The New International Encyclopædia/Stone, William Leete
STONE,  (1792-1844). An
American journalist and historical writer,
born at Newpaltz, N. Y. After editing several
provincial journals he became editor of the New
York Commercial Advertiser in 1821. He
earnestly furthered a plan for collecting the colonial
documents of New York, and was defendant in a
famous suit brought by the novelist Cooper for
criticisms that had appeared in his journal on
that novelist's Home as Found and the History

of the Navy.
(See ) He was
active in furthering benevolent institutions for
the deaf and dumb and for juvenile delinquents.
Among his many publications the revolutionary
Tales and Sketches (2 vols., 1834), Maria Monk
and the Nunnery of the Hôtel Dieu (1836), and
a social satire Ups and Downs in the Life of a
Distressed Gentleman (1836) are still of interest.
Better known probably are his Life of Joseph
Brant (1838); Life of Red Jacket (1840);
and Uncus and Miantonomeh (1842).
An account of his other works is given in Life
and Writings of Col. William L. Stone (1866),
by his son,  (b. 1835),
himself the author of many works of antiquarian
research connected with the Revolutionary epoch,
among which the more noteworthy are: The Life
and Times of Sir William Johnson, Bart.;
Revolutionary Letters: Burgoyne's Campaign;
History of New York City; Reminiscences of Saratoga
and Ballston. He edited also Ballads of
the Burgoyne Campaign and Other Revolutionary
Memorials.