Archibald Murray Howe

Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on May 20, 1848, he grew up in Brookline and went on to study at Harvard College, graduating in 1869, followed by Harvard Law School in 1871. He worked as a lawyer, but he is remembered in book history mainly for his writing on American historical subjects.

His best-known surviving work is Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold, a historical address later preserved by Project Gutenberg and other library archives. The piece reflects his interest in Revolutionary-era figures and in rescuing lesser-known people from the edges of well-known stories.

He was also active in public life. Sources describe him as an American lawyer and historian, and note that in 1900 he was nominated for vice president by the short-lived National Party. He died on January 6, 1916, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.