•    “Some time afterward, it was reported to me by the city officers that they had ferreted out the paper and its editor; that his office was an obscure hole, his only visible auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few very insignificant persons of all colors.”
    —Letter of H. G. OTIS.    

    IN a small chamber, friendless and unseen,
      Toiled o’er his types one poor,...

  • 'Tis not that I design to rob

    Thee of thy birthright, gentle Bob,

    For thou art born sole heir, and single,

    Of dear Mat Prior's easy jingle;

    Nor that I mean, while thus I knit

    My thread-bare sentiments together,

    To show my genius...