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Charles Godfrey Leland

Author

Centurion, 1859–1860s

Born 15 August 1824 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died 20 March 1903 in Florence, Italy

Buried Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Proposed by Frederick S. Cozzens

Elected 5 November 1859 at age thirty-five

Archivist’s Note: Published under the pseudonym “Hans Brietmann.” He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1860 and 1864.