JAMES KIRKE PAULDING, born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y.,
August 22, 1779, died in Hyde Park, in the same county, April 6,
1860, was associated with Washington Irving in literary work on
_Salmagundi_. A paper on political affairs from Paulding's pen led to
his appointment by President Madison as Secretary of the Navy
Commission in Washington. He was Agent of the Navy at New York, 1825,
and Secretary of the Navy under Van Buren.
THE BUCKTAILS; OR, AMERICANS IN ENGLAND. A Comedy, written shortly
after the conclusion of the War of 1812.
This play was published in a volume entitled _American Comedies_,
by W. I. Paulding, Author; Carey & Hart, Publishers. Philadelphia,
1847.