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Salmagundi (periodical)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Periodical)

Genre
  
Satire

OCLC
  
9412147

Publication date
  
1807-1808

Originally published
  
1800

Country
  
United States of America

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Original title
  
Salmagundi; or The Whim-whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & Others

Publisher
  
David Longworth (New York City)

ISBN
  
978-0-940450-14-1 (reprint)

Authors
  
Washington Irving, James Kirke Paulding

Preceded by
  
Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.

Similar
  
Washington Irving books, Other books

Salmagundi; or The Whim-whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & Others, commonly referred to as Salmagundi, was a 19th-century satirical periodical created and written by American writer Washington Irving, his oldest brother, William, and James Kirke Paulding. The collaborators produced twenty issues at irregular intervals between January 24, 1807 and January 15, 1808.

Salmagundi lampooned New York City culture and politics in a manner much like today's Mad magazine. It was in the November 11, 1807 issue that Irving first attached the name "Gotham" to New York City, based on the alleged stupidity of the people of Gotham, Nottinghamshire.

Irving and his collaborators published the periodical using a wide variety of pseudonyms, including Will Wizard, Launcelot Langstaff, Pindar Cockloft, and Mustapha Rub-a-Dub Keli Khan.

Irving and Paulding discontinued Salmagundi in January 1808, following a disagreement with publisher David Longworth over profits.

References

Salmagundi (periodical) Wikipedia