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| | John Pendleton Kennedy |
 | | KENNEDY, John Pendleton, author, born in Baltimore, Maryland, 25 October, 1795; died in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August, 1870. |
 | | His novels are "Swallow Barn," a story of rural life in Virginia (Philadelphia, 1832); "Horse-Shoe Robinson, a Tale of the Tory Ascendency" (1835): and "Rob of the Bowl, a Legend of St. Inigoes," describing the province of Maryland in the days of the second Lord Baltimore (Philadelphia, 1838). |
 | | John Pendleton Kennedy," delivered by Robert C. Winthrop, 8 September, 1870.--His brother, Anthony, senator, born in Baltimore, Maryland, 21 December, 1811, removed with his parents to Charlestown, Virginia, in 1821, received a classical education, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. |
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