SAMUEL WOODWORTH
\sˈamjuːl wˈʊdwɜːθ], \sˈamjuːl wˈʊdwɜːθ], \s_ˈa_m_j_uː_l w_ˈʊ_d_w_ɜː_θ]\
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An American journalist and poet; born at Scituate, Mass., Jan. 13, 1785; died in New York city, Dec. 9, 1842. During the war of 1812-15 he edited, in New York city, The War, a weekly journal, and The Halcyon Luminary, a Swedenborgian monthly. He was one of the founders of the New York Mirror (1823-24); edited the Parthenon (1827); wrote a romantic history of the war, called "The Champions of Freedom" (2 vols., 1816), and several dramatic pieces. His poetical works were published in 2 vols. in 1861. His famous poem is "The Old Oaken Bucket".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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