Jonathan Elliot (publisher)

After strongly supporting the unsuccessful presidential candidacy of William H. Crawford in 1816, Elliot was rewarded with a series of lucrative printing contracts, which allowed him to return to a daily publication.

He died in Washington D.C., in March 1846, a year after publishing his final work, The Funding System of the United States and of Great Britain.

Motivated by political zeal, he traveled to Caracas in 1810 to fight under Simón Bolívar in the Venezuelan War of Independence, where he was severely wounded in combat.

Although continuing to favor Crawford, Elliot offered support to Secretary of State John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential election in exchange for printing contracts.

Elliot largely retired from journalism, although briefly worked as an editor for We the People, an anti-Jacksonian and pro-Henry Clay campaign paper published from March to November 1828.

His three-volume Debates (1827–1830),[a] covering the adoption of the Constitution by state ratifying conventions, remained the sole scholarly source until the late 20th century, although faced later academic criticism for possible partisan bias.

[5][9] Elliot's Debates was republished in seven different editions, each varying slightly: as a result, the work was described by historian James H. Hutson "bibliographical brainteaser".

[2] In 1830, Elliot published a history of Washington, D.C., titled Historical Sketches of the Ten Miles Square Forming the District of Columbia.

"[11][12] In 1845, he published his final work, a compilation of American and British treasury reports and public debt debates entitled The Funding Systems of the United States and of Great Britain.