James Grant Wilson
26 books
Biography
James Grant Wilson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of poet William Wilson. Soon after his birth, his family relocated to Poughkeepsie, New York. He was educated at College Hill, and then privately tutored. He joined his father in business, later becoming his partner. In 1855, he began a two-year trip to Europe. In 1857, he returned to the U.S. and founded the Chicago Record, a journal of art and literature.
In 1862, during the Civil War, he sold his the Chicago Record and entered the Union Army as a major of the 15th Illinois Cavalry. He left the Army in 1865 and moved to New York City, where he became an author, speaker, and president of the Society of American Authors. In 1885 he also became president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. He edited several works of history and biography.
In 1862, during the Civil War, he sold his the Chicago Record and entered the Union Army as a major of the 15th Illinois Cavalry. He left the Army in 1865 and moved to New York City, where he became an author, speaker, and president of the Society of American Authors. In 1885 he also became president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. He edited several works of history and biography.
Books by James Grant Wilson
Poets and Poetry of Scotland
Poets and Poetry of Scotland
Presidents of the United State
Presidents of the United States 1789-1914
Samuel Provoost, First Bishop
Samuel Provoost, First Bishop of New York
General Grant's Latters to a F
General Grant's Latters to a Firend 1861-1880
Life and Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck
The Memorial History of the City of New York, From its First Settlement to the Year 1892
The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, 1802-1884, Vol. 4: From the Earliest to the Present Time, Comprising Characteristic Selections From the Works of the ... and Critical Notices (Classic Reprint)
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography
Colonel John Bayard and the Bayard Family of America. the Anniversary Address Before the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, February 27, 1885
Colonel John Bayard (1738-1807
Colonel John Bayard (1738-1807) and the Bayard Family of America. the Anniversary Address Before the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, February 27 1885
Memoirs of an American Lady, w
Memoirs of an American Lady, with Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America As They Existed Previous to the Revolution; Volume 1
Memorials of Andrew Kirkpatrick, and His Wife Jane Bayard
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of Amer
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 3
Bryant and His Friends by
Bryant and His Friends by
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography Volume 1
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography Volume 6
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography Volume 2
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography Volume 2
Memoirs of an American Lady, With Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America as They Existed Previous to the Revolution. With Unpublished Letters and a Memoir of Mrs. Grant by James Grant Wilson
The Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New enl. ed. of Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Originally Edited by James Grant Wilson and John ... of Charles Dick and James E. Homans
The Memorial History of the City of New York, From its First Settlement to the Year 1892 Volume 1
Poets and Poetry of Scotland -
Poets and Poetry of Scotland - from the Earliest to the Present Time - Comprising Characteristic Selections from the Works of the More Noteworthy
The Presidents Of The United S
The Presidents Of The United States 1789 1914 Volume I
The Presidents Of The United S
The Presidents Of The United States 1789-1914 Volume IV
The World's Largest Libraries
The World's Largest Libraries a Commencement Address Delivered at St. Stephen's College, Annandale, Ny Thursday June 21 1894
Bryant, and His Friends