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| | Outpost 10F - Poetry Guild - Clement C. Moore |
 | | Clement Moore was a scholar who graduated first in his class from Colombia in 1798, and went on to be a professor of classics at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. |
 | | According to legend, Moore never intended to have the poem published, but merely wrote it for his children, calling it a "trifle." Eventually, a family friend, Miss Harriet Butler, managed to anonymously submit it to an out-of-town newspaper, the Troy Sentinel, in 1823. |
 | | Clement C. Moore died at age 83, in 1863. |
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