(1825-09-12)September 12, 1825 Gilmanton, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died
August 11, 1908(1908-08-11) (aged 82) Holderness, New Hampshire, U.S.
Resting place
Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation
Publisher
journalist
Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist, prolific writer and the sixth Librarian of Congress. He served as librarian from 1864 to 1897 under the administration of ten presidents. A great admirer of Benjamin Franklin, he wrote a twenty-one page introduction in Franklin's autobiography, which he edited and published.[1]
^Putnam & Blackwell (eds.), 1909, pp. iii-xxiii
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