Josh Billings
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Henry Wheeler Shaw, better known by the pen name Josh Billings, was a 19th-century American humorist and lecturer.
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The American Humorists, (from left), Josh Billings, Mark Twain and Petroleum V. Nasby
Billings' grave in Lanesborough, Massachusetts
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
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Lanesborough is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,038 at the 2020 census.
Josh Billings
…April 21, 1818 – October 14, 1885), better known by the pen name Josh Billings, was a 19th-century American humorist and lecturer. Shaw was born in Lanesborough, Massachusetts on April 21, 1818. His father was Henry Shaw, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1817 to 1821, and his grandfather Samuel…
Lanesborough Town Hall
The entrance to Rockwell Road, which extends from Lanesborough to the summit of Mount Greylock in Adams
The Champion Elm