A Compendium of American Literature, Chronologically Arranged: With Biographical Sketches of the Authors |
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... Connecticut ; seventeen in Pennsylvania ; eleven in Maine ; six in New Hampshire ; six in Virginia ; five in Maryland ; four in New Jersey ; four in South Carolina ; three in Vermont ; three in Rhode Island ; three in Scotland ; two in ...
... Connecticut ; seventeen in Pennsylvania ; eleven in Maine ; six in New Hampshire ; six in Virginia ; five in Maryland ; four in New Jersey ; four in South Carolina ; three in Vermont ; three in Rhode Island ; three in Scotland ; two in ...
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... Connecticut , on the 5th of October , 1703. His parents were the Rev. Timothy Edwards , for sixty - four years the pastor or the Congregational Church at East Windsor , and Esther Stoddard , daughter of the Rev. Solomon Stoddard , who ...
... Connecticut , on the 5th of October , 1703. His parents were the Rev. Timothy Edwards , for sixty - four years the pastor or the Congregational Church at East Windsor , and Esther Stoddard , daughter of the Rev. Solomon Stoddard , who ...
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... Connecticut , on the 24th of April , 1750. His father was a Congrega- tional clergyman , of a family distinguished in the literary and political annals of Connecticut , and fitted his son for Yale College , 8 * JOHN TRUMBULL . 89 JOHN ...
... Connecticut , on the 24th of April , 1750. His father was a Congrega- tional clergyman , of a family distinguished in the literary and political annals of Connecticut , and fitted his son for Yale College , 8 * JOHN TRUMBULL . 89 JOHN ...
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With Biographical Sketches of the Authors Charles Dexter Cleveland. Connecticut , and fitted his son for Yale College , where he graduated in 1767 , the first in his class for genius and attainments , though but seventeen years of age ...
With Biographical Sketches of the Authors Charles Dexter Cleveland. Connecticut , and fitted his son for Yale College , where he graduated in 1767 , the first in his class for genius and attainments , though but seventeen years of age ...
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... Connecticut ; and soon his professional prospects were very flattering . But his heart was always more in literature than in law . In 1775 , he published the first part of Mc Fingal , and when he removed with his family2 to Hartford ...
... Connecticut ; and soon his professional prospects were very flattering . But his heart was always more in literature than in law . In 1775 , he published the first part of Mc Fingal , and when he removed with his family2 to Hartford ...
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