Born on August 22, 1778 in Dutchess County; died on April 6, 1860.

   Founded 'Salmagundi' with the brothers William and Washington Irving.
   He wrote novels, poems and plays, including:

The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan (1812)
The Lady of the Scottish Fiddle: A Tale of Havre de Grace (1813)
The Backwoodsman (1818)
A Sketch of Old England: By a New England Man (1822)
Koningsmarke, the Longe Finne, a Story of the New World (1823)
John Bull in America (1825)
The Lion of the West (1831)
Westward Ho! (1832)
The Old Continental; or, the Price of Liberty (1846)