According to Lewis's son, Joseph J. Lewis, the job "was a labor of love" for his father "rather than a business enterprise; his salary as editor being by no means sufficient for his support. But he was profoundly impressed with the growing importance of the political and social questions connected with slavery, and clearly foresaw that the history of the nation must for many years take its character from its dealings with this institution."Lewis, Joseph J. A Memoir of Enoch Lewis. West Chester, Pennsylvania: Press of F.S. Hickman, 1882, pp. 79-80.
