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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Robert Breckinridge McAfee (1784–1849)

McAfee, Robert Breckinridge. An American lawyer and historian; born in Mercer County, KY, Feb. 1784; died there, March 12, 1849. He was United States chargé d’affaires at Bogotá, Colombia, from 1833 till 1837. He wrote a ‘History of the War of 1812’ (1816). Much valuable information has been obtained from his private journal, relating to the early history of Kentucky.