HOFFMAN, CHARLES FENNO
\hˈɒfmən], \hˈɒfmən], \h_ˈɒ_f_m_ə_n]\
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(1806-18S4), of New York, was editorially connected with the Knickerbocker Magazine, the American Monthly Magazine and the Literary World. He was an author of poems and popular songs, and wrote "The Administration of Jacob Leisler" and "The Pioneers of New York."
By John Franklin Jameson
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