John Sherburne Sleeper

Journalism career Sleeper was the publisher and editor of the Exeter, New Hampshire, News-Letter, editor and proprietor of The Lowell Daily Journal and editor and part proprietor of The Boston Mercantile Journal. Sleeper was the editor of The Boston Mercantile Journal, later The Boston Journal from 1834 to 1854. and, from 1856 to 1858, as the sixth Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Sleeper was a contestant for the third congressional district of Massachusetts for the election held on November 4, 1862. Although originally ahead in the vote totals, Alexander Rice was later declared the winner by 25 votes (5,045 to 5,020).

Sleeper was a member of the First Congregational Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Books A Whale Adventure in the Pacific (1841). Tales of the Ocean (1842). Salt Water Bubbles: Or, Life on the Wave (1854). Ocean Adventures: Or, Cabin and Forecastle Yarns of Thrilling Incidents (1857). Jack in the Forecastle (1860). Mark Rowland; A tale of the Sea (1867).