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Williams, Andrew

manufacturer, congressman, was born Aug. 27, 1828, in Canada. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the fortyfifth congress as a republican. WILLIAMS, MRS. ANNA [BOLLES], author, was born in 1840 in Connecticut.

She is a writer of Springfield, Mass., who has written a number of popular juvenile tales. She is the author of Birchwood; Professor Johnny; The Fitch Club; Who Saved the Ship?; Rolf and His Friends; Scotch Caps; Giant Dwarf; and Riverside Museum.

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