American journalist, born in Boston, MA, on the 30th of August 1768; died in Philadelphia on the 7th of January 1812. He graduated at Harvard, and studied law, but made literature his profession. He edited The Farmer’s Museum of Walpole, NH; the United States Gazette, and founded and edited The Portfolio in Philadelphia. Collections of his essays, entitled The Lay Preacher; or, Short Sermons for Idle Moments, were published in book-form. Mr. Dennie wrote under the pen-name of “Oliver Old School.” He founded the “Tuesday Club,” many of whose members were on the staff of The Portfolio, and among whom were Charles Brockden Brown and John Quincy Adams.
