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Westcott, Thompson 1820-1888

Editor; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 5, 1820; educated in Pennsylvania; admitted to the bar in 1841; was a law reporter on the Public Ledger in 1846-51; editor of the Sunday despatch in 1848-84; editor-in-chief of the Inquirer in 1863-69; and became editor of the Philadelphia Record in 1884. He has contributed articles to periodicals, and written Life of John Fitch, the inventor of the steamboat; The tax-payer's guide; The chronicles of the Great rebellion against the United States of America; Historic mansions and buildings of Philadelphia, etc. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 8, 1888.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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