Author talk:William Henry Smith (1833-1896)

Might be the author of "The Public Career of Charles Sumner", in The Dial, Vol. 15, Num. 170 (July 16, 1893)

Sources

Name: William Henry Smith
Birth - Death: 1833-1896
Source Citation:

• Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature: A Supplement. British and American authors. Two volumes. By John Foster Kirk. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1891. (Alli SUP)

Smith, William Henry, b. 1833, in Columbia Co., N.Y.;
has been a journalist in Ohio, collector of customs at Chicago, etc., and has contributed to periodicals.
(Ed.) The St. Clair Papers : Life and Public Services of Arthur St. Clair, Soldier of the Revolutionary War,&c., Cin., 1882, 2 vols. 8vo.

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