Author: Murphy, William
Biography:
MURPHY, William (fl 1815-28)
pseudonym Aesop Mullet Head
Murphy was a newspaper publisher based in Newtown (now Elmira) NY. His Telegraph, founded in 1815, was the first newspaper in the county; The Vedette (1818) followed, also short-lived. In 1829 he founded the Elmira Republican but stayed with it for only nine months before passing it on to others. The attribution to him of The Electioneering Campaign seems solid since the title-page identifies the author as "Late 'Prime Minister of his Telegraphic Majesty'" although the prelims describe him as "yet in his teens"--which is improbable. (WorldCat) HJ
Books written (1):
Newtown [NY]: for the author, 1818