The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York (60 page)

source for, 159–161

111–112, 113, 115–120, 120–125,

Hawley, Henry, 112

Hayward, Billings, 42

Barnum’s purchase of, 117–118

Hazlitt, William, 190

newspaper review of, 122–123

Herald of Freedom,
106–109

History of New York City, Embracing

Herald Square, 288

an Outline of Events from 1609 to

Herschel, Caroline, 141, 189, 227

Herschel, Sir John, 41, 91, 144 (photo),

Development from 1830 to 1884

195, 197, 206–207, 210, 267, 288

(Lossing), 178, 289–290

as astronomer, 143, 145–146

History of the Expedition Under the

early years of, 142–143

Command of Captains Lewis and

education of, 142

Clark,
236

family of, 145

History of the Polish Revolution, with

and lunar observations, 4, 10, 11–12,

the Latest Atrocities of the Russian

136, 137–141, 155, 171, 174, 181,

Conquerors, Compiled Upon the

182, 183, 185–186, 192, 200,

Authority of Personal Sufferers

208–209, 211, 215–216, 219, 223,

(Richard Adams Locke), 69

Hitchcock, Edward, 190, 196

and Moon Hoax, 224–227,

Hoaxes, 245–246, 263.
See also

229–230

individual hoaxes

and moon series, 204, 240

Hone, Philip, 76, 92, 179–180

and observatory fire, 207

Hoskin, Edward, 80, 81, 210

personality of, 143–144

Howe, James, 224

physical appearance of, 144

Howe, William, 224

and religion, 185–186

Hoyt, Jesse, 270–271

and telescope, 136, 137–141, 145,

Humbugs, 30–31, 102, 263–264

163, 165–167, 169, 203, 207,

Humbugs of the World
(Phineas Taylor

Barnum), 103, 177, 195, 258–259

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Immigrants, 21–23

Littrow, Johann Joseph von, 287

Imperial Magazine,
56

Locke, Adelaide (daughter of Richard

Inman, Henry, 150

Adams Locke), 60, 62, 63, 132,

Intellectual freedom, and religious

beliefs, 282

Locke, Ann (sister of Richard Adams

International Miscellany of Literature,

Locke), 51, 60

Art, and Science,
294

Locke, Anne Adams (mother of Richard

Adams Locke), 51, 60

Jefferson, Thomas, 107

Locke, Cecelia (sister of Richard Adams

Johnson, William Henry, 118

Locke), 51

Journal of Commerce,
28, 43–44, 201,

Locke, Christopher (brother of Richard

Adams Locke), 51

The Journal of Julius Rodman
(Edgar

Locke, Emma (sister of Richard Adams

Allan Poe), 236

Locke), 51

Locke, Esther Bowring (wife of Richard

Kennedy, John Pendleton, 153, 163,

Adams Locke), 60, 62, 63, 132,

233, 234

Kenney, James, 245

Locke, Jane (sister of Richard Adams

Kent, John, 60

Locke), 51

Knickerbocker,
289, 290

Locke, John, 50, 55, 69

Kossuth, Louis, 296–297

Locke, Lewis (son of Richard Adams

Kossuth address (Richard Adams

Locke), 268

Locke), 296–297

Locke, Mary (sister of Richard Adams

Locke), 51

Lacroix, Sylvestre, 142

Locke, Richard Adams, 3, 24, 46

Landlords, 22

(photo), 86, 91, 152, 192, 235,

Laplace, Pierre Simon, 288

246, 248, 293–298

Latrobe, John, 153–154, 155

and astronomy, 147

Law of Truth, 277–278

and Bennett, James Gordon,

“Leaves from an Aeronaut” (D), 155

relationship between, 83

Leaves of Grass
(Whitman), 197

childhood of, 51–52

Leggett, William, 93

as crime stories reporter of
Courier

The Letters of Willis Gaylord Clark and

and Enquirer,
71–72, 76, 80–82

Lewis Gaylor Clark
(Dunlap), 291

death of, 297–298

Letters on Natural Magic
(Brewster),

as editor of
Bridgwater and

248–249

Somersetshire Herald,
57–59,

The Life of Davy Crockett
serial, 41

The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by

as editor of
Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

Himself
(P. T. Barnum), 99, 118, 119

272–273

Lind, Jenny, 286

as editor of
Daily Eagle,
284

Lindsay, R. W., 111, 116, 117, 118, 122,

as editor of
Democratic-Republican

New Era,
270–272

The Literati of New York City,
11, 46,

as editor of
New Era,
59, 135, 236,

265–270, 273

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Locke, Richard Adams (
continued
)

and religion, 98–99, 275–277,

as editor of
Sun,
11–13, 69, 80, 82,

280–282

and religion and science, 293

education of, 53–54

and religious astronomy, 277–280

family of, 49–51, 60, 132, 268–269,

and religious astronomy letter,

278–280

and fire of August 12, 126–127

and republicanism, 54–56, 61–62,

in Great Britain, 54–62

69–70

and Heth, Joice, 122, 123, 255,

retirement of, 297

256–259, 258–259

salary of, 132

and Kossuth address, 296–297

and science, 275–277

and literary journalism, 56–57

and slavery, 93–95, 221, 280, 281

magnetic theory of, 293–294

as stenographer and legal reporter,

and Matthias the Prophet series, 45,

68–69

72–76, 80, 81, 82, 83, 132–133,

as surveyor, 52

and Yale College, 181

military service of, 52–53

Locke, Richard Adams, as editor of,

and Moon Hoax, 209–211, 211–212,

11–13, 80, 82

212–213, 213–215, 215–216, 225,

Locke, Richard (father of Richard

230–231, 244, 282

Adams Locke), 51, 53, 54, 56, 60

and moon series, 47, 54, 96, 133–135,

Locke, Richard (grandfather of Richard

135–136, 136–141, 154–155, 161,

Adams Locke), 50–51, 54, 56, 132,

165–166, 167–168, 170, 174–175,

176, 178, 181, 182, 188, 199–201,

Locke, Richard (son of Richard Adams

202, 223, 236–237, 240, 242–243,

Locke), 132, 268

247, 269, 273–274, 287, 291

Locke, Walter (son of Richard Adams

and moon series, authorship of, 216,

Locke), 132

217–221, 264, 267, 288–290

London Times,
139, 177

and moon series, explanation for,

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 236

274–277, 279, 280

Loomis, Elias, 181–182

and moon series, payment for, 237

Lossing, Benson J., 178, 289–290, 291

and Mungo Park story, 269

“The Lost Manuscript of Mungo Park,”

and New York, arrival in, 65–67

and New York, first residence in,

“A Lost Somersetshire Worthy” (Dare),

67–68

and New York, journey to, 62–64

Lotteries, 105–106

and New York Custom House, 49,

Lunar animals, 167, 171, 172, 175–176,

66, 270–271, 294–297, 298

176 (photo), 179–180, 182–183,

personality of, 47, 131–132

190–191, 192, 199, 203, 206, 207,

physical appearance of, 45–47, 131

and poetical economy, 266–267

Lunar Animals and Other Objects,

and political journalism, 54–56

Discovered by Sir John Herschel in

radical politics of, 54–56, 58–59,

His Observatory at the Cape of

270–271, 280–282

Good Hope and Copied from

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Sketches in the Edinburgh Journal of

Matthias the Prophet
(play), 76

Science,
175–176, 176 (photo), 199

Matthias the Prophet (Robert

Lunar Discoveries.
See
Great

Matthews), 44–45, 210, 255

Astronomical Discoveries
series

Matthias the Prophet series, 45, 72–76,

Lunar inhabitants, 133–135, 183,

80, 81, 82, 83, 132–133, 135–136,

185–188, 189, 192–195, 206, 221,

222, 223, 276–278.
See also
Man—

McDowall, Charles, 56–57

bats

McDuffie, George, 280

Lunar temples, 176–177, 187, 200–201,

Medical students, and autopsies,

255–256

Lunar vegetation, 133, 165–166, 167,

Melville, Herman, 66, 295

170, 171, 179, 187–188, 193, 203,

Memoirs of Matthias the Prophet

(Richard Adams Locke), 75–76, 82,

Lunatic Asylum at Bloomingdale, 266

Lyman, Levi, 121, 122, 123, 252, 253,

Menageries, 223–224

256, 257–258

Mercantile Advertiser,
28, 202

and Aunt Nelly humbug, 259–261

Merchant papers, 201.
See also

Lynch, Anne Charlotte, 273, 291

Newspapers

Lynch Law, 220

“The Moon and its Inhabitants,” 133,

Lynde, Willoughby, 41–42

187–188, 200, 219–220

Moon Hoax, 12–13, 135, 154–155,

Mabbott, Thomas, 245

209–216, 218–221, 224–227,

Maelzel, Johann Nepomuk, 247, 248,

229–230, 230–231, 244, 260–261,

264, 282, 289–290, 291, 292, 297

“Maelzel’s Chess-Player,” 248

and Bennett, James Gordon (
see under

Magnetic theory, 293–294

Bennett, James Gordon)

“Magnetism and Astronomy” (Richard

and Day, Benjamin (
see under
Day,

Adams Locke), 293

Benjamin)

Maguire, Mark, 35

and Herschel, Sir John (
see under

Man-bats, 12, 171–173, 204–205, 206,

Herschel, Sir John)

207, 228 (photo), 229 (photo)

and Locke, Richard Adams (
see under

lithographs of, 175–177, 176 (photo)

Locke, Richard Adams)

See also
Lunar inhabitants

and
Sun
(see under
Sun
)

Marryat, Frederick, 262

See also
Moon series

Marsh, William B., 273

The Moon Hoax; or, A Discovery that

Marshall, Thomas F., 70

the Moon Has a Vast Population of

Martin, Emily, 9

Human Beings,
292

Martin, Margaret, 9

Moon series, 11–13, 19, 47, 49, 54, 96,

Mason, Monck, 237, 239–242, 245

128, 133–135, 135–136, 165–167,

Matthews, Rev. John, 59

167–169, 169–173, 173–174,

Matthews, Robert.
See
Matthias the

199–201, 201–205, 206–208,

Prophet

236–237, 240, 242–243, 282

Matthias the Prophet pamphlet. See

and animal life, 169–170, 171,

Memoirs of Matthias the Prophet

182–183

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Moon series (
continued
)

See also
Great Astronomical

authorship of, 216, 217–221, 264,

Discoveries
series; Moon hoax

267, 288–290, 289–290

Moon stories, 157–159

cost of, 135

Moon story pamphlet. See
A Complete

and Day, Benjamin (
see under
Day,

Account of the Late Discoveries in

Benjamin)

the Moon

European versions of, 227–230

Moonshine, or Lunar Discoveries
(play),

explanation for, 274–277, 279, 280

final installment of, 221

Moral War, 83–84

and Herschel, Sir John (
see under

More Lunar Discoveries, NOT

Herschel, Sir John)

contained in the Supplement to the

and lithographs, 175–177

Edinburgh Journal of Science

and Locke, Richard Adams (
see under

(Tarbox), 205

Locke, Richard Adams)

Morning Courier,
86–87. See also

and lunar animals, 167, 171, 172,

Courier and Enquirer

175–176, 179–180, 182–183,

Morning Herald,
20, 81, 120, 122, 123,

190–191, 192, 199, 203, 206, 207,

181, 208, 286

and Aunt Nelly humbug, 259–261

and lunar inhabitants, 133–135, 183,

and Balloon Hoax, 243

185–188, 189, 193–195, 206, 221,

Bennett, James Gordon, as editor of,

222, 223, 276–278, 278

88–89

and lunar poppies, 165–166

circulation of, 90, 209, 216, 285

and lunar temple, 176, 187,

and crime stories, 89–90

200–201, 206, 207, 218, 222,

early days of, 86