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Charles Humphreys Sweetser

1841 – 1871

American journalist

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Lived 1841 – 1871 (aged 29–30). Charles Humphreys Sweetser was an American journalist.

Charles Humphreys Sweetser (August 25, 1841 – 1871) was an American author, journalist and editor. He was born in Athol, Massachusetts, in Worcester County and graduated from Amherst College in 1862. The poet Emily Dickinson was one of his cousins and his daughter, Kate Dickinson Sweetser, was also an author. He founded the The Round Table, one of the earliest literary weeklies in American printing, with his cousin Henry Edward Sweetser. He also founded the New York Evening Mail. He died in Palatka, Florida, (then known as Pilatka) at the age of thirty.

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1871, New York City
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Charles H. Sweetser

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Who was Charles Humphreys Sweetser?

American journalist

When was Charles Humphreys Sweetser born?

Charles Humphreys Sweetser was born on 25 August 1841 in Athol.

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Charles Humphreys Sweetser died in 1871 in New York City.

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Charles Humphreys Sweetser was a journalist.

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Charles Humphreys Sweetser was American.

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· Wikipedia: Charles Humphreys Sweetser

· Wikidata: Q5078649

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