[Autograph letter signed, addressed to Albert M. Lea of Philadelphia] [1836]
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Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
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Lea, Albert Miller, 1808-1891
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Lea was a U.S. Army topographical engineer and a civil engineer in several places on the United States frontier in the 1830s, and subsequently had a varied career as engineer, businessman, and public official, largely in Tennessee and Texas. From the description of Journal and autobiography, 1833-1835, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122588419 ...
Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1806-1884
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Charles Fenno Hoffman was an American author and editor. Born in New York, he prepared to study law and joined his father's firm; upon his father's death, he decided to make his living in literature. He began by contributing anonymous essays and articles, and soon became an editor and one of the city's most visible writers. In addition to his editing accomplishments, Hoffman was perhaps best known for a series of essays written during his trip by horseback from New York to St. Louis, a hazardous...