biography
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| lived:
| (1745–1826)
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| biography:
| Grammarian, born in Swatara Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. He practised law, made his fortune in New York City during the War of Independence and then, for health reasons, retired to England in 1784, buying an estate near York. His English Grammar (1795) was for long the standard text, and was followed by English Exercises, the English Reader, and various religious works. |
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