James Aldrich (1810?1856) was an editor and minor poet.

Aldrich was born in Mattituck, New York , apparently 14 July 1810, and was married in 1836. He was a merchant and editor. He founded the short-lived New York Literary Gazette in 1839, and later in 1842?44 worked as an editor on the New World (New York). ^[1] Much of his poetry was published in his Literary Gazette , and not brought together in a collection until after his death, when his daughter circulated it privately. ^[2] His poem A Death-Bed is often republished. ^[1]

He died 9 September 1856.

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