Joseph Dennie

Joseph Dennie
Portrait of Joseph Dennie by James Sharples, c. 1790
Born
Joseph Dennie

August 30, 1768
DiedJanuary 7, 1812 (1812-01-08) (aged 43)
Other namesOliver Oldschool
Academicus
Socialis
EducationHarvard College
Occupation(s)Author, journalist, editor, secretary
Notable credit(s)The Lay Preacher
Port Folio

Joseph Dennie (August 30, 1768 – January 7, 1812) was an American author and journalist who was one of the foremost men of letters of the Federalist Era.[1] A Federalist, Dennie is best remembered for his series of essays entitled The Lay Preacher and as the founding editor of The Port Folio, a journal espousing classical republican values. Port Folio was the most highly regarded and successful literary publication of its time,[2][3][4] and the first important political and literary journal in the United States.[5] Timothy Dwight IV once referred to Dennie as "the Addison of America"[6] and "the father of American Belles-Lettres."[7]

  1. ^ Massachusetts Historical Society 1879, p. 362
  2. ^ Spiller 1948, p. 36
  3. ^ Horner 1966, p. 581
  4. ^ Hickey 1999, p.108
  5. ^ Dowling 1999, p. 1
  6. ^ Hickey 1999, p. 107
  7. ^ Marble 1907, p. 206