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Joseph Holt Ingraham (born January 26, 1809 in Portland, Maine; died December 18, 1860 in Holly Springs, Mississippi) was an American author.

Ingraham spent several years at sea, then worked as a teacher of languages in Mississippi. He became an Episcopal clergyman on March 7, 1852.

In Natchez, Ingraham married Mary Brooks, a cousin of Phillips Brooks.

Works

• Lafitte: The Pirate of the Gulf (1836)
• Burton; or, The Sieges (1838)
• The Quadroone; or, St. Michael's Day (1840)
• The Prince of the House of David (1855)
• The Sunny South, a collection of letters, published under the pen name Kate Conyngham.
• The Pillar of Fire (1859), used as one of the bases of the film The Ten Commandments

External links

• Biography
• J.H. Ingraham at the Internet Movie Database

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