to alter their economic dependence on slavery. Legacy Niles, Michigan and Niles, Ohio are named for him. Niles, Illinois may also be named for him, but circumstances are unclear concerning the naming of the surrounding township in 1850. Bibliography W.H. Earle. "Niles' Register, 1811-1849: Window on the World," Journal of the War of 1812 and the Era 1800 to 1840, Fall, 1996 (volume I, no. 5). online version Kovarik, William, "To Avoid the Coming Storm: Hezekiah Niles Weekly Register as a Voice of North-South Moderation, 1811 - 1836," American Journalism, Summer, 1992. online version Kovarik, William, "Niles Register," Encyclopedia of American Journalism History" (Routledge, 2006). online version Luxon, Norval. Niles Weekly Register: News Magazine of the Nineteenth Century (Louisiana State University Press, 1947) Stone, Richard G. Hezekiah Niles as an Economist, (Johns Hopkins Press, 1933) References External links Frederick N. Rasmussen Hezekiah Niles: A Patriotic News Magazine Editor in the 19th Century, Baltimore Sun, Sept. 4, 2011. Biographical Sketch of Hezekiah Niles from The History of Chester County by Futhey and Cope (1881) Niles Weekly Register fulltext David D. Fowler, Niles' Florida. A five-volume compilation of news articles, personal letters, and anecdotes from early 19th century Florida. Thirty-eight years of Florida’s history between 1811 and 1849 from the Niles’ Weekly Register. Hezekiah Niles on Find a Grave Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America; or an attempt to collect and preserve some of the speeches, orations and proceedings, with sketches and remarks on men and things, and other fugitive or neglected pieces of the revolutionary period. 1777 births 1839 deaths American Quakers American publishers (people) American newspaper editors Businesspeople from Baltimore People from Chester County, Pennsylvania Writers from Philadelphia Writers from Wilmington, Delaware Journalists from Pennsylvania