The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . c^^^.^y^^.:^^^^)^—^ 68 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPyEDIA. FOOTE, Edward Bliss, physician and journal-ist, was Ijorn in Cleveland, O., Feb. 20. 1829. Heis seventh in descent from Nathaniel F
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . c^^^.^y^^.:^^^^)^—^ 68 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPyEDIA. FOOTE, Edward Bliss, physician and journal-ist, was Ijorn in Cleveland, O., Feb. 20. 1829. Heis seventh in descent from Nathaniel Foote, one of theearly settlers of Wetherstield, Conn., and his great-great-grandfather, Capt. John Foote. served in thewar of the revolution. His early educational advan-tages were very limited, and at the age of fifteen hewas apprenticed to a printer. Acquiring a practicalknowledge of the printing busi-ness, and becoming proficientas a writer, at the age of nine-teen he removed to Connecticut,where he engaged as editor ona weekly newspaper, which,through his efforts, soon becamethe largest and most successfulweekly in the state. At the ageof twenty-two he accejoted a po-sition as associate editor of aleading New York weekly jour-nal. Soon after, having madethe acquaintance of a successfulbotanical physician, he devot-ed all his leisure time to thestudy of medicine. He nextbecame one of the editors of theBrooklyn jMorning Journal,the first morning paper ev
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