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Notes
I wish to thank the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for permission to use this account book. I wish also to thank the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin for financial assistance for this study. Through a study of the relevant correspondence Sister M. Frederick Lochemes corroborates the author identifications of twenty-seven of the reviews which fall within the period when Carey and Lea published the American Quarterly Review. On the basis of allusions or inferences in letters she also ascribes several reviews to authors who are not acknowledged as the contributors in the account book. Despite her assiduous detective work she was unable to identify a large proportion of the articles. See her Robert Walsh: His Story (1941), pp. 140-144. Professor Frank Luther Mott says that he used a set of the American Quarterly Review which identified some of the contributors. The set, at the Cadmus Book Shop, New York City when Mott consulted it, has since been sold, with no record of its purchaser. A History of American Magazines, 1741-1850 (1938), pp. 272-278.
Walsh (1784-1858), who earlier had edited the American Review of History and Politics (1811) and the American Register (1817-1819), was known for his spirited defense of the United States in An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain (1819).
Renwick (1792-1863), a man of wide interests, was professor of natural and experimental philosophy at Columbia College, 1820-1853.
Beasley (1777-1845) was professor of moral philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, 1813-1828.
Godman (1794-1830), who lectured on anatomy in Philadelphia from 1822 to 1824, was professor of anatomy at Rutgers College from 1826 until he resigned because of ill health a year later.
Hopkinson (1770-1842), known as the author of "Hail, Columbia," was judge of the United States District Court at Philadelphia from 1828 until his death.
Pitkin (1765-1847) was working at this time on The Political and Civil History of the United States, from 1763 to the Close of Washington's Administration (1828).
Bancroft (1800-1891), one of the proprietors of the Round Hill School, Northampton, Massachusetts, is known for his History of the United States (1834-1874). His payment for this article is not at the usual rate of $2 per page because the review contained 5⅓ pages of direct quotations which Carey and Lea did not include in the computation.
Duponceau (1760-1844) was a lawyer and philologist who was particularly interested in the languages of American Indians.
Paulding (1778-1860), author and Navy official, published The New Mirror for Travellers, and a Guide to the Springs (1828), a study of watering places in New York.
Patterson (1787-1868) was professor of natural philosophy at the University of Virginia and later director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia.
Lochemes (p. 141) ascribes this review to George Tucker (1775-1861), a professor at the University of Virginia. However, it might possibly have been written by Beverly Tucker (1784-1851), a professor of law at William and Mary College who wrote The Partisan Leader (1836) defending the states' rights position.
Snowden was editor of the Philadelphia Monthly Magazine. Lochemes (p. 141) attributes this review to William W. Snowden.
La Roche (1795-1872), a physician by profession, was interested in music, in consequence of which he collected a large, valuable library of music scores and criticism.
Sanderson (1785-1844), a contributor to the Port Folio, wrote The Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (1820) and Skecthes of Paris (1838). Lochemes (p. 143) states that Peter S. Duponceau was the reviewer, but the account books do not list him as a contributor to this issue.
Vethake (1792-1866), who published Principles of Political Economy (1838), was provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1859.
Probably Theron Metcalf (1784-1875), who compiled a digest of the decisions of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
Murat (1801-1847), who immigrated to Florida in 1822 and spent the rest of his life there, wrote about the United States government in Esquisse morale et politique des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique du Nord (1832) and Exposition des principes du gouvernement républicain, tel qu'il a été perfectionné en Amérique (1833).
According to Lochemes (p. 143), President John Quincy Adams was the reviewer. If Adams wrote the review, he is not mentioned in the account book either as contributor or recipient of payment. Perhaps because of Adams' position his contribution was handled differently.
Cooper (1759-1840), a student of law, chemistry, and medicine, translated the Institutes of Justinian in 1812, while he was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. A review of a Homeric study hardly seems beyond the reach of his vast erudition.
Read (1769-1854), a lawyer and Pennsylvania legislator, was president of the Philadelphia Bank from 1819 to 1841. Lochemes (p. 141) calls Joel R. Poinsett the author of this review.
Dunglison (1798-1869), a professor of physiology and pathology at the University of Virginia, wrote Human Physiology, which was reviewed by Robert Patterson in the American Quarterly Review, XIII, 375-403 (June, 1833).
Lieber (1798-1872), a German refugee who taught gymnastics upon his arrival in America in 1827, was later professor of history and political economy at South Carolina College from 1835 to 1860.
This review is credited to a Dr. Bode by Lochemes (p. 143), but the account book lists Paulding as author. The entry for this issue sets down together the two reviews by Renwick and the two by Walsh in the appropriate order of the first article, with an indication that the other article has the same author. In this sequence, with omissions for articles VIII and X, Paulding's review of thirty pages fits into its proper place. Dr. Bode is mentioned nowhere in the American Quarterly Review accounts.
Wayland (1796-1865), who studied medicine and later entered the ministry, became president of Brown University in 1827.
Rantoul (1805-1852), at this time a recent graduate of Harvard, later represented Massachusetts in Congress.
Mitchell (1798-1858) was a poet and physician who from 1841 till his death was a professor at the Jefferson Medical College.
James (1766-1835), editor of the Eclectic Repository from 1811 to 1822, was professor of midwifery at the University of Pennsylvania from 1810 to 1834.
Wheaton (1785-1851), chargé d'affaires to Denmark from 1827 to 1835, published History of the Northmen in 1831.
Lea (1792-1866), associated with Mathew Carey in the publishing business, was interested in geology and natural history.
The name is partially illegible but probably Gilpin (1801-1860), at this time editor of The Atlantic Souvenir (also a Carey and Lea venture), who served as Van Buren's Attorney-General in 1840-1841.
Pickering (1772-1846) was a Boston philologist particularly interested in Greek and the American Indian languages.
In the account book this unpaid review is referred to as "Russia." On several occasions this pattern of reference is used. Probably the article was prepared by Walsh or one of his editorial assistants.
This may be Nathaniel A. Ware (d. 1854), who served as the last secretary of the Territory of Mississippi (1815-1817). Ware knew Henry C. Carey of Philadelphia and supported his ideas.
Alexander (1804-1859), who studied history at Princeton, was a professor at the College of New Jersey and later at Princeton Seminary.
Robert Moylan Walsh (1812-1895), son of Robert Walsh, Jr., became editor of the American Quarterly Review in 1836.
Laussat (1806-1833), a member of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, published An Essay on Equity in Pennsylvania in 1826.
Meredith (1799-1873), a Philadelphia attorney, served in the Pennsylvania legislature from 1824 to 1828 and presided over the Select Council of Philadelphia from 1834 to 1849.
Since there is no entry for this issue in the account book, only the pages of each review are listed here.
The account book lists the contributor as "Eckhard," who is probably James Read Eckard (1805-1887), who studied law before entering the ministry in 1830.
Tanner (1786-1858) published The American Traveller; or Guide through the United States in Philadelphia in 1834, a work which went through ten editions; in 1841 he published A Geography, History and Statistical View of the Central or Middle United States.
Lochemes (p. 144) attributes this review to Walsh, while the account book credits the preceding article to him. Since all of the other essays in this issue follow the order of the list in the account book, I think it is safe to insist that article VII was written by Paulding. In addition, Walsh frequently reviewed books of travel as earlier entries indicate.
Da Ponte (1749-1838), Mozart's librettist who came to the United States in 1805, was professor of Italian literature at Columbia College.
Probably William H. Keating (1799-1840), who published Conversations on Chemistry (1824) and collaborated on Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnipeek, Lake of the Woods. (1825).
The account book lists Walsh as the author of Article VIII, while Lochemes (p. 141) states that Joel R. Poinsett wrote it. Article IX on Cuba, which is omitted entirely from the account book, might fall within Poinsett's interest in Spanish America.
Ingersoll (1782-1862), a lawyer and Representative from Pennsylvania, was a staunch defender of the United States in Inchiquin, the Jesuit's Letters (1810).
McHenry (1785-1845), a Philadelphia poet, playwright, and physician, published the short-lived American Monthly Magazine in 1824.
Markoe, an attorney in Philadelphia, later became the corresponding secretary of the National Institution.
Walsh is credited with thirty-two pages of contributions, so probably he is also the author of article V.
Gallatin (1761-1849), long active in public life, was United States Minister to France from 1816 to 1823.
All reference to this review is omitted from the account book. Lochemes (p. 143) attributes it to Albert Gallatin, although he is credited in the account book with only twenty pages for which he received no payment.
This review Lochemes (p. 142) ascribes to Renwick, probably on the basis of his earlier articles on hieroglyphics. However, the account book credits Bedell with twelve pages. Renwick's thirty-three pages are listed second in the account book, even though his review of "Iron" is the fourth article. Articles II and III are listed in the third and fourth places in the account book.
Paulding, who is listed in sixth place in the account book with twenty-one pages, was certainly well qualified to review a study of Europe and America. This article Lochemes (p. 144) attributes to Walsh.
The account book enters this review covering thirty-seven pages with no payment for it as "Webster." Lochemes (p. 141) suggests that it was written by George Ticknor.
Possibly Henry Reed (1808-1854), professor of literature and moral philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1854.
Parsons (1797-1882), editor of the United States Literary Gazette from 1824 to 1826, was later a professor at the Harvard Law School.
Meigs (1792-1869) was a prominent Philadelphia physician and a professor in the Jefferson Medical College.
Lochemes (p. 141) attributes this review to Senator Josiah Johnson (1784-1833), but I think that Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), a Baltimore constitutional lawyer and later United States Senator from Maryland, is just as feasible.
Follen (1796-1840) taught German, philosophy, and theology at Harvard College from 1825 to 1835.
Probably Capt. James Harman Ward (1806-1861), who published numerous scholarly works on scientific subjects.
Probably Joseph Blunt (1792-1860), who published The Shipmaster's Assistant, and Commercial Digest: Containing Information Useful to Merchants, Owners, and Masters of Ships (1837). Lochemes (p. 143) credits George Bancroft with writing this article.
Caldwell (1772-1853), a resident of the West from 1819 until his death, was head of the medical department of Transylvania University.
Dew (1802-1846) was professor of moral science at William and Mary College. Lochemes (p. 141) attributes this article to Senator Josiah Johnson, but he is not in the list in the account book.
This may be Henry Clay (1777-1852), who occasionally contributed to magazines during his busy political career.
Hare (1781-1858) was professor of chemistry at the medical college of the University of Pennsylvania.
Emerson (1777-1833), a clergyman, educator, and Mason, had written in 1828 Letter to the Members of the Genesee Consociation protesting the anti-Masonic resolution of that group.
Probably Alfred Langdon Elwyn (1804-1884), a wealthy graduate of Harvard who took his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1831. Elwyn collected a valuable library of source materials on United States history.
Sydney G. Fisher (1809-1871) was a Philadelphia lawyer interested in political and social problems. Lochemes (p 143) states that Salmon P. Chase reviewed the book, but "Syd. Fisher" is the author listed in the account book.
Probably William Beach Lawrence (1800-1882), a well-known New York lawyer. Lochemes (p. 142) ascribes this review to George Bancroft, but the account book clearly indicates that Bancroft wrote article VI and Lawrence article VII.
Hood (1780?-1875) wrote Practical Treatise on Law relating to Registers, Registers' Courts, Orphans' Courts, Auditors, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1847).
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