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George Haven Putnam was an American soldier, who attained the rank of Major during the Civil War. He was also president of G. P. Putnam Sons, author and publicist.
Background
George Haven was born on April 2, 1844 in London, England, United Kingdom, while his father and mother, Victorine (Haven) Putnam, were living in England, the former as representative of his publishing firm, and was brought to the United States when he was three years old.
Education
Putnam's education, like his father's, was much interrupted. In 1859 he entered the Columbia Grammar School under Charles Anthon. He passed the examination for entrance to Columbia College with the class of 1864, but owing to eye trouble had to be sent abroad for treatment, and after some months of study at the Sorbonne, in Paris, and at the University of Berlin, he continued his studies at Göttingen in University of Göttingen.
Career
From 1857 to 1859 George Haven Putnam earned his way as assistant and tutor in a grammar school at the corner of Broadway and Twentieth Street.
When it became apparent that the Civil War would be of long duration, he returned to the United States, and joined Company E, 176th New York Volunteers, with which regiment he served throughout the war, except while a prisoner. He was soon made a commissioned officer, and attained the rank of major.
He was captured, October 19, 1864, at the battle of Cedar Creek, made an unsuccessful attempt to escape, and was then sent to Libby Prison. Later, he was transferred to the prison at Danville, from which he was released by exchange in 1865. He again saw active service in the closing months of the war and during the occupation of the Confederacy. In the latter years of his life he recorded his war experiences in A Prisoner of War in Virginia 1864-5 (1912) and in Some Memories of the Civil War (1924).
After his resignation from the army in September 1864, as deputy collector he assisted his father, who was then collector of Internal Revenue for the Eighth District, New York. In 1866 he became a partner in the firm of G. P. Putnam & Son, succeeding his father as head of the firm at the latter's death in 1872 and remaining the active head until his own death.
As a copyright expert, he was called to England to testify before a royal commission in 1879, and a few years later he electrified a hearing in America by supplying the lawyer who was cross-examining him with correct references to leading cases which the lawyer had forgotten. He organized in 1886 the American Publishers' Copyright League, which was largely responsible for the copyright acts of 1891 and 1909.
His notable publishing successes were Anna Katharine Greene's first novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878), one of the earlier American detective stories, which had an immense popular success; and writings of American statesmen, including the Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin (10 vols. , 1887 - 88). Among the authors whose works he published were Myrtle Reed, Florence L. Barclay, Guglielmo Ferrero, Norman Angell, James M. Beck, and J. J. Jusserand. Putnam's own writings dealt mainly with the question of copyright and with publishing, though they also include biography, and a story for children, The Little Gingerbread Man (1910), which was still selling well at the time of his death.
In addition to the books on his war experiences, he also wrote two other autobiographical works - Memories of my Youth, 1844-1865 (1914) and Memories of a Publisher, 1865-1915 (1915).
He was interested in the work of numerous organizations, including the City Club, the Citizens' Union, the Bureau of Municipal Research, the American Rights League, the American Free Trade League, and the Peace Society. In 1903 he was a member of the Committee of Fifteen which undertook to improve vice conditions in New York, in 1905 of the Committee of Fourteen, which endeavored to suppress "Raines Law" hotels. He served on the grand jury from 1879 to 1914 and on one occasion, as foreman, secured a court decision to the effect that the grand jury had a right to control its own proceedings independently of the district attorney.
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Religion
During the Civil War religious views were broadened, thus later George Haven Putnam insisted on leaving the Baptist Church.
Politics
Putnam was essentially an independent in politics. As an officer of the Union army, he had been a Republican, but he opposed the third presidential term sought for General Grant in 1880; thereafter he usually classed himself as a Democrat. He helped elect Cleveland and was active in securing the nomination of Woodrow Wilson in 1912, though he supported Hughes in 1916.
Personality
Putnam was of slight stature but of immense vitality and energy. Even in his old age, he habitually walked to work through the worst New York winter weather, and he remained an ardent tennis player and surf bather.
Connections
Putnam was twice married: on July 7, 1889, to Rebecca Kettell Shepard, who died in July 1895; on April 27, 1899, to Emily James Smith, first dean of Barnard College. By his first wife he had four daughters, and by his second, one son.