ABSTRACT
The Boston Daniel moved to in 1810 was home to the nation's most vociferous Federalists, haters of Levi Lincoln, and despisers of all shades of Republicanism. Young Federalists of Daniel's generation formed literary societies and launched journals such as The Monthly Anthology the self-appointed final word on American scholarship and politics and, until 1811, the chief literary conduit for Federalist men of letters in Boston. In the spring of 1810, just as Daniel was settling into town, another gubernatorial election approached. Federalists had their man, Christopher Gore, in the State House. The detested embargo that had been partially lifted the year before permitted a resumption of trade with Asia, India, South America, and the Mediterranean, making the shipping merchants rich again. Citing his deteriorating vision, Levi Lincoln declined to run again for the governorship in 1810. Republicans would have to look elsewhere for their candidate.
