Excerpt from Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Vol. 4 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Vol. 6: Newton-Sears Newton, Richard Heber, clergyman, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 31, 1840 son of the Rev. Richard and Lydia (greatorex) Newton. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal church in Philadelphia, 1857 - 62 was ordained deacon in 1862; was assistant to his father at St. Paul's. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Vol. 3 Erskin E, John, jurist, was born at Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland, Sept. 13, 1813. He was taken in 1821 to America, where he was educated, with the exception of the years 1827 - 32, when he attended school in his native country. He removed to Florida in 1842, and after teaching school for four years he was admitted to the bar in 1846. He removed to Atlanta, Ga., in 1855, and in 1865 was appointed by President Johnson, u.s. District judge for the district Of Georgia. In April, 1882, when the state was divided he was made judge of the southern district, and retired in Decem ber, 1883, being succeeded by Judge Emory Speer. He died in Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 27, 1895. Ervin, James, representative, was born in Williamsburg district, S. C., Oct. 17, 1778. He was graduated from Brown university in 1797, was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1800, and practised law at Pee Dee, He was a representative in the state legislature, 1800 - 04; solicitor of the northern district of the state, 1804-16, and a representative in the 15th and 16th congresses, 1817 - 21. He died near Darling ton Courthouse, July 7, 1841. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States Vol. 2 is part of a multi-book series on the biographies of famous people in United States history. This book compiles a wide range of articles on famous personalities from history edited by John Howard Brown. This publication stands out as a great resource for those learning about, teaching about researching historic figures such as: students of history, history teachers, and historians of American history. This volume begins with historic figures whose last names begin with the letter 'C' and continues through to famous people whose last name begins with the letter 'E'. Compiling the biographies of many notable Americans such as, Henry Clay, Grover Cleveland, James Fennimore Cooper, and Thomas Edison, this book provides ample information on each subject with liberally sprinkled humorous and entertaining anecdotes to amuse the reader. The text also includes a variety of portraits for many of the entries and twelve full-page illustrations of some of the more famous individuals mentioned in the work. In addition to portraiture, the editor made the decision to include the signature of several of the celebrities, allowing the reader to play amateur sleuth when determining if supposed signatures on historical documents are in fact real. Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States Vol. 2 is an interesting book for anyone intrigued by historic figures from United States history. This book promises to grab and hold the reader's attention with its wellspring of information and entertaining stories, not just on individuals but on the entire field of American History. Filled with hundreds of entries, this book has information on all of the who's who in United States history from the countries inception to the turn of the century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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