Samuel Woodworth | |
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| Born | January 13, 1784 Scituate, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 9, 1842 (aged 58) New York, New York |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Lydia Reeder (m. 1810) |
| Children | 10 |
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Samuel Woodworth (January 13, 1784 – December 9, 1842) was an American author, literary journalist, playwright, librettist, and poet. He is best remembered for the poem "The Old Oaken Bucket" (1817), but he is also the first American to write a historical novel.