august january american author journalist foremost men letters best remembered series essays entitled lay preacher founding editor port journal classical republican values highly regarded successful literary publication time important political literary journal united_states referred father early life career born august boston massachusetts member merchant family wife father prominent printing family colonial america family emigrated england colonies having moved lexington age seven returned boston study later clerk counting house began preparing enter guidance reverend west significant impact pupil interest literature decidedly pro british mindset admitted sophomore class popular peers popularity extend suspended december months insulting faculty difficulty finding suitable employment earning degree practicing law earning little work january letter parents reports appointed reader church new_hampshire insisted new deter goal practicing law planning remaining new_hampshire practice returning massachusetts shortly writing letter admitted opened practice rarely appeared open court probably appearance publishing career contributed journals including pen names writing enthusiastically received persuaded begin literary journal tablet boston printer agreed oversee entire enterprise splitting profits evenly literary journal novel idea time received city elite despite initial excitement surrounding project content noted writers tablet lasted months folding having published thirteen issues disappointment failure tablet inspired begin work lay preacher appeared new_hampshire newspaper leading literary journal took editor paper circulation increased dramatically stretching commentator maine georgia leadership paper decidedly slant supporting quasi war alien acts collaborated friend wrote satirical column shop appeared museum lost considerable money paper printer went bankrupt remained editor months afterward reduced salary soon replaced printer brother paper circulation dropped following departure later year ran unsuccessful campaign congress following defeat turned offers edit prominent journals including generous offer boston refused work democratic paper instead accepted appointment time united_states secretary state position personal secretary philadelphia resumed editorial career gazette united_states friendly newspaper philadelphia began work port pseudonym wrote scathing attack democracy brought charges libel wrote democracy scarcely period national history sinister powers trial issue civil war anarchy wise man good man honest man fraud brave man draws sword force institution scheme policy radically vicious memorable example men receive establish spite reason reflection sensation reprinted newspapers country acquitted severity attacks leveled port henceforth criticized democracy republican democracy found united_states today democracy found france napoleon aristotle argument absolute democracy legitimate forms government corruption sound constitution republic death health trouble life wine father battled mental illness died september able attend father funeral ill time caused great grief briefly recovered succumbed cholera months father death died january interred days later philadelphia written erroneously gives lexington massachusetts birthplace fact born boston family moved lexington shortly works joseph letters joseph isbn joseph hall supplemental forest adventure sublime satirical wilson journal society natural history port imitation revue port parody yale university library gazette april port early america houston port port university houston port structure theme american miracle american literature november port early american literature port port edited viii
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