FTP identify this Hartford Wit best known for The Columbiad and The Hasty Pudding.
Along with Elisha Babcock, this man established The American Mercury and during his time in Paris effected the publication of Paine's Age of Reason. This author later died during a diplomatic mission to meet Napoleon, when he was caught in the latter's retreat from Moscow. His prose works include Advice to the Privileged Orders and he contributed to the Anarchiad. His most famous works include a 9 Book succession of heroic couplets that attempted to depict the title hero's meeting with Hesper, the Spirit of the New World, and a mock- heroic pastoral in praise of native cornmeal. FTP identify this Hartford Wit best known for The Columbiad and The Hasty Pudding.
Along with Elisha Babcock, this man established The American Mercury and during his time in Paris effected the publication of Paine's Age of Reason.
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