Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 1
James Grant Wilson and John Fiske · 1887
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Description
James Wilson and John Fiske edited Appletons' work, and Volume One appeared in 1887, covering Aaron to Crandall. The whole set holds more than 15,000 lives. It was America's great national book of lives of the nineteenth century.
Entries sketch presidents, generals, inventors, clergy, and artists from the colonial age to the editors' own day. Portraits and facsimile signatures enliven the pages. The editors aimed for a complete record of notable American lives in one alphabet. Family historians and scholars still consult Appletons' for people found in no other reference work of the period. The entries run short, plain, and full of dates that are hard to find elsewhere now.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | James Grant Wilson and John Fiske |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1887 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6254381 |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |
Source: https://archive.org/details/appletonscyclop01wilsuoft