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Born November 3, 1794 • Massachusetts
Died June 12, 1878 (aged 83) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1910)
Notable Works “Thanatopsis” • “The Embargo” • “To a Waterfowl”
Movement / Style Bread and Cheese Club • Knickerbocker school

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