Force, Peter
journalist, historian, was born Nov. 26, 1790, near Little Fails, N. J. He was a journalist and historian of Washington who began in 1833 a documentary history of the American colonies. Thirty years' labor was spent upon the task, and nine volumes completed, entitled American Archives. His other works include Tracts and Other Papers relating to the Origin of the North American Colonies; and Grinnell Land. His immense and valuable library was purchased by congress in 1867. He died Jan. 23, 1868, in Washington, D. C.