Robert Montgomery Bird
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Robert Montgomery Bird was an American novelist, playwright, and medical doctor.
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The North American
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The North American was an American newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1839, though it could claim a lineage back to 1771, and published until 1925, when it was purcha
Robert Montgomery Bird
…interests. In 1837, he began a career as a journalist, working as the Associate Editor for The American Monthly Magazine. He became the editor of the North American Magazine and United States Gazette in 1847. He also taught medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical College and ran for Congress in 1842 (an attempt which was later aborted). The five years…
Morton McMichael, publisher of the North American from 1847 to 1879