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 . Statue of Lord Nelson, St. Pauls, London. 442 NOAH NOAH WEBSTER. NOAH WEBSTER, the eminent lexicographer was born at Hartford, Connecti-cut, October 16, 1758. His father was a farmer, and a justice of the 1774, he entered Yale college, and graduated in 1778. On returning homefrom the commencement, when he graduated,
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 . Statue of Lord Nelson, St. Pauls, London. 442 NOAH NOAH WEBSTER. NOAH WEBSTER, the eminent lexicographer was born at Hartford, Connecti-cut, October 16, 1758. His father was a farmer, and a justice of the 1774, he entered Yale college, and graduated in 1778. On returning homefrom the commencement, when he graduated, his father gave him an eight-dol-lar bill of the continental currency, then worth only fifty cents on a dollar, andtold him that thenceforth he must relv on his own exertions for support. Thiswas an unpropitious period for a young mm (o enter upon the duties of life,with no means but his own labor to sustain him The country was impover-ished by war; there was no prospect of peace ; the uncertainty of the issue ofthe great contest tor liberty was felt by even the most sanguine ; it. was a darkhour in our countrys history ; yet amid ill these , of whichit is impossible to form any just conception at the present day. young Websterwas left at the age of twen;v y^ars, with only four dollars in his p
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