Edwin M. Bacon

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found: His The book of Boston, 1916: t.p. (Edwin M. Bacon, A.M.; former ed. Boston Advert. & Boston Post) p. 520-521 (b. Providence, RI, 10-20-1844; d. 2-24-1916)

wikipedia accessed 9/1/2017

Edwin Monroe Bacon (October 20, 1844 - 1916)[1] was a writer and editor who worked for the Boston Daily Advertiser and The Boston Globe and also wrote books about Boston, Massachusetts, and New England. He was born on October 20, 1844, in Providence, Rhode Island, and attended school in Foxboro, Massachusetts. He worked for the Boston Daily Advertiser (1863-1886, intermittently); Illustrated Chicago News (1864-1868); The New York Times (1868-1872); Boston Globe (1873–78); The Boston Post (1886-1891); The Time and the Hour (1897-1900).[2][3][4] He sometimes wrote under the pen-name "Taverner."[5] In 1880, Dartmouth College awarded Bacon an honorary M.A. degree.