George Lunt.
George Lunt.
George Lunt.
Notes
- ↑ Cooper, James F. John Paul Jones (1846) Carey and Hart (via Naval Historical Center)
- 1 2 3 Lawrence S. Mayo (1961). "Lunt, George". Dictionary of American Biography . Vol. VI, Part 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 507–8.
- ↑ Evert Augustus Duyckinck; George Long Duyckinck (1856). Cyclopaedia of American literature. C. Scribner.
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References
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . New York: D. Appleton.
External links
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Works by or about George Lunt at Wikisource - Works by George Lunt at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about George Lunt at the Internet Archive
- In 1879 Henry Tucker wrote the song, "Mabel " using the lyrics from Mr. Lunt's poem At the Gate.
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