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 | | Brownson, Orestes (1803-76): Journalist and author and one of the leading lay theologians of the 19th century. |
 | | McMaster, James (1820-86): Journalist; converted in 1845, he studied briefly with the Redemptorists; launched a career in journalism in 1846; editor of the Freeman’s Journal which became a powerful voice in American Catholicism; imprisoned briefly in 1861-62 for his opposition to Lincoln and the Civil War; inaugurated the first American pilgrimage to Rome. |
 | | Walsh, Robert (1784-1859): Journalist and author; founded The American Review of History and Politics, 1811, American Register, 1817, and, with William Frye, the National Gazette and Literary Register; dedicated Federalist and patriot. |
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