Pre-Civil War American Culture Part 1 By facebooker_579810483 Apr 3, 1783 Washington Irving was born in New York http://www.biography.com/people/washington-irving-9350087 Sep 15, 1789 James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey Feb 27, 1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine Biography Apr 22, 1819 Rip Van Winkle was published Details Jan 1, 1820 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Period: Jan 1, 1836 to Jan 1, 1860 American Transcendentalism Jan 7, 1861 Paul Revere's ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellows was published