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See also: American See also: judge and See also: man of letters, was See also: born at See also: Philadelphia on the 19th of See also: August 1793
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After for some See also: time prosecuting the study of See also: law, he in 1812 joined the army, and in the war with See also: Great Britain distinguished himself in engagements at Lundy's Lane, See also: Niagara and Fort See also: Erie
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On the conclusion of the war he accompanied an expedition against Algiers, but in 1818 he resigned his commission, and continued the study of law at See also: Pittsburg
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In 1820 he removed to See also: Shawnee-See also: town, See also: Illinois, where he commenced practice at the See also: bar and also edited the Illinois See also: Gazette
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Soon after he was appointed public prosecutor of the circuit, and in 1824 See also: state circuit judge
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In 1827 he became state treasurer, and held that office till 1831, but he continued at the same time his. legal practice and also edited the Illinois Intelligencer
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Subsequently he became editor of the Western Souvenir, an See also: annual publication, and of the Illinois Monthly See also: Magazine, afterwards the Western Monthly Magazine
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He died near See also: Cincinnati on the 5th of See also: July 1868
.
The following are his See also: principal See also: works:—Letters from the West, originally contributed to the Portfolio, and collected and published in See also: London in 1828; Legends of the West (1832); The Soldier's Bride and other Tales (1832); The Harpe's See also: Head, a See also: Legend of See also: Kentucky (1833) ; Sketches of the West (2 vols., 1835) ; Tales of the Border (1835) ; Notes on the Western States (1838) ; See also: History of the See also: Indian Tribes, in conjunction with T
.
L
.
M'Keeney (3 vols., 1838–1844); The See also: Wilderness and the War-Path (1845) ; See also: Romance of Western History (1857)
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