Talk:William Henry Porter (writer)

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It appears to me that the subject might well establish notability either as a civic leader-- ministers were important officials in early 19th century nh-- or as an author. If his second book is the New Jerusalem volume I'm thinking of, it had considerable influence via the Peabody/Emerson circle. MarkBernstein (talk) 02:35, 18 April 2015 (UTC)


 * The phrase "New Jerusalem" was bandied about quite a bit in those circles I imagine, so it might be some other book. I haven't found a link to Emerson yet, but I've only done some preliminary Googling.  As to your first point, I'm fascinated by how standards of notability have changed and how figures that were central to civic life are completely obscure now.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 05:12, 18 April 2015 (UTC)