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Trask (WILLIAM BLAKE an American)

WILLIAM BLAKE, an American author; born in Dorchester, Mass., Nov. 25, 1812; received a common school education and learned the trade of cabinet making. Later he devoted himself to historical and antiquarian researches. He wrote "Memoir of Andrew H. Ward" (1863) and was the editor of "The Journal of Joseph Ware" (1852); "Baylie's Remarks on General Cobb" (1864); "The Bird Family" (1871); and "The Seaver Family" (1872). He also TRAVANCORE aided in compiling "History of Dorchester." He died in 1906.