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Folger, Walter

state senator, congressman, was born June 12, 1765, in Nantucket, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate from 1809 to 1815, and also in 1822; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1817 to 1821.

He died Sept. 8, 1849.

FOLLEN, CHARLES THEODORE CHRISTIAN, educator, author, was born Sept. 4, 1796, in Germany. He was a German scholar who came to America in 1824. He was German instructor at Harvard university in 1830-34, but lost his position on account of his anti-slavery opinions, and in 1836 was ordained as a unitarian clergyman.

He published a German Reader; and Practical German Grammar.

He died Jan, 13, 1840, 'in Long Island Sound.

FOLLEN, MRS. ELIZA LEE CABOT, author, was born Aug. 1, 1787, in Boston, Mass. She was a popular author for many years, and the author of Sketches of Married Life; Twilight Stories, a volume of excellent juvenile tales. The Wellspent Hour; spent Hour; The Skeptic; Poems; To the Free States; Anti-Slavery Hymns and Songs; Home Dramas; Little Little People; and The Old Garret Stories. She died Jan. 26, 1860, in Brookline, Mass.

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