[Richard Burleigh]. American author, born in Lebanon, NH, on the 11th of October 1816. He began the practice of law in Waterford, NY, and later removed to New York City. He founded the town of Kimball, TX, and from 1854 to 1860 was president of the railroad running from Galveston to Houston. Among his works are Letters from England (1842); St. Leger: or, the Threads of Life (1850); Cuba and the Cubans (1850); Romance of Student Life Abroad (1852); Lectures Before the Law Institute of New York City (1853); Undercurrents of Wall Street (1861); Was He Successful? (1863); The Prince of Kashna (1864); To-day in New York (1870); Stories of Exceptional Life (1887); and numerous magazine sketches and essays, historical, biographical and romantic. He died in New York City on the 28th of December 1892.
