page_title: Richard Hildreth
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Hildreth
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraving of American writer and historian Richard Hildreth (1807-1865), with replicated signature. Published in the Cyclopædia of American Literature edited by George L. and Evert Augustus Duyckinck (updated by M. Laird Simons ). Philadelphia: Wm. Rutter and Co., 1875: Vol II, page 298
context_page_description: Richard Hildreth, was an American journalist, author and historian. He is best known for writing his six-volume History of the United States of America covering 1497–1821 and published 1840-1853. Historians consider it a highly accurate political history of the early Republic, but with a strong bias in favor of the Federalist Party and the abolition of slavery.
context_section_description: Richard Hildreth (June 28, 1807 – July 11, 1865), was an American journalist, author and historian. He is best known for writing his six-volume History of the United States of America covering 1497–1821 and published 1840-1853.  Historians consider it a highly accurate political history of the early Republic, but with a strong bias in favor of the Federalist Party and the abolition of slavery.
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