James Aldrich (1810–1856) was an editor and minor poet. Aldrich was born in Mattituck, New York, apparently 14 July 1810, and was married in 1836. He was a merchant and editor. He founded the short-lived ''New York Literary Gazette'' in 1839, and later in 1842–44 worked as an editor on the ''New World'' (New York).James Aldrich
from the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore. Much of his poetry was published in his ''Literary Gazette'', and not brought together in a collection until after his death, when his daughter circulated it privately.
from the PoetryArchive His poem ''A Death-Bed'' is often republished. He died 9 September 1856.

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* * 1810 births 1856 deaths Poets from New York (state) People from Mattituck, New York 19th-century American poets American male poets American newspaper editors 19th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers {{US-poet-1810s-stub