A dictionary of American authors

Name: A dictionary of American authors
Author: Adams, Oscar Fay

Adams, Oscar Fay

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=Drake, Daniel.= _N. J._, 1785-1852. Brother of B. Drake, _supra_. A
distinguished physician of Cincinnati and Philadelphia who is best
known by his valuable work on The Diseases of the Interior Valley
of North America, which embodies a vast amount of patient research.
His other works include Pictures of Cincinnati and the Miami Country
(1815); History of the Prevention and Treatment of Epidemic Cholera;
Essays on Medical Education; Discourses; Pioneer Life in Kentucky. _See
Lives by Mansfield, 1855, C. D. Drake, supra, 1871; Gross’s Sketches of
Contemporaries._ _Clke._

=Drake, Francis Samuel.= _Ms._, 1828-1885. Son of S. G. Drake, _infra_.
A bookseller of Boston whose Dictionary of American Biography is
incorporated in Appleton’s Cyclopedia of Biography. Other works of
his are Life of General Knox; The Town of Roxbury; Tea Leaves; Indian
History for Young Folks. _Har. Lip._

=Drake, Joseph Rodman.= _N. Y._, 1795-1820. A talented physician of
New York city, co-author with Halleck, _infra_, of The Croaker Papers
in the Evening Post. His poetical fame rests on The Culprit Fay, a
delicate, fanciful creation, and the often-quoted poem The American
Flag. His poetry was once extremely popular, but has failed to interest
the readers of the latter half of the 19th century. A selection from
his poems was made by his daughter and published in 1836.

=Drake, Samuel Adams.= _Ms._, 1833- ----. Son of S. G. Drake, _infra_.
A littérateur of Boston whose histories and books of home travel have
been deservedly popular. Around the Hub, a Boy’s Book About Boston; The
Heart of the White Mountains; Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of
Boston; Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast; Old Landmarks and
Historic Fields of Middlesex; Captain Nelson; The Watch Fires of ’76;
Burgoyne’s Invasion of 1777; The Taking of Louisburg; The Battle of
Gettysburg; Our Colonial Homes; New England Legends and Folk-Lore; The
Making of New England, 1580-1643; The Making of Virginia and the Middle
Colonies, 1578-1701; The Making of the Ohio Valley States, 1660-1837;
The Making of the Great West, 1512-1853; History of Middlesex County;
The Pine-Tree Coast. _Est. Har. Le. Rob. Scr._

=Drake, Samuel Gardiner.= _N. H._, 1798-1875. A Boston bookseller of
antiquarian tastes who, beside editing several historical works, was
the author of Memoir of Cotton Mather; Entertaining History of King
Philip’s War; Book of the Indians; Old Indian Chronicle; Account of
the Family of Drake; Memoir of Walter Raleigh; History and Antiquities
of Boston; Indian Biography; Indian Captivities; Annals of Witchcraft
in the United States; History of the French and Indian War. _See
Bibliography of Maine._

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A dictionary of American authors

Adams, Oscar Fay

American literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries

=Drake, Daniel.= _N. J._, 1785-1852. Brother of B. Drake, _supra_. A
distinguished physician of Cincinnati and Philadelphia who is best
known by his valuable work on The Diseases of the Interior Valley
of North America, which embodies a vast amount of patient research.
His other works include Pictures of Cincinnati and the Miami Country
(1815); History of the Prevention and Treatment of Epidemic Cholera;
Essays on Medical Education; Discourses; Pioneer Life in Kentucky. _See
Lives by Mansfield, 1855, C. D. Drake, supra, 1871; Gross’s Sketches of
Contemporaries._ _Clke._

=Drake, Francis Samuel.= _Ms._, 1828-1885. Son of S. G. Drake, _infra_.
A bookseller of Boston whose Dictionary of American Biography is
incorporated in Appleton’s Cyclopedia of Biography. Other works of
his are Life of General Knox; The Town of Roxbury; Tea Leaves; Indian
History for Young Folks. _Har. Lip._

=Drake, Joseph Rodman.= _N. Y._, 1795-1820. A talented physician of
New York city, co-author with Halleck, _infra_, of The Croaker Papers
in the Evening Post. His poetical fame rests on The Culprit Fay, a
delicate, fanciful creation, and the often-quoted poem The American
Flag. His poetry was once extremely popular, but has failed to interest
the readers of the latter half of the 19th century. A selection from
his poems was made by his daughter and published in 1836.

=Drake, Samuel Adams.= _Ms._, 1833- ----. Son of S. G. Drake, _infra_.
A littérateur of Boston whose histories and books of home travel have
been deservedly popular. Around the Hub, a Boy’s Book About Boston; The
Heart of the White Mountains; Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of
Boston; Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast; Old Landmarks and
Historic Fields of Middlesex; Captain Nelson; The Watch Fires of ’76;
Burgoyne’s Invasion of 1777; The Taking of Louisburg; The Battle of
Gettysburg; Our Colonial Homes; New England Legends and Folk-Lore; The
Making of New England, 1580-1643; The Making of Virginia and the Middle
Colonies, 1578-1701; The Making of the Ohio Valley States, 1660-1837;
The Making of the Great West, 1512-1853; History of Middlesex County;
The Pine-Tree Coast. _Est. Har. Le. Rob. Scr._

=Drake, Samuel Gardiner.= _N. H._, 1798-1875. A Boston bookseller of
antiquarian tastes who, beside editing several historical works, was
the author of Memoir of Cotton Mather; Entertaining History of King
Philip’s War; Book of the Indians; Old Indian Chronicle; Account of
the Family of Drake; Memoir of Walter Raleigh; History and Antiquities
of Boston; Indian Biography; Indian Captivities; Annals of Witchcraft
in the United States; History of the French and Indian War. _See
Bibliography of Maine._

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A dictionary of American authors

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