Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . Lindenwold, Residence of Martiu Van Buren, Kinderhook, N. Y, NOTE.—In inserting the foregoing biographical sketch of Mr. Van Buren. as also those of TylerFillmoreand Pierce, to be found on subsequent pages, we have departed slightly from a role which hasguided us in the preparation of this volume—that of limiting it to memoirs of the
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . Lindenwold, Residence of Martiu Van Buren, Kinderhook, N. Y, NOTE.—In inserting the foregoing biographical sketch of Mr. Van Buren. as also those of TylerFillmoreand Pierce, to be found on subsequent pages, we have departed slightly from a role which hasguided us in the preparation of this volume—that of limiting it to memoirs of the illustrious dead. Ofall the distinguished individunls who have occupied the executive chair of the United States, since theadoption of the constitution, but the three above-named are new living ; and believing it would add tothe interest and value of the work, by making the gallery of presidential ponraits complete, we haveincluded sketches of the entire galaxy of eminent men who have occupied that exalted and responsiblestation. JOHN JAMES JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. JOHN JAMES AUDUBON was born in Louisiana, about the year 1782. He wasof French descent, and his parents perceiving early the bent of his genius, senthim to Paris to pursue his education. While there he attended schools ofnatural history and the arts, and in drawing took lessons from the celebratedDavid. He returned in his eighteenth year, and his father soon after gave hima farm near Philadelphia, where the Perkioming creek falls into the fine woods olTered him numerous subjects for his pencil, and here he com-menced that series of drawings which ultimately swelled into the magnificentcollection of The Birds of America. Here, too, he was married, and herewas born his eldest son. He engaged in commercial speculations, but was notsuccessful. His love for the and flowers, the forest and their winged in-habitants, we readily suppose unfitted him for the trade. At the end of tenyears he remo
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