SOME OF THE CHIEF CONTRIBUTORS
TO APPLETONS' CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.
| Adams, Charles Kendall, | Curtis, George William, |
| President University of Wisconson. | Author and Editor. |
| Agassiz, Alexander, | Custer, Mrs. Elizabeth B., |
| Author and Professor. | Author "Boots and Saddles." |
| Allan, Col. William, | Daniel, John W., |
| Aide-de-Camp to "Stonewall" Jackson. | U.S. Senator from Virginia. |
| Allibone, S. Austin, | De Costa, Benjamin F., |
| Author "Dictionary of Authors." | Historical Writer. |
| Amory, Thomas C., | Didier, Eugene L., |
| Author "Life of General Sullivan" etc. | Author "Life of Edgar Allan Poe." |
| Bancroft, George, | Dix, Korgan, |
| Author "History of the United States." | Rector of Trinity Church, New York. |
| Barrett, Lawrence, | Doane, William C., |
| Author "Life of Edwin Forrest. | P.E. Bishop of Albany. |
| Bayard, Thomas F., | Drake, Samuel Adams, |
| Late Secretary of State. | Author "Historic Personages of Boston," etc. |
| Bigelow, John, | Draper, Lyman C., |
| Author "Life of Franklin," etc. | Late Secretary of Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Boker, George H., | Dupont, Col. Henry A., |
| Poet. Late U.S. Minister to Russia. | Of Delaware, late U.S> Army. |
| Botta, Mrs. Vincenzo, | Eggleston, George Cary, |
| Author and Poet. | Author and Editor. |
| Bradley, Joseph P., | Fiske, John, |
| Late Justice U.S. Supreme Court | Author and Professor. |
| Brooks, Phillips, | Frothingham, Octavius B., |
| Late P. E. Bishop of Massachusetts. | Author "Life of George Ripley." |
| Carter, Franklin, | Gayarré, Charles E. A., |
| President of Williams College. | Author "History of Louisiana." |
| Chadwick, French E., U.S.N., | Gilman, Daniel C., |
| Captain Flag-ship "New York." | President of Johns Hopkins University. |
| Champlin, John Denison, | Goodwin, Daniel, |
| Editor "Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings" | Member of Illinois Bar. |
| Chandler, William E., | Greely, Gen. Adolphus W., |
| U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. | Author "Three Years of Arctic Service." |
| Clarke, James Freeman, | Green, William Mercer, |
| Author "Ten Great Religions, etc. | Late P.E. Bishop of Mississippi. |
| Conway, Moncure D., | Greene, Gen. Francis Vinton, |
| Miscellaneous Writer. | Late U.S. Volunteers. |
| Cooper, Miss Susan Fenimore, | Hale, Edward Everett, |
| Author "Rural Hours," etc. | Author "Franklin In France," etc. |
| Copée, Henry, | Hay, Col. John, |
| Late President of Lehigh University. | Secretary of State. |
| Courtenay, William A., | Henry, William Wirt, |
| Ex-Mayor of Charleston, S.C. | Of the Virginia Historical Society. |
| Coxe, Arthur Cleveland, | Higginson, Col. T. W., |
| Late P. E Bishop of Western New York. | Author |
| Cullum, Gen. George W., | Hilliard. Henry W., |
| Author "Register of West Point Graduates," etc. | Late U.S. Minister to Brazil. |
| Curry, Dr. Daniel, | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, |
| Author and Editor. | Author and Poet. |
| Curtis, George Ticknor, | Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward, |
| Author "Life of James Buchanan," etc. | Author "Later Lyrics," etc. |
