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An American poet and prose-writer; born in Boston, 1823; died in New York, Oct. 20, 1884. His poems were patriotic, political, and sentimental. His prose comprised philosophical, historical, and dramatic works. He published: "Hand Poems" (1844); "A Comprehensive Summary of General Philosophy" (1845); "The Iron Harp" (1847); "The Lydian Queen" (1848); "MDCCCXLVIII" (1849); "Parnassus in Pillory" (1851); "A Class Book of Government and Civil Society" (1859); "Fighting Quakers" (1866); and others.