WILLIAMSON, A. J.
Preservation; or, The Hovel of the Rocks. A Play in Five Acts. Charleston, 1800. 8vo, pp. vii.-75.
WILMER, LAMBERT A.
Lambert A. Wilmer, born in 1805, died in Brooklyn, December 21, 1863, was editor of the Brooklyn Saturday Visitor, and of The Pennsylvanian in Philadelphia. He was the author of The Quacks of Helicon.
Merlin. A Drama. Philadelphia, 1823. 12mo.
Gloriana; or, The Enchantress of Elba. A Drama.
Published in a weekly paper in Philadelphia about 1828.
WOODWORTH, SAMUEL
Samuel Woodworth, born in Scituate, Mass., January 13, 1785, died in New York City, December 9, 1842. His father was a soldier of the Revolution. In early life he chose the profession of a printer, and went to Boston, where he bound himself apprentice to Benjamin Russell, editor of The Columbian Sentinel. During this time he employed his leisure in writing poetry for different periodicals in that city over the signature of "Selim." In 1807 he published a weekly paper in New Haven called The Belles-Lettres Repository. The next year he went to Baltimore, where many of his best poems were published. He came to New York in 1810, and during the War of 1812 published a weekly newspaper entitled The War. He also edited, at different times, The Halcyon Luminary and Theological Repository, The Casket, The Parthenon, and The Literary Gazette. He also was one of the founders and editors of The New York Mirror. In 1816 he published Champions of Freedom.
The Deed of Gift. A Comic Opera in Three Acts, as performed at the Boston Theatre. New York, 1822. 18mo, pp. 72.
First acted at the City Theatre in Warren Street, New York, January 20, 1823.
Lafayette; or, The Castle of Olmutz. A Drama in Three Acts, as performed at the New York Park Theatre. New York, 1824. 16mo, pp. 50.
First acted at the Park Theatre, New York, February 23, 1824.