Biographical sketch of James Bridger, ca. 1878.

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Biographical sketch of James Bridger, ca. 1878.

Fifteen-page handwritten biographical sketch by Brisbin of frontiersman Jim Bridger.

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Brisbin, James Sanks, 1837-1892

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Brisbin was born in 1837 at Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, a son of Margaret and Ezra Brisbin. He studied at the Boalsburg Academy, and upon graduating Brisbin began teaching. He later purchased and edited the Centre Democrat newspaper in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and also studied law and was later admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania. Brisbin was prominently known as an anti-slavery orator. When the American Civil War began in 1861, Brisbin was a lawyer in practice. He enlisted in the Pennsylvania ...

Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881

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