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Robert Walsh Jr. (1784–1859)

Description

Robert Walsh Jr. was born on 30 August 1784 in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned degrees from St. Mary's Seminary and studied in Europe before settling in Philadelphia. Walsh briefly practiced law before embarking on a career as a newspaper editor and author.

Citations

"Robert Walsh." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310001288/UHIC?u=viva_uva&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=4da025b1. Accessed 10 June 2023.

Joseph Eaton, "From Anglophile to Nationalist: Robert Walsh's 'An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain,'" The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 132, Number 2 (April 2008), 141–71.

Guy R. Woodall, "The Relationship of Robert Walsh, Jr., to the Port Folio and the Dennie Circle: 18031812," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 92, Number 2 (April 1968), 195–219.

Mrs Elizabeth H Stocker in New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670–1965 (Ancestry.com).

Robert Walsh at FamilySearch.