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in Newburyport, Massachusetts –
8 July 1838 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts)
was an American author and lawyer. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1804, studied law with Chief
Justice Theophilus Parsons, and
became an eminent lawyer. During the War of 1812, he commanded a regiment of militia on the coast
defences. He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature from
1812 to 1816. Knapp was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in
1814. In 1816, he was imprisoned for debt, upon his release from prison in
1817, he moved to Boston. He
became editor of the Boston
Gazette in 1824, also conducting the Boston Monthly Magazine.
In 1826 he established the National Republican, which failed two
years later, and he returned to practicing law in New York City. He was given the degree of LL.D. from the Paris
College.