Joel Barlow

Joel Barlow Joel Barlow (March 24, 1754 – December 26, 1812) was an American poet, diplomat, and politician. In politics, he supported the French Revolution and was an ardent Jeffersonian republican.

He worked as an agent for American speculator William Duer to set up the Scioto Company in Paris in 1788, and to sell worthless deeds to land in the Northwest Territory which it did not own. Scholars believe that he did not know the transactions were fraudulent. He stayed in Paris, becoming involved in the French Revolution. He was elected to the Assembly and given French citizenship in 1792.

In his own time, Barlow was known especially for the epic poem ''The Columbiad'', a later version of the ''Vision of Columbus'' (1807), though modern readers rank ''The Hasty-Pudding'' (1793) more highly.

As American consul at Algiers, he helped draft the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, to end the attacks of Barbary pirates of North Africa city states. He also served as U.S. minister to France from 1811 to his death on December 26, 1812, in Żarnowiec, Poland. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Advice to the privileged orders in the several states of Europe resulting from the necessity and propriety of a general revolution in the principle of government.
    by Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812
    Published 1956
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    Letters from Paris, to the citizens of the United States of America, on the system of policy hitherto pursued by their government relative to their commercial intercourse with England and France, &c /
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    Oration delivered at Washington, July fourth, 1809 : at the request of the Democratic citizens of the District of Columbia /
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    Letter to Henry Gregoire ... in reply to his letter on the Columbiad /
    Other Authors: “...Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812...”
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    The vision of Columbus : a poem in nine books /
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    An oration, delivered at the North church in Hartford, at the meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, July 4th, 1787 : in commemoration of the independence of the United States /
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    Advice to the privileged orders, in the several states of Europe : resulting from the necessity and propriety of a general revolution in the principle of government /
    by Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812
    Published 1792
    Book
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    A poem, spoken at the public commencement at Yale College, in New Haven, September 12, 1781.
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    An elegy on the late Honorable Titus Hosmer, esq : one of the counsellors of the State of Connecticut, a member of Congress, and a judge of the Maritime Court of Appeals for the United States of America.
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    The prospect of peace : a poetical composition, delivered in Yale-College, at the public examination, of the candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, July 23, 1778 /
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    Two letters to the citizens of the United States, and one to General Washington : written from Paris in the year 1799, on our political and commercial relations /
    by Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812
    Published 1806
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    The conspiracy of kings : a poem, addressed to the inhabitants of Europe, from another quarter of the world /
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    Prospectus of a national institution, to be established in the United States.
    by Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812
    Published 1806
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    The vision of Columbus : a poem in nine books /
    by Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812
    Published 1787
    Book
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    The political writings of Joel Barlow : Containing: Advice to the priviledged orders. Letter to the National convention. Letter to the people of Piedmont. The conspiracy of kings.
    by Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812
    Published 1796
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    The Columbiad : A poem. With the last corrections of the author /
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    Prospectus of a national institution, to be established in the United States.
    Microform Book
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    Avis aux ordres privilégiés : dans les divers t̄ats de l'Europe, tiré de la nécessité, dans le sens proprement dit, d'une révolution générale dans le principe du gouvernement.
    by Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812
    Published 1794
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    A poem, spoken at the public commencement at Yale college, in New-Haven : September 12, 1781 /
    Other Authors: “...Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812...”
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    The hasty pudding : a poem in three cantos /
    by Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812
    Published 1815
    Microform Book
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