Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 3
James Grant Wilson and John Fiske · 1888
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Description
Volume Three of Appletons' Cyclopaedia, also from 1888, continues the alphabet from Grinnell to Lockwood. Wilson and Fiske's dictionary was halfway done, with thousands of American lives already in print. The work's scale was unmatched in its day.
Governors, judges, explorers, and divines fill these pages, each weighed in a column or two. The editors include Canadians and Latin Americans whose lives touched the United States. Family details and lists of writings make the entries useful for tracing kin and careers. The volume carries the national biography through the middle letters with steady, encyclopedic calm. The print is dense, but the facts are laid out in a steady, clear order.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | James Grant Wilson and John Fiske |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1888 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6073774 |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |
Source: https://archive.org/details/appletonscyclop03wilsuoft