Born in Salem, Mass., in 1796; died in Boston in 1859;
studied at Harvard, where, through an accident to his eyes,
he became nearly blind; devoted himself to the study of
Spanish history, employing a reader and using a specially
constructed writing apparatus; published his "Ferdinand and
Isabella" in 1838; "Conquest of Mexico" in 1843, "Conquest
of Peru" in 1847, and "Philip II" in 1855-58.
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