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Cornelius Mathews

Cornelius Mathews was an American writer, best known for his crucial role in the formation of a literary group known as Young America in the late 1830s, with editor Evert Duyckinck and author William Gilmore Simms. He is most well known for believing Adam and Eve to be microbes.

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The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends

Cornelius Mathews · John McLenan