b. 19 June 1799. d. 5 September 1841. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Poet and lawyer. Born in Biddeford, Maine. Educated at Harvard College. Called to
the bar and became a lawyer in Maine. Lived for several years in Boston before settling
in New York City. Contributed to the *United States Liberty Gazette*. Biographical
information: Rufus Wilmot Griswold, *The Poets and Poetry of America*, second edition,
Carey and Hart, 1842, p. 218. (CC)