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Drake, Francis Samuel, 1828-1885

Biographer; born in Northwood, N. H., Feb. 22, 1828; son of Samuel Gardner Drake. He is the author of Dictionary of American biography; Life of Gen. Henry Knox; The town of Roxbury; Indian history for young folks, etc. He edited Schoolcraft's history of the Indians. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 22, 1885.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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