ranged from goat herder and soldier to editor and publisher.
Otis’ first association with journalism came at the age of 14 when he worked as a printer’s devil. In , he attended Wetherby Academy at Lowell, Ohio, and a few years later graduated from Granger’s Commercial College at Columbus.
Otis entered military service during the Civil War and participated in 15 battles and was wounded twice. He was cited for gallant and meritorious services, and in , as a lieutenant colonel, he was honorably discharged.
He journeyed to California in to raise Angora goats; however, that same year, he became editor and publisher of the Santa Barbara Press.
In , he came to Los Angeles and acquired an interest in The Times. It had been founded in December He soon became editor and owner of the ne
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HARRISON GRAY OTIS (), American politician, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 8th of October He was a nephew of James Otis, and the son of Samuel Allyne Otis (), who was a member of the Confederation Congress in and secretary of the United States Senate from its first session in until his death. Young Otis graduated from Harvard College in , was admitted to the bar in , and soon became prominent as a Federalist in politics. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in , in the National House of Representatives in , as district-attorney for Massachusetts in , as speaker of the state House of Representatives in , as a member of the state Senate from to , and as president of that body in and , as a member of the United States Senate from to , and as mayor of Boston in He was strongly opposed to the War of , and was a leader in the mov
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Indenture between Elizabeth Woodmansey and John Richards, 19 Aug. [copy]
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The father of Harrison Gray Otis was Samuel Allyne Otis, and his mother was Elizabeth Gray, daughter of Harrison Gray, a Loyalist. Otis, who was born October 8, , could remember standing at the window of his birthplace, which stood on the estate that joined the Revere House, and watching the British regulars march to Lexington.
In , when but eighteen, he was first-honor man at Harvard, and had already given evidence of brilliant oratory that was to give him such a prominent place in New England. He studied law with Judge Lowell, and was admitted to the bar. Each morning at a very early hour, Benjamin Bussy, a merchant, on his way to open his store, noticed a pair of shoes posted at the window of Judge Lowell's office, and led by his curiosity to learn who could be there, discovered young Otis at study. More curious to know if young Otis studied all night, Bussy went by one morning before daylight, and there were the shoes. He went in, and again found young Otis with his feet on the sill, who told him that the early morning was his favorite time to study. So impressed was the merchant that he straightway made Otis his
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The father of Harrison Gray Otis was Samuel Allyne Otis, and his mother was Elizabeth Gray, daughter of Harrison Gray, a Loyalist. Otis, who was born October 8, , could remember standing at the window of his birthplace, which stood on the estate that joined the Revere House, and watching the British regulars march to Lexington.
In , when but eighteen, he was first-honor man at Harvard, and had already given evidence of brilliant oratory that was to give him such a prominent place in New England. He studied law with Judge Lowell, and was admitted to the bar. Each morning at a very early hour, Benjamin Bussy, a merchant, on his way to open his store, noticed a pair of shoes posted at the window of Judge Lowell's office, and led by his curiosity to learn who could be there, discovered young Otis at study. More curious to know if young Otis studied all night, Bussy went by one morning before daylight, and there were the shoes. He went in, and again found young Otis with his feet on the sill, who told him that the early morning was his favorite time to study. So impressed was the merchant that he straightway made Otis his
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