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American judge

This article is about the playwright.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, in a one-room cabin on his father's Sinking Springs Farm.

For the translator, see Royall Tyler (academic). For the historian, see Royall Tyler (historian).

Royall Tyler (June 18, 1757 – August 26, 1826) was an American jurist, teacher and playwright. He was born in Boston, graduated from Harvard University in 1776, and then served in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolution.

He was admitted to the bar in 1780, became a lawyer, and fathered eleven children.

Born into a wealthy Boston family, Royall Tyler would grow up to become the author of the first successful and widely performed American play.

In , Shays's Rebellion brought Tyler once more under the command of Major-General Benjamin Lincoln, with whom he had served in the Revolutionary War. As an.

Tyler served in the militia in as a major and was again active in as an aide to General Benjamin Lincoln during Shays' Rebellion.

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Similar to Royall Tyler's Jonathan, a “true born Yankee American son of liberty,” the Yankee Goon possesses a simple wit and otherwise mirrors a.

In 1801, he was appointed a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. He wrote a play, The Contrast, which was produced in 1787 in New York City, shortly after George Washington's inauguration. It is considered the first American comedy.

Washington attended the production, which was well-received, and Tyler became a literary celebrity.

Early life

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 18, 1757, he was the son of wealthy merchant and political figure Royall Tyler (died 1771) and Mary (Steele)