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(b. New York, N.Y., 2 January 1752; d. near Middletown Point, N.J., 18 December 1832) The Revolutionary era's major poet, Freneau's work included “The Beauties of Santa Cruz” (1776), “The House of Night” (1779), “Eutaw Springs” (1781), “The British Prison Ship” (1781), “To a Wild Honeysuckle” (1786), and “The Indian Burying Ground” (1788). His poetry expressed 18th-century concepts of the E nlightenment and J effersonian democracy . He edited the first post-Revolutionary political newspaper, the National Gazette (1791–3) for Thomas J efferson and James M adison . ... log in or subscribe to read full text