PARTON, JAMES
\pˈɑːtən], \pˈɑːtən], \p_ˈɑː_t_ə_n]\
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(1822-1891), came to the United States from England in 1827. He published lives of Horace Greeley, Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, " General Butler in New Orleans," " Noted Women in Europe and America," " How New York is Governed " and " Captains of Industry." Of these his Jackson is the most important.
By John Franklin Jameson
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