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Versatile American Figures: Smith and Robertson Rise
Francis Hopkinson Smith, engineer, artist, and author, rose from a Baltimore clerk earning 50 dollars yearly to shaping major New York Harbor projects while painting and writing. Morgan Robertson, a sea writer and inventor, pursued many trades from cabin boy to watchmaker and novelist, achieving literary fame late yet facing persistent poverty until renewed interest near life's end.
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Francis Hopkinson Smith
Aly
Europe
Mr. Smith
Aaltimore
Young Smith
New York
Smith
Baltimore
F. Hopkinson Smith
Colonel Carter
Carters
Oliver Horn
Caleb West
Barnegat
London
Dickens
Thackery
Bobby
Mortan Robertson
Robertson
Morgan Robertson
Morgan Rogertson
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