Background
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
That year he was convicted of libel against the Federalist-controlled state government for his role in the newspaper"s vocal opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts. He was sentenced to thirty days in jail. The following year, he was promoted to the position of editor, which he shared with Ebenezer Rhodes.
In 1811, he received a conviction for libel arising from his comments on the conduct in office of Theophilus Parsons, who was at the time the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, but was later pardoned.
He died in 1816.