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George Lippard was born April 10, 1822. He was a 19th century American novelist, jornalist, playwriter, social activist and labor organizer. Lippard wrote and published about one million words: novels, articles, whole issues of his weekly newspaper in the last decade of his life. He was a writing machine, even rumored to have employed a clerk whose job was to have fresh cigars at the ready, so Lippard wouldn't have to stop writing to cut and light them (Man, I need a smoking clerk). Lippard and Edgar Allan Poe were friends. George sent Poe a copy of his gothis novel, The Ladye Annabel and Poe replied with a mostly favorable letter of criticism. Lippard published Poe's letter in his next novel, Herbert Tracy. The two apparenty remained close for the rest of Poe's life with Poe at first the mentor to Lippard the defender of Poe's reputation. George Lippard died February 9, 1854.

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