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WILLIAMS, Edwin, author, born in Norwich, Connecticut, 7 March, 1797; died in New York city, 21 October, 1854. His father, Joseph, was extensively engaged as a shipping and importing merchant, and was a general of Connecticut militia. The son removed to New York, was for many years secretary of the American institute, and actively connected with the historical, geographical, and statistical societies. He contributed constantly to periodicals, published "The New York Annual Register" in 1830-'45, and was the author of "The Politician's Manual" (New York, 1832-'4); "New Universal Gazetteer" (1833); "Book of the Constitution" (1833); "New York as it Is" (1833); "Arctic Voyages" (1835); "The Fashionable Puzzler" (1835); "The Statesman's Manual" (1838, many editions : continued after his death by Benson J. Lossing; "Truths in Relation to the Erie Railroad" (1842); "Political History of Ireland" (1843); "Wheat Trade of the United States and Europe" (1846); "Presidents of the United States" (1849); and " The Twelve Stars of the Republic" (1850). With C. Edwards Lester he issued "The Napoleon Dynasty, or History of the Bonaparte Family "(1852).
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