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Also Known As John Pendleton Kennedy • Mark Littleton
Born October 25, 1795 • Baltimore • Maryland
Died August 18, 1870 (aged 74) • Newport • Rhode Island
Notable Works “Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt”
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