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An American author; born in Ashburnham, Mass., 1788; died in New York city, 1837. He graduated at Williams College, and in 1827 received a degree from the Berkshire Medical School. He was a book seller of the old-fashioned kind, and noted as a humorist. He served for some time as editor of the New York Evening Transcript. His publications include: "Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth, A. N. Q.; to which is added, the History of a Steam Doctor" (1833); and "Debtor's Prison" (1837).