Biddle, Richard
lawyer, congressman, author, was born March 25, 1796, in Philadelphia, Pa., and was a brother of Nicholas Biddle. He served during the war of 1812, in the protection of Philadelphia. He became a leader of the Pittsburg bar; and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1841. While in England he published an expose of Captain Basil Hall's Travels in America; and his Life of Sebastian Cabot brought to light new and important facts in the discovery of America. He died July 7, 1847, in Pittsburg, Pa.