Jonathan M. Sewall

Jonathan M. Sewall

Jonathan Mitchell Sewall (1748-1808) was a lawyer and poet who achieved some notability, published as Jonathan M. Sewall.

He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tXwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT355&dq=Jonathan+M.+Sewall&as_brr=1&ei=rfDESKj7LYPSswOtiKHXDA The New England Gazetteer] 4th edition, 1829 By John Hayward] (or according to other sources, York in 1749 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8t8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA689&dq=Jonathan+M.+Sewall&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=ZPPESILsHJS0sgP176iKCw An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary] 2nd edition, 1832 by William Allen] ) and adopted by his uncle, chief Justice Stephen S. Sewell, studied law and in 1774 became register of probate in Grafton County, New Hampshire. His ode, "War and Washington" was celebrated and sung in the revolutionary war. A volume of his poems was published in 1801. He died in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on March 29, 1808.

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