Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

Thousands of short American lives — soldiers, inventors, preachers, governors, novelists — each given a paragraph: born where, did what, and why anyone remembered.

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946 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 17–61.

Aaron, Samuel – Akins, Francis Asahel

235 lives · printed pages 17–28

Albaugh, John W – Alvord, Thomas Gold

229 lives · printed pages 28–39

Ambauen, Andrew Joseph – Apthorp, William Foster

219 lives · printed pages 39–49

Arbuckle, Charles – Axtell, Samuel B

251 lives · printed pages 49–61

Aycrigg, John B – Ayres, Romeyn Beck

12 lives · printed pages 61–61

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