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Dictionary of American biography, including men of the time; containing nearly ten thousand notices of persons of both sexes, of native and foreign birth, who have been remarkable, or prominently connected with the arts, sciences, literature, politics, or history of the American continent. Giving also the pronunciation of many of the foreign and peculiar American names, a key to the assumed names of writers, and a supplement. By Francis S. Drake.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-151269

Description

x, 1019 p. 27 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Biography Dictionaries.
Biography.
Dictionaries.

Originator

Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1828-1885.

Publication

Boston, J.R. Osgood and Company

Description

x, 1019 p. 27 cm.

Notes

"This work ... has been incorporated in Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American biography."--Allibone.

Call Number

Ref. E176.D72

Material Type

Biography
Biography.

Places

United States
America

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