He stated: "I think Fuller remained at the wheel and never left it until burned to death; he was always a resolute man in obeying orders".
Many researchers have stated that the sketch referred to Fuller, probably due to the magnitude of the tragedy, which up to 1841 was the worst steamer conflagration on Lake Erie.
[5] The August 30, 1845, issue of the Baltimore Sun led to the creation of a ballad by Benjamin Brown French, submitted to the same newspaper and printed on September 5 of that year.
[9] Already in November 1863, The British Workman (London, England) put out an untitled "John Maynard" ballad by the anonymous poet "Josephine",[10] which accompanied the shortened sketch by J.
Encouraged by Rittershaus, other poets composed their own Lake Erie ballads in the tradition of "John Maynard": Ada Linden (Luise Förster) around 1882, and Theodor Fontane in 1886.