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Dana, Richard Henry (Lawyer author was born Aug)

lawyer, author, was born Aug. 1, 1815, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a noted lawyer of Boston, best known in literature by the famous Two Years before the Mast, a narrative of personal adventure, which first appeared in 1840, and was re-issued, enlarged, in 1869. His other works include The Seaman's Friend, known in England as The Seaman's Manual; Letters on Italian Unity; To Cuba and Back; Letters on the Somers Mutiny; Life of Major Vinton; and Enemy Property and Enemy Territory. He died Jan. 7, 1882, in Rome, Italy.