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William John Hennessy was born in Ireland in 1839. He came with his family to the United States when he was ten years old. He entered the National Academy and became an artist, painter, and book illustrator. He was made an associate of the National Academy in 1862, and a member of the New York artists' fund society. 

Letter References

Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Sarah Dare Hance, December 18, 1864

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William John Hennessy was born in Ireland in 1839. He came with his family to the United States when he was ten years old. He entered the National Academy and became an artist, painter, and book illustrator. He was made an associate of the National Academy in 1862, and a member of the New York artists' fund society. 

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Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. III Description Piece Number Range: Vol III: Grinnell - Lockwood Source Information Ancestry.com. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Who's who in America, Volume 8
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Ed. John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis
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A.N. Marquis
Year: 
1914
Start Page: 
1088
End Page: 
1088
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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Abbreviations and short titles
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Teresa A. Carbone
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Brooklyn Museum
Year: 
2006
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