James Grant Wilson
James Grant Wilson
James Grant Wilson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of poet William Wilson. Soon after his birth, his family relocated to Poughkeepsie, New York. He was educated at College Hill, and then privately tutored. He joined his father in business, later becoming his partner. In 1855, he began a two-year trip to Europe. In 1857, he returned to the U.S. and founded the Chicago Record, a journal of art and literature. In 1862, during the Civil War, he sold his the Chicago Record and entered the Union Army as a major of the 15th Illinois Cavalry. He left the Army in 1865 and moved to New York City, where he became an author, speaker, and president of the Society of American Authors. In 1885 he also became president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. He edited several works of history and biography.
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Great Commanders
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Bryant, and his friends
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The life and letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck
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Thackeray in the United States
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Lord Lovelace and the second Canadian campaign, 1708-1710
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Two modern knights errant
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Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography
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Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography
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The Cyclopaedia of American biography
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The presidents of the United States 1789-1914
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Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln's Gettysburg address
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Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6
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Recollections of Lincoln
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The discovery of the Hudson River
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Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6, including a record of a variety of Thackerayana
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Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6
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Washington--Lincoln and Grant
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The Presidents of the United States
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John Pintard, founder of the New York Historical Society
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Old New York
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Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography
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Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America ...
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Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography
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Great Commanders
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Bryant, and his friends
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The life and letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck
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Thackeray in the United States
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Lord Lovelace and the second Canadian campaign, 1708-1710
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Two modern knights errant
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Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography
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Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography
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The Cyclopaedia of American biography
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The presidents of the United States 1789-1914
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Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln's Gettysburg address
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Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6
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Recollections of Lincoln
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The discovery of the Hudson River
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Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6, including a record of a variety of Thackerayana
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Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6
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Washington--Lincoln and Grant
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The Presidents of the United States
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John Pintard, founder of the New York Historical Society
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Old New York
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Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography
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Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America ...
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Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography