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Bio

Writer, humorist. Also known as Josh Billings. “Josh Billings on Ice,” lived in Poughkeepsie.

Full Name

Henry Wheeler Shaw

Locations

Dutchess

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Lived in Poughkeepsie, NY

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Lived in Oneida County

1818

BIRTH

Shaw was born in Lanes-borough, Massachusetts, in 1818.

1875

LITWORK

"Josh Billings on Ice"

1885

DEATH

Shaw died in Monterey, California, in 1885.

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