Samuel Lorenzo Knapp

He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1804, studied law with Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons, and became an eminent lawyer.

During the War of 1812, he commanded a regiment of militia on the coast defences.

Knapp was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.

In 1826 he established the National Republican, which failed two years later, and he returned to practicing law in New York City.

[3] His works, which are chiefly biographical, include: He edited "The Library of American History" (New York, 1837).

Abby Jane Morrell
Narrative of a voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, in the years 1829, 1830, 1831