Papers, 1858.

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Papers, 1858.

Two letters to Charles Lanman and a biographical sketch of Samuel Herrick, prepared for Lanman's Dictionary of the United States Congress.

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Ohio State University Libraries

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Herrick, Samuel, 1779-1852

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Allen, Edward H, 19th cent.

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Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895

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Charles Lanman, writer, journalist and amateur painter, was born in Monroe, Michigan, June 15, 1819. He spent much of his career working as a journalist in Monroe and Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Washington DC in 1848 and worked as a librarian in various branches of government, including the War Department, the Copyrights Division of the Department of State, the executive library of President Fillmore, and the Interior Department. He wrote several books in his career on topics of travel and wil...