Charles Burr Todd
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Charles Burr Todd was an American
historian
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, educated at the common schools, and fitted for college, but failure of eyesight prevented him from entering. After teaching for some time, he devoted himself to literary pursuits, and contributed to American magazines.
In May 1877, Charles Burr Todd was appointed commissioner for erecting a monument on the 1778-1779 winter quarters of Gen. Israel Putnam
's division of Continentals in Redding, Connecticut, which was authorized by act of the Connecticut legislature. He was instrumental in the creation of Putnam Memorial State Park
. As a Redding resident and historian he was interested in preserving the site, which is now a state park dedicated to Putnam's encampment.
In 1895 he was secretary of the committee appointed by Mayor Strong
for the printing of early records of New York City
.
In 1903 Todd entered a Washington, D.C.
police station, claiming that he had been poisoned and that detectives from New York City were pursuing him with the intent of killing him for magazine articles he had written a decade earlier and that offended certain prominent New Yorkers. He appeared otherwise sane but was nonetheless confined to an insane asylum for eight days, whereupon he was released.
United States
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historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
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Biography
He was born at Redding, ConnecticutRedding, Connecticut
Mark Twain, a resident of the town in his old age, contributed the first books for a public library which was eventually named after him.-Government:...
, educated at the common schools, and fitted for college, but failure of eyesight prevented him from entering. After teaching for some time, he devoted himself to literary pursuits, and contributed to American magazines.
In May 1877, Charles Burr Todd was appointed commissioner for erecting a monument on the 1778-1779 winter quarters of Gen. Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam was an American army general and Freemason who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War...
's division of Continentals in Redding, Connecticut, which was authorized by act of the Connecticut legislature. He was instrumental in the creation of Putnam Memorial State Park
Putnam Memorial State Park
Putnam Memorial State Park is named for Major General Israel Putnam who chose the site as the winter encampment for his men during the winter of 1778/1779. The former American Revolutionary War encampment and park is located at the intersection of Route 107 and Route 58 in Redding, Connecticut, in...
. As a Redding resident and historian he was interested in preserving the site, which is now a state park dedicated to Putnam's encampment.
In 1895 he was secretary of the committee appointed by Mayor Strong
William L. Strong
William Lafayette Strong was the Mayor of New York from 1895 to 1897. He was the last mayor of New York before the Consolidation of the City of New York on January 1, 1898.-Biography:...
for the printing of early records of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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In 1903 Todd entered a Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
police station, claiming that he had been poisoned and that detectives from New York City were pursuing him with the intent of killing him for magazine articles he had written a decade earlier and that offended certain prominent New Yorkers. He appeared otherwise sane but was nonetheless confined to an insane asylum for eight days, whereupon he was released.
Works
His writings include:- A General History of the Burr Family (1879; fourth edition, 1902)
- History of Redding, Conn. (1880; second edition, 1907)
- Life and letters of Joel Barlow (1886)
- The Story of Washington, the National Capitol (1889; 1897)
- The Chautauquan (1901)
- The story of the city of New York (1902)
- The true Aaron Burr (1902)
- The real Benedict Arnold (1903)
- In Olde Connecticut (1906)
- In Olde Massachusetts (1907)
- In Olde New York (1907)
- The Washington's Crossing Sketch Book (1914)