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James Grant Wilson was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Union Army. In recognition of his service, in 1867, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865. He settled in New York, where he edited biographies and histories, was a public speaker, and served as president of the Society of American Authors and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. April 1832 – 1. February 1914
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James Grant Wilson Quotes

“No nation is more abundant than Scotland in local bards that sing of streams & valleys & heathery hills”

James Grant Wilson

Preface to Poets & Poetry of Scotland Vol 1 , Blackie & Son , Edinburgh 1876

Singing

“Poetry, the noble brotherhood who speak in tones of harmony, grandeur & pathos.”

James Grant Wilson

Preface to Poets & Poetry of Scotland Vol 1 , Blackie & Son , Edinburgh 1876

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