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Atwater, Caleb, 1778-1867

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Personal name headingAtwater, Caleb, 1778-1867
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Variant(s)Atwater, Mr. (Caleb), 1778-1867
Birth date17781225
Death date18670313
Place of birthNorth Adams, Mass.
Place of deathCircleville, Ohio
AffiliationAmerican Antiquarian Society
Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Profession or occupationMinister Lawyer Educator Legislator Archaeologist Historian
Found inOhio. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Committee on Schools and School Lands. Mr. Atwater from the Committee on Schools and School Lands made the following report, 1822.
LC data base, 04-22-92 (hdg.: Atwater, Caleb, 1778-1867)
1880 History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio, viewed via the WWW February 1, 2013 pages 227-228 (One of the most widely known of Circleville's residents was Caleb Atwater, minister, lawyer, educator, legislator, author, and antiquarian; served in the legislature in behalf of the causes of education and public improvements, and a wide fame through the publication of the results of his archæological studies and his history of Ohio--the first ever written; born Christmas day, 1778 at North Adams, Massachusetts; died in Circleville on March 13, 1867.)
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Description of the antiquities discovered in the state of Ohio and other western states, 1820: (by Caleb Atwater, counsellor of the American Antiquarian Society for the State of Ohio)
Associated languageeng