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New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Memorial biographies of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society; Towne memorial fund, 1845-
1864. sv. 1880-94 rg20 N26
For contents see contents book, v.4, p.530; kept at the reference desk.
Page, Oliver Ormsby.
Short account of the family of Ormsby of Pittsburgh.
l8 92
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Watson, Irving Allison, comp.
Physicians and surgeons of America; a collection of
biographical sketches of the regular medical profession.
lS 9 6
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Individual Biography
Adams, John Quincy.
Seward, William Henry. Life and public services of John
Quincy Adams; with the eulogy delivered before the
legislature of New York, by W. H. Seward. 1849 r92 A2142S
"This biography was undertaken, but not completed by Seward... Still
the political views and the reverent attitude towards Adams everywhere
maintained are characteristic of Seward himself. As a political
biography the matter is reasonably full; but the treatment is not
graphic. Appended to the Life is Seward's striking Address on John
Quincy Adams before the legislature of New York." Larned's
Literature of American history.
[Barker, Jacob ]
Incidents in the life of Jacob Barker of New Orleans,
Louisiana; with historical facts, his financial transactions
with the government and his course on important
political questions from 1S00 to 1855. 1855....92 B243
"A curious and interesting collection of incidents and documents illustrative
of the financial and political career of a man of much note in
his day. Published to further a claim against tlie Government, for
money loaned during the War of 1812; and from material of the
claimant's own furnishing; the volume represents but a fragmentary
value. The second volume, promised in the Introduction, which would
have dealt with the more interesting period of Mr. Barker's life, and
political and financial experiences in New Orleans before and during
the Civil War, has never been published." Larned's Literature of
American history.
Brahms, Johannes.
Erb, J. Lawrence. Brahms. 1905. (Master musicians.) . .92 B6882e
"Complete list of Brahms's works," p.149-172.
"Bibliography," p. 1 73—175.
"Contains within less than two hundred pages an excellent resume of
the important facts in the composer's career, the genesis of his works,
and critical opinions for and against them." Nation, 1906.
May, Florence. Life of Johannes Brahms. 2v. 1905..92 B6882m
Bibliography, v.2, p.293-302.
Gains much in interest from the fact that the writer was a pupil of
Brahms.
Brown, Charles Brockden.
Dunlap, William. Life of Charles Brockden Brown, together
with selections from the rarest of his printed
works, from his letters and from his manuscripts before
unpublished. 2v.ini. 1815
rg2 B784d
Brown (1771-1810) was a novelist, the first American to adopt literature
as a profession. Contains a few of Brown's letters and some extracts
from his journal. The selections include "Memoirs of Carwin the
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