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Author: Astrop, Robert Francis

Biography:

ASTROP, Robert Francis (c. 1814-48: ancestry.com)

The title-page of his collection of poems describes him as a resident of Brunswick VA. According to a notice in the Daily Dispatch of Richmond VA for 16 Sept. 1848, he had served with distinction in the Mexican war, risen to the rank of Colonel, and acted efficiently as a magistrate for Brunswick county, but on Sept. 8 had committed suicide with a rebel gun at the age of 55, "laboring under a partial derangement of mind." (ancestry.com 29 Aug. 2017)

 

Books written (1):

Original Poems, on a Variety of Subjects, Interspersed with Tales; Forming the Largest Miscellaneous Collection ever Published by an American Author.

Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1835