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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | Copyright information

Francis Scott Key , 1779-1843, American poet, author of the Star-spangled Banner , b. present Carroll co., Md. A lawyer, he was U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia (1833-41). His works include The Power of Literature and Its Connection with Religion (1834) and the posthumous collection Poems (1857), which contains several hymns.

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