Charles Lanman : Collection.

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Charles Lanman : Collection.

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Biographical sketches collected by Lanman of Ky. politicians who served in Congress between 1792 and 1890. While the great majority of the sketches are autobiographical, some were written by relatives and friends. These sketches were prepared for Charles Lanman's Dictionary of the United States Congress.

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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...