Background
Hurlbert, William Henry was born on July 3, 1827 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Martin Luther and Margaret (Morford) Hurlbert.
Hurlbert, William Henry was born on July 3, 1827 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Martin Luther and Margaret (Morford) Hurlbert.
Graduated from Harvard, 1847, Harvard Divinity School, 1849.
Wrote for Putnam’s Magazine, drama critic for Albion, 1855-1857. Worked for New York Times, 1857. Arrested in South for anti-slavery views, 1861, confined in Richmond, escaped in summer 1862.
Stumped for McClellan in presidential campaign, 1864.
Participant-owner New York Commercial Advertiser, 1864-1867. Special correspondent for New York World with special commission to Santo Domingo, 1871, editor-in-chief, 1876-1883.
Author: (play) Americans in Paris: or A Game of Dominoes, 1858. McClellan and the Conduct of the War, 1864.
Ireland under Coercion, 2 volumes, 1888.
England under Coercion, 1893.
Married Katharine Tracy, August 9, 1884.