Lemuel Kelley Washburn (1846–1927) was an American

Freethought Freethought (sometimes spelled free thought) is an epistemological viewpoint which holds that beliefs should not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma, and that beliefs should instead be reached by other methods ...

writer. He was the compiler of ''Cosmian Hymn Book: A Collection of Original and Selected Hymns'' (1888), promoted as "perfectly free from all

sectarianism Sectarianism is a political or cultural conflict between two groups which are often related to the form of government which they live under. Prejudice, discrimination, or hatred can arise in these conflicts, depending on the political status quo ...

." He published various

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

articles and was an editor for the ''

Boston Investigator The ''Boston Investigator'' was the first American newspaper dedicated to the philosophy of freethought. The newspaper was started in 1831 by Abner Kneeland Abner Kneeland (April 7, 1774 – August 27, 1844) was an American evangelist and th ...

''. Flynn, Tom. (2007). ''The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief''. Prometheus Books. p. 150.

Publications

''America's Debt to Thomas Paine''
(Boston, 1878)
''Cosmian Hymn Book''
(Boston, 1888)
''Is the Bible Worth Reading, and Other Essays''
(

Truth Seeker Company ''The Truth Seeker'' is an American periodical published since 1873. It was considered the most influential Freethought publication during the period following the Civil War into the first decades of the 20th century, known as the Golden Age ...

, 1911)
''The Miracles of Jesus: and Other Essays''
(

, 1917)

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* 1846 births 1927 deaths American atheists Freethought writers {{US-writer-stub