Biography

Veteran journalist and editor in chief of The New York Commercial Advertiser. He succeeded Thurlow Weed as its editor in chief, and was "an intimate friend and follower of Thurlow Weed and Seward." He was also an early supporter of the Republican party. Most likely the "Hugh Hastings" mentioned in 18590724WHS_FMS, as he would have known WHS and was in Paris at the same time as him, as evidenced by his passport application (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=bqQ139&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=i1mEFKwnYtCevFu3I7kN4Q%3D%3D&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=hugh&gsfn_x=0&gsln=hastings&gsln_x=0&msady=1859&msapn__ftp=New%20York,%20USA&msapn=35&_83004003-n_xcl=f&MSAV=1&uidh=if4&pcat=IMG_BORDERCROSS&h=1516043&dbid=1174&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2) and return date to New York (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=bqQ147&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=InPie/CbR5gGzhnTS//Htg%3D%3D&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=hugh&gsfn_x=0&gsln=hastings&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1820&msbpn__ftp=Ireland&msbpn=3250&msady=1859&msapn__ftp=New%20York,%20USA&msapn=35&_83004003-n_xcl=f&MSAV=1&uidh=if4&pcat=40&h=1615805&dbid=7488&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1), though on the Fulton, not the Persia as mentioned in 18590724WHS_FMS.