Lemuel Hopkins (June 19, 1750 – April 14, 1801) was an American poet and physician who was a member of the

Hartford Wits The Hartford Wits were a group of young writers from Connecticut in the late eighteenth century and included John Trumbull, Timothy Dwight, David Humphreys, Joel Barlow and Lemuel Hopkins. Originally the Connecticut Wits, this group formed in t ...

, a group of literary satirists active in the late eighteenth century. A politically conservative Federalist, he coauthored '' The Anarchiad'' (1786–1787), a lengthy satiric poem critical of popular democracy and of the Articles of Confederation. His fellow authors on the poem were three other leading Wits: David Humphreys,

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

, and John Trumbull. Hopkins practiced medicine in Litchfield and

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and received an honorary Master of Arts degree from

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in 1784. Hopkins died of pneumonia and was interred at Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground.

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* ''The Anarchiad: A New England Poem'' - full text via the

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