According to "John Townsend Trowbridge (September 18, 1827 - February 12, 1916) was an American author born in Ogden, New York, USA, to Windsor Stone Trowbridge and Rebecca Willey. His papers are located at the Houghton Library at Harvard University."
John Townsend Trowbridge was a novelist and poet who often published under the under pseudonym Paul Creyton. His papers are located at the Houghton Library at Harvard University.