| LC control no. | n 85829991 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869 |
| Variant(s) | Kendall, Mr. (Amos), 1789-1869 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Groton (Mass) |
| Located | Hanover (N.H.) Washington (D.C.) Lexington (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Frankfort (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1789-08-16 |
| Death date | 1869-11-12 |
| Place of birth | Dunstable (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Dartmouth College |
| Profession or occupation | Journalists Newspaper editors Postmasters general Authors Farmers |
| Found in | nuc85-62196: His Letters to John Quincy Adams ... [MI] 1823 (hdg. on Readex rept.: Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869; usage: Amos Kendall) His Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail, against Francis O.J. Smith, 1852: t.p. (Amos Kendall) Grouard, G.M. A practical printer's answer to Mr. Kendall's tract no. 5, 1844 WwWA, hist. vol. (Kendall, Amos, Aug. 16, 1789-Nov. 12, 1869; journalist, postmaster-general) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 486 (Amos Kendall, born in Dunstable, Massachusetts. Attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1811 then read law for two years with attorney William Richardson of Groton, Mass. At 25 he went to Washington, D. C. then moved to Lexington, Kentucky where he worked as a tutor, worked as a journalist then newspaper editor in Georgetown, Ky. and Frankfort, Ky. Returned to Washington, D.C. where he served as the fourth auditor in the U.S. Treasury, then as postmaster general for five years. Wrote a biography of Andrew Jackson while farming his land near Washington D.C.). Find a Grave website, viewed August 13, 2020 (Amos Kendall.; died and was buried in Washington, D.C.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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