Jonathan M. Sewall
Playwright, Author
1748 – 1808
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Who was Jonathan M. Sewall?
Jonathan Mitchell Sewall was a lawyer and poet who achieved some notability, published as Jonathan M. Sewall.
He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and adopted by his uncle, chief Justice Stephen S. Sewell, studied law and in 1774 became register of probate in Grafton County, New Hampshire. His ode, War and Washington was celebrated and sung in the revolutionary war. A volume of his poems was published in 1801. He died in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on March 29, 1808.
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- Born
- 1748
Salem - Also known as
- Jonathan Sewall
- Jonathan Mitchell Sewall
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Died
- Mar 29, 1808
Portsmouth
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on July 23, 2013
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