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1870 AD (search for this): entry holland-josiah-gilbert
Holland, Josiah Gilbert 1819-1881 Author; born in Belchertown, Mass., July 24, 1819; graduated at the Berkshire Medical College in 1844; engaged in practice in Springfield, Mass., till 1847; then became a teacher in Richmond, Va., and in a few months was called to the superintendency of the public schools in Vicksburg, Miss. A year later he returned to Springfield, and was made associate editor of the Republican, and continued as such till 1866. In 1870 he became editor and part owner of Scribner's monthly. He made his advent as a book-maker in 1855, by reprinting his History of Western Massachusetts, which had appeared as contributions to the Republican. Later he published The Bay path: a colonial tale; Timothy Titcomb's letters to young people, married and single, which met with much success; Bitter sweet, a poem in dramatic form, which was even more popular than Titcomb's letters; Life of Abraham Lincoln; Kathrina: her life and mine in a poem; Lessons in life; The story of
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rtown, Mass., July 24, 1819; graduated at the Berkshire Medical College in 1844; engaged in practice in Springfield, Mass., till 1847; then became a teacher in Richmond, Va., and in a few months was called to the superintendency of the public schools in Vicksburg, Miss. A year later he returned to Springfield, and was made associate editor of the Republican, and continued as such till 1866. In 1870 he became editor and part owner of Scribner's monthly. He made his advent as a book-maker in 1855, by reprinting his History of Western Massachusetts, which had appeared as contributions to the Republican. Later he published The Bay path: a colonial tale; Timothy Titcomb's letters to young people, married and single, which met with much success; Bitter sweet, a poem in dramatic form, which was even more popular than Titcomb's letters; Life of Abraham Lincoln; Kathrina: her life and mine in a poem; Lessons in life; The story of Sevenoaks; Nicholas Minturn, etc. He died in New York City, O
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