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WILSON, David, author, born in West Hebron, Washington County, New York, 17 September, 1818; died in Albany, New York, 9 June, 1887. He was graduated at Union in 1840, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1843, and practised at Whitehall, New York, until his health failed and he was compelled to relinquish his profession, after which he devoted himself largely to literary employments. He was a member of the assembly in 1852, and in 1854 declined a nomination for congress. He removed to Albany in 1857 on being appointed deputy state treasurer, and in the following year was elected clerk of the assembly. He was deputy clerk of the court of appeals in 1861-'4, and afterward engaged in the brewing and malting business. Mr. Wilson published "Life in Whitehall: a Tale of Ship-Fever Times" (Auburn, 1850) : "Solomon Northrup, or Twelve Years a Slave," a narrative of the abduction and enslavement of a free negro of Washington county (1853); "Life of Jane McCrea," in-eluding an account of General John Burgoyne's campaign (1854); "Life of Henrietta Robinson, the Veiled Murderess" (1855) ; and "A Narrative of Nelson Lee, a Captive among the Comanches" (1859). He collected materials for a history of the Six Nations, but did not live to complete the work.
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