BOOK NOTES:  Some books which might be of general interest to students of the "Early Republic" period -- If you find any worth purchasing after following one of these links, a portion will go to support of this web site: The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough a "story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work." The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity by Jeffrey Sachs.  From book description: "For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic problem solving.  But Sachs turns his attention back home in The Price of Civilization, a book that is essential reading for every American. In a forceful, impassioned, and personal voice, he offers not only a searing and incisive diagnosis of our country’s economic ills but also an urgent call for Americans to restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity.

Brief Biographies from the Jackson/Van Buren Era (N):

Niles, Hezekiah 1777 - 1839:

Editor of the very important Niles Weekly Register, and generally, an energetic proponent of the "American System", often identified with Henry Clay.

Noah, Mordecai Manuel 1785 - 1851:

Founder and Editor of the New York Enquirer (est. 1826). Merged his paper with another Jacksonian, James Watson Webb, to for the Courier and Enquirer. The two men split up as Webb turned against Jackson over the bank war.

NORTON, Ebenezer Foote, 1774-1851

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From 1815 on, a lawyer and businessman in Buffalo, N.Y, and from March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831, a Jacksonian Congressman (unsuccessful for re-election). Born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn. He was admitted to the bar and practiced several years before moving to Buffalo, where he continued to practice law, serving as attorney for the Niagara Bank and holding several local offices. In 1819, he was one of the founders of the original Buffalo Harbor Co. Died in Buffalo, N.Y.

Source: Biog. Dir. Congress

Noyes, John Humphrey (1811 - 1886):

Founder of the Oneida Commune, one of the strangest, but also longest lasting of the 1840s communes, in or near the town of Oneida.