Salmagundi

…of 20 periodical essays entitled Salmagundi. Concerned primarily with passing phases of contemporary society, the essays retain significance as an index to the social milieu.

…and Washington Irving, founded the Salmagundi (1807–08), a periodical consisting mainly of light satires on local subjects. The outbreak of hostilities between England and America encouraged the assertion of Paulding’s nationalism. He satirized England’s conduct toward America during the war in The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan…