John G. C. Brainard

Brainard was tutored at home by an elder brother and entered Yale College at the age of 15 in 1811.

Again, biographies agree that this was not the ideal job for him, and that "his temperament was totally unsuited to rough collissions of editorial controversy".

In this role he published a number of his own works within the newspaper,[1] which were well received and led to a literary reputation for Brainard.

A number of poets, including John Greenleaf Whittier, wrote poems in his memory.

His poem, "On the Project of African Colonization",[4][5] is quoted in Harriet Beecher Stowe´s book Uncle Tom's Cabin at the end of chapter XXXVII "Liberty" although without credit and reference.