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John Niles Hubbard
1815–1897
A 19th-century American writer and clergyman, he is best remembered for vivid historical works on the New York frontier, including a life of Major Moses Van Campen and a later book on the Seneca leader Red Jacket.
1 Audiobook
An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830
by John Niles Hubbard
About the author
Born in 1815 and living until 1897, John Niles Hubbard wrote works that looked back at early American border history and the lives of notable figures from New York's past. Records for his books consistently identify him as the author of Sketches of Border Adventures in the Life and Times of Major Moses Van Campen and An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket and His People, 1750–1830.
His writing has a strong storytelling pull, but it also serves as a window into how 19th-century Americans remembered the Revolution, frontier conflict, and Native leadership. The Van Campen book was presented as the story of a Revolutionary veteran told by his grandson, while the Red Jacket volume turned to the life of the Seneca orator and the wider history surrounding him.
Reliable biographical details beyond his dates and authorship were limited in the sources I could confirm here, so this overview stays close to what those records clearly support. Even so, his surviving books show a lasting interest in regional history and biography, especially where personal memory and public history meet.