His first book, "salmagundi," was published in 1807. Two years later he published "Knickerbocker's History of New York."
"McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader"
William Holmes McGuffey
His earlier squib of "salmagundi" treats "the town" with an arch memory of the Spectator loitering in London, and his spell was such that in a later day Dennett, in the Nation, happily nicknamed the work of the talent which he had quickened the Knickerbocker literature.
"From the Easy Chair, series 2"
George William Curtis
I wanted to see my horse that was about to run for the salmagundi Sweepstakes, and to tell my jockey that I'd give him fifteen thousand, instead of ten thousand, if he won-for I had put quite a bunch down.
"The Deluge"
David Graham Phillips