Banvard, Joseph
clergyman, thor, was born May 9, 1810, in New York city, and a brother of John Banvard. He was a baptist clergyman of Massachusetts, who beside contributing somewhat largely to Sunday-school literature wrote much in other directions. He is the author of Romance of American History; Plymouth and the Pilgrims; Novelties of the New World, or Adventures and Discoveries of the First Explorers; Tragic Scenes in the History of Maryland; The American Statesman, a Memoir of Webster; Southern Explorers; Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolution; and Priscilla.