Author:Samuel Lorenzo Knapp

Samuel Lorenzo Knapp
(1783–1838)

American lawyer and writer

Works

  • "Ali Bey," Extracts of a Journal of Travels in North America, consisting of an account of Boston and its vicinity (1818)
  • Biographical Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, Statesmen, and Men of Letters (1821)
  • Memoirs of Gen. Lafayette (1824)
  • The Genius of Freemasonry (1828)
  • Discourse on the Life and Character of De Witt Clinton (1828)
  • Lectures on American Literature (1829) (start transcription)
  • "Ignatius Loyola Robertson," Sketches of Public Characters (1830)
  • American Biography (1833)
  • Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Oceans, in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831 (1833, credited to Abby Jane Morrell and ghost-written by Knapp) (start transcription)
  • History of the United States, a revised edition of a work by John Hinton (1834)
  • Life of Thomas Eddy (1834)
  • Female Biography Containing Notices of Distinguished Women in Different Ages and Nations (1834)
  • Advice in the Pursuit of Literature (1835)
  • Memoir of the Life of Daniel Webster (1835)
  • Life of Aaron Burr (1835)
  • Life of Andrew Jackson (1835)
  • The Picturesque Beauties of the Hudson River and Its Vicinity (1835) (start transcription)
  • The Bachelor, and Other Tales (1836)
  • "The Library of American History" (1837, editor)
  • Life of Timothy Dexter (1838)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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