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Stoddard, Ebenezer

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born May 6, 1786, in West Woodstock, Conn. He was for several years a member of the Connecticut state legislature; was lieutenantgovernor of the state for one year; and was a representative in congress from 1821 to 1825. He died in August, 1848, in Woodstock, Conn.

STODDARD, MRS. ELIZABETH DREW [BARSTOW], author, poet, was born May 16, 1823, in Mattapoisett, Mass. She is a novelist and poet whose work in verse and fiction shows much individuality. She is the author of The Morgesons; Temple House; Two Men; Lolly Dinks's Doings, a juvenile tale; and Poems.

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