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Sylvanus Cobb Jr.
American writer (1823–1887) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the American fiction writer who used a pseudonym of Dr. J.H. Robinson. For the historian and academician, James Harvey Robinson, see James Harvey Robinson.
Sylvanus Cobb Jr. (June 5, 1823 – July 20, 1887) was an American popular fiction writer during the mid-19th century. His work was published in the New York Ledger, The Flag of Our Union, The Weekly Novelette, Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, and elsewhere.
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