biography
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| lived:
| (1793–1868)
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| biography:
| Lawyer and writer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He saw combat in the War of 1812, then quit the army in 1818 after a dispute with his commanding officer. Settling in Shawneetown, IL, he practised law, was elected state treasurer (1828), and edited the Illinois Monthly Magazine (1830), an early midwestern literary journal. He moved to Cincinnati (1832) and, while working as a banker there, wrote a series of books on the early frontier, including The Romance of Western History (1857). He also collaborated with Thomas L McKenney in writing History of the Indian Tribes of North America (1836–44, 1884). |
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