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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2184 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 432–517.

Habberton, John – Halvorson, Kittel

245 lives · printed pages 432–440

Ham, Charles Henry – Harper, William Rainey

259 lives · printed pages 441–451

Harrah, Charles Jefferson – Haupt, Paul

255 lives · printed pages 451–461

Haveland, Laura Smith – Hemsteger, J. Boni

258 lives · printed pages 461–470

Henck, John Benjamin – Heywood, John Healy

174 lives · printed pages 470–477

Hibbard, Charles Benjamin – Hof Wood, Josephus

249 lives · printed pages 477–497

Hogan, John – Hopwood, Robert F

234 lives · printed pages 487–497

Hord, Francis T – Hubner, Charles William

253 lives · printed pages 497–507

Hudd, Thomas R – Hyslop, James Hervey

257 lives · printed pages 507–517

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