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Archibald Murray Howe
b. 1848
A Boston lawyer with a historian’s curiosity, he wrote vivid works on figures from the American past, including Colonel John Brown and Benjamin Franklin Stevens. His career also touched public life, from local government in Cambridge to a vice-presidential nomination in 1900.
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Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold
by Archibald Murray Howe
About the author
Born on May 20, 1848, Archibald Murray Howe was an American lawyer and historian educated at Harvard. He practiced law in Massachusetts, served in Cambridge civic life, and built a reputation as a careful writer on American history.
Howe is best remembered for historical and biographical works such as Colonel John Brown, a Biography and Benjamin Franklin Stevens, a Personal Memoir. His writing focused on people and events in American public life, blending legal precision with an interest in character and political history.
He died on January 6, 1916. Though not a household name today, his books remain of interest to readers who enjoy early 20th-century historical biography and thoughtful studies of American reformers and public figures.