Houston

(George). Was the translator of d’Holbach’s Ecce Homo , first published in Edinburgh in 1799, and sometimes ascribed to Joseph Webb. A second edition was i ued in 1813. Houston was prosecuted and was imprisoned two years in New gate, with a fine of £200. He afterwards went to New York, where he edited the Minerva (1822). In Jan. 1827, he started The Correspondence , which, we believe, was the first weekly Free thought journal published in America. It lasted till July 1828. He also republished Ecce Homo . Houston helped to establish in America a “Free Pre A ociation” and a Society of Free Inquirers.