Note 141 — JOURNAL (PART II)

James Kirke Paulding, born in Dutchess County, New York, drifted to New York City at the age of nineteen (1798), and became acquainted with Washington Irving, publishing with him, during the year of 1807, the satirical periodical Salmagundi. A few years later he published The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan. In 1814 he entered the lists for the defense of America in the "War of the Reviewers," by writing a pamphlet, The United States and England, in reply to a review in the Quarterly Review of Charles Ingersoll's Inchiquin's Letters. The sinecure referred to by Faux was secretary of the board of navy commissioners, Madison having appointed him to that position in 1816. He continued his literary work throughout life, also his interest in naval affairs, entering Van Buren's cabinet as secretary of the navy.—Ed.