[1][2] Colton served as the American Whig Review's editor from 1844 until his death in 1847, publishing from New York City.
[1] George Colton founded The American Review: A Whig Journal in 1844 as a monthly periodical published by Wiley and Putnam.
[5] Poe continued to publish his poems and other writings through Colton, including the short stories "Some Words with a Mummy" and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar".
[6] In the January 1847 edition of The American Review, one of his last, Colton sharply criticized President James K. Polk over the Mexican–American War.
"[8] George Hooker Colton died December 1, 1847, remaining The American Review's "able editor" until death.