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|title=Sun, The
|title=Sun, The
|title to show=The Sun
|title to show=The Sun
|origin=New York, USA
|origin=New York, United States
|description=New York English-language daily newspaper, founded by Benjamin Henry Day on September 3, 1833. One of the pioneering successful penny newspapers in the United States, it was known for local reporting, crime news and human-interest stories. Its history extended to 1950, when it merged with the ''New York World-Telegram''. [https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83030272/ Library of Congress] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(New_York_City) Wikipedia]
 
In 1874 Henry Steel Olcott investigated the phenomena at the Eddy homestead in Vermont on an assignment from the ''Sun'', before continuing his reports for the ''Daily Graphic''. [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/olcott-henry-steel Theosophy World] On June 1, 1890, the newspaper published Elliott Coues’s attack on H. P. Blavatsky, which prompted her libel action against the newspaper. [https://theosophy.wiki/en/Elliott_F._Coues Theosophy Wiki]
|short description=New York daily newspaper; a pioneer of the American penny press.
|first issue=1833-09-03
|last issue=1950-01-04
|approximate lifetime=1833–1950
|ctd rus=Нью-Йорк Сан
|other resources=[https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83030272/ Library of Congress]; [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/olcott-henry-steel Theosophy World: Henry Steel Olcott]; [https://theosophy.wiki/en/Elliott_F._Coues Theosophy Wiki: Elliott F. Coues]
|library links=[https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83030272/ Digitized issues]
|image=The Sun title.jpg
|image=The Sun title.jpg
|description=The Sun was a New York newspaper published from 1833 until 1950. It was considered a serious paper, like the city's two more successful broadsheets, The New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. The Sun was the first successful penny daily newspaper in the United States and the first one to hire a Police reporter. {{ctd-source|WP}}.
|short description=New York daily newspaper. First successful penny daily newspaper in the USA.
|approximate lifetime=1833-1950
|ctd rus=Нью-Йорк Сан
|wikipedia=The Sun (New York City)
|wikipedia=The Sun (New York City)
|other resources=[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/issues/1872/ Library of Congress]
|variations=New York Sun
}}
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