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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1362 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 275–325.

Dabney, Charles William – Dauvray, Helen

181 lives · printed pages 275–281

Davee, Thomas – Dayton, William Lewis

231 lives · printed pages 281–290

Deady, Matthew P – De Vries, Marion

227 lives · printed pages 290–298

Dew, Thomas Roderick – Dixon, William Wirt

191 lives · printed pages 298–305

Doak, Archibald A – Drysdale, Thomas Murray

259 lives · printed pages 305–315

Duane, James – Dwyer, Jeremiah

259 lives · printed pages 315–324

Dyatt, Hugh – Dyer, Sidney

14 lives · printed pages 324–325

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