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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1417 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 711–766.

Paason, William Alpha – Paquin, Paul

128 lives · printed pages 711–724

Pardee, Don A – Paxton, William Miller

237 lives · printed pages 716–725

Payment, Richard C – Pepple, W. D

205 lives · printed pages 725–733

Perce, Elbert – Physick, Philip Syng

220 lives · printed pages 733–741

Piatt, Donn – Plympton, George Washington

184 lives · printed pages 741–749

Poe, Caswell T – Poydras, Julian

237 lives · printed pages 749–758

Prall, John Andrew – Pynchon, William

206 lives · printed pages 758–766

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