Lester, C. Edwards (Charles Edwards), 1815-1890 (Personal Name)
- Earlier heading: Lester, Charles Edwards, 1815-1890
- Lester, Chas. (Charles), 1815-1890
- Author of The mountain wild flower, 1815-1890
- Mountain wild flower, Author of, 1815-1890
His Our first hundred years, 1875.
NUC pre-56 (LC hdg.: Lester, Charles Edwards, 1815-1890; usage: C. Edwards Lester)
Appletons' cyclopaedia of Amer. biog., 1888 (Lester, Charles Edwards; author; studied for 2 yrs. at Auburn Theol. Seminary; began to preach but abandoned the pulpit and went abroad for his health; US consul at Genoa; returned to NYC devoting himself to literature; b. 15 July 1815)
Wallace, W. A dict. of North Amer. authors, 1951 (Lester, Charles Edwards; clergyman and journalist; b. 1815; d. Detroit Jan. 29, 1890)
His A farewell discourse: delivered before the congregation of St. Peter's Church in Spencertown, on Lord's Day, May 5, 1838, 1838: t.p. (Rev. Chas. Lester)
Chains and freedom, or The life and adventures of Peter Wheeler, 2001 t.p. (by the author of the Mountain wild flower)