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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown , Charles Brockden , 1771 -1810 (search)
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810
Author; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 1771: studied law, but abandoned it for literature.
In addition to novels and works of literature he published An address to Franklin: an address to Congress on foreign commerce.
He was the first American author who made literature his profession.
He died in Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1810.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature, Chapter 3 : the Philadelphia period (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature, A Glossary of Important Contributors to American Literature (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 7 (search)