Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas

from The Troy Sentinel, December 23, 1823, p. 3 We know not to whom we are indebted for the following description of that unwearied patron of children–that homely, but delightful personification of parental kindness–SANTE CLAUS, his costume and his equipage, as he goes about visiting the fire-sides of this happy land, laden with Christmas bounties; …