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Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist, and general (died 1891)

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Albert Pike

American author, Freemason, and soldier (1809–1891)

Albert Pike was an American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in exile from 1864 to 1865. He had previously served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army,…
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December 29

Day of the year

December 29 is the 363rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year.
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