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Richard Henry Dana
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Richard Henry Dana a Biography, Vol. 1 of 2
Excerpt from Richard Henry Dana a Biography, Vol. 1 of 2 Richard Henry Dana, the younger of the name, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the first day of August, 1815. He came from an old Massachusetts stock, long resident in the town of his birth, the early records of which contain mention of a Richard Dana in 1640, though how long he had then been in the country, or whence or why he came, does not appear. It has always been the family tradition that this first Richard was of French descent, and it is still thought probable that his ancestors were French Vaudois dwelling in the valleys of Piedmont, where Danas are still found whose families can be traced back for centuries, and whence...
Richard Henry Dana
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The Journal of Richard Henry Dana, Jr
Covers the social, professional, political and literary worlds of which Richard henry Dana was a prominent participant, along with extensive observations from his voyage around the world in 1859 and other travels.
Richard Henry Dana a Biography, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Richard Henry Dana a Biography, Vol. 1 of 2 He [the schoolmaster] had placed me in the mid dle of the floor for some offence or other, and my station being near the stox e, and the mom very hot, I became faint and asked to be allowed to go out and gave my reason, but to no purpose. In a few min utes we had our usual recess of a quarter of an hour, and I went out. Here I came Very near fainting again, looked very pale, and asked leave to go home. This was refused. AS I was really sick, at the sug gestion of the boys, I went home, which was but a few minutes' walk, to get a written excuse. My father saw that I was ill and kept me at home, and Sent me the next morning With a writt...
Richard Henry Dana
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Richard Henry Dana, Jr
Relates all the major events of Dana's life and gives a detailed evaluation of his writings.
