Inserted in manuscript copy are memoranda identifying some of the people mentioned in the book. According to these notes, written in 1838, Rudolph Bunner, John Duer and G.C. Verplanck were the authors of this work. In a letter by J. Verplanck to M. Van Buren, dated Dec. 25, 1819 (perserved in the Library of Congress, Manuscript division) it is stated that John Duer wrote the first poem called "The state triumvirate", and G.C. Verplanck, the Epistles of Pindar Puff, the Prolegomena, etc. The state triumvirate (a satire on Thomas J. Oakley, attorney general of the state of N.Y. in 1819) was first published seperately under title "Dick Shift: a political tale"

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Microfiche. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, 1991. 3 microfiches : negative. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time ; 6683-6685)