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Napoleon Marache is generally credited with being the first chess editor
in the US ("Wilkes' Spirit of the Times", 1846) as well as a noted
problemist in his own right.  In 1866, he served as Paul Morphy's
personal secretary.

Here are some problems from the 1866 book, "Marache's Manual of Chess"
which may well be the oldest American chess problems known, at least of
this caliber.

a) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_01.jpg  White mates
in 3.

b) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_02.jpg  White mates
in 3.

c) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_03.jpg  White mates
in 4.

d) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_04.jpg  White mates
in 4.

e) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_05.jpg  White mates
in 5.

Solutions in their entirety are located at the top of
http://www.geocities.com:80/~wtharvey/prodex.html

WH