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An American poet; born in Clyde, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1829; died in Bath, Steuben County, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1887. At 19 he wrote "Carmen Bellicosum", better known as "The Old Continentals", published in the Knickerbocker Magazine, and very popular. Aside from the above, his best-known poems are: "A Dream of Thanksgiving Eve" (1864); "The Professor's Guest Chamber" (1880); "The Commanders" (1887).