Thomas Coffin Amory
Encyclopedia
Thomas Coffin Amory. An American
lawyer
, politician
, biographer, and poet
born in Boston, Massachusetts to Jonathan Amory and Mehitable (Sullivan) Cutler.
Poetry
United States
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lawyer
Lawyer
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, politician
Politician
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, biographer, and poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
born in Boston, Massachusetts to Jonathan Amory and Mehitable (Sullivan) Cutler.
Works
Biographies- The Life of James Sullivan: With Selections from his Writings. 1859
- The Military Services and Public Life of Major-General John Sullivan of the American Revolutionary Army. 1868
- Old Cambridge and New. 1871
- Our English Ancestors. 1872
- General Sullivan not a pensioner of Luzerne. 1875
- Transfer of Erin: or The Acquisition of Ireland by England. 1877
- Memoir of John Wingate ThorntonJohn Wingate ThorntonJohn Wingate Thornton was a United States lawyer, historian, antiquarian, book collector and author.-Early life:He was born August 12, 1818 at the home of his grandfather, Thomas Gilbert Thornton in Saco, Maine...
. 1879 - Memoir of Hon. Richard Sullivan. 1885
- The Life of Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, baronetSir Isaac Coffin, 1st BaronetAdmiral Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet GCH was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars....
, his English and American ancestors. 1886 - Class Memoir of George Washington Warren, with English and American Ancestry. 1886
- William Blaxton.1886
Poetry
- William Blackstone, Boston's First Inhabitant 1877
- Charles River: A Poem 1888
- Siege of Newport. 1888