The guillotina, or A Democratic dirge, a poem. By the author of the "Democratiad." Twelve lines of verse.
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Attributed to Lemuel Hopkins in the Dictionary of American biography. Erroneously attributed to William Cobbett and Joel Barlow. "Published by Thomas Bradford."--Colophon. Advertised in the Gazette of the United States, Jan. 13, 1796. Also issued as the
Philadelphia : Sold at the Political Book-Store, South Front-Street, no. 8, 1796 14, 2 p. ; 8°
The Political Green-House For The Year 1798: Addressed To The Readers Of The Connecticut Courant
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The Democratiad, a poem, in retaliation, for the "Philadelphia jockey club." Two lines of quotation By a gentleman of Connecticut. Second edition.
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Directed at Democratic senators who opposed Jay's treaty. Attributed to Hopkins in the Dictionary of American biography. Erroneously attributed to William Cobbett by Sabin. Edition statement transposed from head of title. Bookseller's advertisement, p. 23.
Philadelphia : Published by Thomas Bradford, printer, book-seller & stationer, no. 8, South Front Street, 1795. iv,1,6-22,2p. ; 8°
The echo: or, A satirical poem on the virtuous ten, and other celebrated characters: to which is added, a new song on the treaty.
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Attributed to Hopkins by Wegelin. Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing "Connecticut" in publication statement.
Printed at Hartford (Connecticut.) : s.n., 1795. 22,2p. ; 8°
Lemuel Hopkins was an American physician, writer and poet. He practiced medicine in Connecticut, and was also an author of numerous poems on political themes.
Background
Lemuel Hopkins was born on June 19, 1750 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. He was the son of Stephen Hopkins by his second wife, Dorothy, the daughter of James Talmadge of New Haven, Connecticut. He was a descendant of John Hopkins who settled in Cambridge, Massachussets, in 1634, removing to Hartford in 1636. The latter's grandson, John, was one of the original proprietors of Waterbury, where he ground the people's corn, ran the tavern, and was a dignitary in the church. His grandson, Stephen, was a well-to-do farmer, who made his sons work in the field, but gave them a good education.
Education
A tendency to tuberculosis early turned Hopkins' attention to medicine, and he studied, first, under Doctor Jared Potter of Wallingford, and later, under Doctor Seth Bird of Litchfield, in which town, about 1776, he began to practise. In 1784 Yale conferred on him the honorary degree of Master of Arts.
Career
For a brief period Hopkins served in the Revolutionary War. In 1784 he removed to Hartford, staying with his friend, Joel Barlow, until he could establish a home there.
In his day, his methods of treatment were viewed as dangerously original. Many students came to him for instruction.
With John Trumbull, Joel Barlow, and David Humphreys he wrote "The Anarchiad, a Poem, on the Restoration of Chaos and Substantial Night, " satirizing anarchistic tendencies of the day. It was published in The New-Haven Gazette, and the Connecticut Magazine, the first number appearing in the issue of October 26, 1786, and the last in that of September 13, 1787. It was edited by L. G. Riggs and reprinted under the title, The Anarchiad: a New England Poem, in 1861. He also collaborated with Richard Alsop, Theodore Dwight, and others in writing "The Echo, " a series of papers which appeared in the American Mercury in the years 1791 to 1805, and were reissued in abridged form in 1807.
Hopkins is credited with the authorship of No. XVIII, which was published separately in 1795 under the title, The Democratiad, a Poem in Retaliation, for the "Philadelphia Jockey Club. " Another work in which he had a hand was The Political Greenhouse for the Year 1798 (1799). The Guillotina, or a Democratic Dirge, a New Year's poem for January 1, 1796, was published separately that year. His "Epitaph on a Patient Killed by a Cancer Quack, " is said to have helped banish such a quack from Hartford.
In March 1801 he became very ill with cough, pain in his side, and fever. He partially recovered, but died on April 14, 1801 in his fifty-first year.
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Politics
Although Hopkins is said to have had "infidel leanings" at one time, he righted himself and became a stanch Calvinistic-Federalist supporter of the established order, bitterly attacking whatever seemed to him political quackery.
Membership
Hopkins was an honorary member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and one of the founders of the Connecticut Medical Society.
Personality
Hopkins was ungainly in appearance, eccentric in manner, and decidedly original in his methods. Having a keen mind, he could perceive the truth almost instantaneously, and an unusual memory enabled him to quote fluently from any book he had read. He hated sham and quackery, and expressed his thoughts bluntly, with nervous conciseness, and frequently with pungent wit and devastating irony.
Connections
Hopkins was married to Irene Stone. They had a daughter, Rebecca.