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David Hunter Strother


Sep 26, 1816

David Hunter Strother ("Porte Crayon") was born in Martinsburg

1852

David Strother contributed 20 illustrations to John Pendleton Kennedy's Swallow Barn: A Sojourn in the Old Dominion

Other events that happened on or around 1852

1853

David Strother submitted an article to Harper's New Monthly Magazine under pen name "Porte Crayon"

1853

David Strother was commissioned by Harper and Brothers to write and illustrate article about sporting expedition into the Canaan wilderness

Other events that happened on or around 1853

Mar 08, 1888

David Hunter Strother died in Charles Town


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