James McHenry was an American

United States

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 writer

Writer

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, physician

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, and diplomat

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He was born at Larne, Ireland

Ireland

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 and was educated in Dublin and Glasgow

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, In 1817 he emigrated to the United States and took up residence in Philadelphia, where he practised medicine. He was appointed in 1842 as United States counsel at Derry

Derry

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, and he held that post until his death there, and is related to James Micheal Mchenry.

Works

• 1820. The Usurper: an Historical Tragedy.
• 1823. The Wilderness
  The Wilderness (novel)
  The Wilderness, or the Youthful Days of Washington is an historical novel by the American writer James McHenry set in 1750s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
  
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• 1824. O'Halloran, or the Insurgent.
• 1830. The Betrothed of Wyoming