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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2268 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 183–275.

Cabaniss, Elbridge Gerry – Capron, Horace

238 lives · printed pages 183–192

Cardozo, Isaac N – Cessna, John

253 lives · printed pages 192–203

Chace, Jonathan – Chew, Benjamin

237 lives · printed pages 203–212

Chickering, Charles A – Cist, Lewis Jacob

108 lives · printed pages 212–216

Claflin, Mrs. Mary Bucklin – Clews, Henry

253 lives · printed pages 216–226

Clifford, Branch Greenleaf – Coke, Richard

177 lives · printed pages 226–233

Colaw, John Marvin – Comstock, Theodore Bryant

169 lives · printed pages 233–240

Conant, Alban Jasper – Copway, George

229 lives · printed pages 240–250

Coray, George Q – Cozzens, William Cole

174 lives · printed pages 250–258

Crabb, George W – Cruttenden, Daniel Henry

259 lives · printed pages 258–268

Cubbison, James K – Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard

171 lives · printed pages 268–275

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