Clement C. Moore, "one of the most estimable, genial, and popular men of his day"

... the late Clement C. Moore, who will be remembered by all old New Yorkers as one of the most estimable, genial, and popular men of his day. He wrote the Christmas poem familiar to every nursery and school room, beginning, "'Twas the night before Christmas," and was well known in both the literary and the social world.
--The New York Sun, May 16, 1886