Edwin Forrest: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Richard Moody, Edwin Forrest, First Star of the American Stage (1960).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Mar 05, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 08, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 04, 2024
Invalidated site: National Portriat Gallery - Biography of Edwin Forrest. Jan 28, 2019
Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of Edwin Forrest. May 08, 2017
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Civil War - Biography of Edwin Forrest. Jan 25, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Edwin Forrest. Jan 25, 2012
Add new Web site: National Portriat Gallery - Biography of Edwin Forrest. Jan 25, 2012
Media added. Jan 19, 2010
Article revised. Mar 21, 1999
Article added to new online database. Mar 18, 1999
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