William Osborn Stoddard
1835 - 1925
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(1835-1925) Writer, historian, journalist. William Osborn Stoddard was born in Homer, New York. After his graduation from the University of Rochester in 1858, beginning in May 1859, he advocated Abraham Lincoln as a presidential candidate in the paper’s columns, and in 1860 he campaigned energetically on Lincoln’s behalf. From 1861 to 1864 he was one of Lincoln’s private secretaries, and from 1864 to 1866 he was United States marshal of Arkansas. His main books included “Abraham Lincoln” (1884), “Inside the White House in War Times” (1890), “The Table Talk of Lincoln” (1894), and over 75 books for boys, including “Little Smoke: A Tale of the Sioux” and “The Spy of Yorktown.”
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William Osborn Stoddard
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RESIDENCE
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RESIDENCE
1835
BIRTH
1858
OTHER
1888
LITWORK
Frederick A. Stokes Co
Biography.
1890
LITWORK
New York: Charles L. Webster
Nonfiction.
1891
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Appleton
Novel.
1894
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New York: Fords, Howard & Hubert
Biography.
1894
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Frederick A. Stokes Co.
Nonfiction.
1894
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D. Appleton and Company
Boys' adventure book.
1898
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J. B. Lippincott Co.
1125904240 / 978-1125904244
Boys' adventure book.
1900
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Boston: United Society of Christian Endeavor
Biography.
1903
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D. Appleton
Novel.
1905
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D. Appleton and Company
Biography.
1925
DEATH
1925
INTERMENT
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