Among the Contributors to the first volume of "Appletons' Cyclopcedia of American Biography" are the following:
Rev. Joseph H. Allen,
Author "Hebrew Men and Times."
Channing, William Ellery,
Channing, William Henry.
S. Austin Allibone, LL. D.,
Author of "Dictionary of Authors."
Bancroft, George.
Thomas C. Amory,
Author of "Life of Gen. Sullivan."
Coffin, Admiral Sir Isaac,
Coffin, Gen. John,
and other articles.
Marcus Benjamin,
Fellow of the Chemical Society.
Agassiz, Louis,
Bache, Alexander Dallas,
and other articles.
Arthur E. Bostwick, Ph. D.
Audubon, John James,
Colfax, Schuyler,
and other articles.
Mrs. Vincenzo Botta,
Author and Poet.
Carnegie, Andrew.
Charles Rollin Brainard, A. M.
Beecher, Lyman, and his sons,
Benton, Thomas Hart,
and other articles.
James C. Brogan,
Articles on Catholic Clergymen.
Franklin Carter, LL. D.,
President of Williams College.
Chadbourne, Paul Ansel.
John D. Champlin, Jr.,
Editor of "Cyclopædia of Painters and Paintings.
Articles on American Painters.
William E. Chandler,
Ex-Secretary of the Navy.
Arthur. Chester Alan,
Berry, Nathaniel S.
John Esten Cooke,
Late Historian and Novelist.
Crawford, William Harris.
Arthur Cleveland Coxe,
P. E. Bishop of Western New York.
Cleveland, Aaron,
Cox, Samuel Hanson.
Rev. Daniel Curry, D. D.,
Author and Editor.
Articles on Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
George Ticknor Curtis, LL. D.,
Author of "Life of James Buchanan."
Buchanan, James,
Henry Dalby,
of the Montreal "Star."
Articles on Canadian Statesmen.
Lyman C. Draper, LL. D.
Campbell, Arthur,
Clark, George Rogers.
Maurice F. Egan,
of the "Freeman's Journal."
Corrigan, Michael Augustus,
and other articles.
John Fiske,
Professor and Author.
Adams, John,
Adams, John Quincy,
Arnold, Benedict,
Clinton, Sir Henry,
Cornwallis, Lord,
and other articles.
Daniel C. Gilman, LL. D.,
President of Johns Hopkins University.
Berkeley, George,
Buckingham, William A.,
and other articles.
Samuel Hart,
Professor at Trinity College.
Brownell, Thomas Church.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
Author of "History of the United States."
Brown, John, of Osawatomie.
Henry W. Hilliard,
Late Minister to Brazil.
Butler, Pierce M.,
and other articles.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
Author and Poet.
Crawford, Thomas.
Frank Huntington,
Bolivar, Simon,
Bradford, William,
and other articles.