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 . Y**^ 96 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. CURTIS, George William, author and journal-ist, was born in Providence, R. I., Feb. 34, 1834,son of George Curtis, a business man, who was de-scend
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 . Y**^ 96 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. CURTIS, George William, author and journal-ist, was born in Providence, R. I., Feb. 34, 1834,son of George Curtis, a business man, who was de-scended from Ephraim Curtis, the first settler ofWorcester, Mass. On his mothers side George Wil-liam came from a family devoted to public aflEairs,his maternal grandfather, James Burrill, Jr., havingbeen a U. S. Senator from Rhode Island and chiefjustice of that state. After ac-quiring the rudiments of an ed-ucation in his native city he wassent to a private school at Ja-maica Plain, Mass. In 1838 hisfather removed to New Yorkcity, and bought the residencein Washington Place which wasafterward occupied by his half-brother. Dr. Edward Curtis, andGeorge William entered thecounting-room of a New Yorkcommercial house to fit himselffor a business career. Commer-cial pursuits proving uusuited tohis tastes, after a year or more hewithdrew from them, and in1848, in company with his elderbrother, joined the noted BrookFarm Association, at AVest Rox-bury
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