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Claiborne, John Herbert

physician, author, was born March 16, 1828, in Brunswick county, Va. He is a noted physician of Virginia, and the author of Diphtheria; Dysmenorrhea; and Clinical Reports from Private Practice.

CLAIBORNE, NATHANIEL HER- BERT, congressman, author, was born Nov. 14, 1777, in Sussex county, Va. He served many years in the legislature of that state; and was also a member of the executive council. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1825 to 1837. He was the author of Notes on the War in the South. He died Aug. 15, 1859, in Franklin county, Va.

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