Daniel Pierce Thompson

For other people named Daniel Thompson, see Daniel Thompson (disambiguation).

Daniel Pierce Thompson (October 1, 1795–June 6, 1868) was an American novelist and lawyer born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He married in 1831 and had six children. Thompson began practicing law in 1823 or 1824 and served as secretary of state for Vermont between 1853 and 1855. He became active in the Liberty Party, and edited a paper associated with the anti-slavery movement for six years. In 1856, he joined the Republican party because of its emphasis on abolitionism.

Influenced by James Fenimore Cooper and Walter Scott, he wrote historical adventure and romance novels, many of which feature life in Vermont. His best-known work is 1839's The Green Mountain Boys, a historical novel about the land-grant controversy between New York and New Hampshire, and honoring Ethan Allen's Green Mountain militia. The novel also covers Allen's capture of Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Hubbardton.

Thompson is a great great uncle of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.

References

• "Daniel Pierce Thompson." Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007.

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