Charles
Miner (1780-1865)
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Birthplace
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Norwich, Conn. |
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Occupation
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Printer, businessman |
| Congressional Service |
House 1825-29 (NR-Pennsylvania) |
Other offices
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Pa. House of Representatives,
1807-1808 |
| Newspapers |
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Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County Federalist, 1802-9 |
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Wilkes-Barre
Gleaner, 1811-16 |
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Philadelphia
True American, 1816-17 |
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West
Chester (Pa.) Chester and Delaware Federalist, 1816-17, Village
Record, 1817-32 |
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Notes
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Coined
the phrase "he has an axe to grind" in a Gleaner
sketch |
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An
early developer and promoter of Pennsylvania's anthracite coal
industry |
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| Bibliography |
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Charles
Miner, Essays from the desk of Poor Robert the Scribe:
Containing Lessons in Manners, Morals, and Domestic Economy (1815) |
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Charles
Miner, History of Wyoming in a Series of Letters from Charles
Miner to His Son, William Penn Miner, Esq. (1845) |
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Charles
Francis Richardson and Elizabeth Miner Thomas Richardson, Charles
Miner: A Pennsylvania Pioneer (1916) |
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plus
numerous published speeches by Miner |
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