Background
Sargent, Lucius Manlius was born on June 25, 1786 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel and Mary (Turner) Sargent.
Sargent, Lucius Manlius was born on June 25, 1786 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel and Mary (Turner) Sargent.
Attended Harvard, 1804-circa 1807, Master of Arts (honorary), 1842.
Published Translations from the Minor Latin Poets, 1807. The Culex of Virgil; with a Translation into English Verse, 1807. Admitted to the bar, 1811.
Hubert and Ellen, 1813.
Prominent leader in temperance movement. Wrote Temperance Tales, 2 volumes, 1848.
Began series of weekly articles entitled Dealings with the Dead in Boston Evening Transcript, 1848, published in book form, 1856. Attacked coolie trade of British in India in Boston Evening Transcript, 1856.
Published The Ballad of the Abolition Blunderbuss, 1861.
Married Mary Binney, April. Married second, Sarah Cutler Dunn, July 14, 1825.