Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872

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Publisher of Putnam's Magazine and founder of G. P. Putnam & Son[s].

From the description of George Palmer Putnam letters [manuscript], 1858-1870. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647998826

George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872) was a book and magazine publisher.

From the description of George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122607941

From the guide to the George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Publisher.

From the description of George Palmer Putnam papers, 1858-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983582

American publisher.

From the description of Papers of George Palmer Putnam [manuscript], 1814-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647828214

From the description of Autograph note signed : New York, to [Harper & Bros.], 1857 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615860

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to his daughter Mary (here called "Minnie"), 1864 Feb. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872132

George Palmer Putnam was an innovative American publisher. He distinguished himself as a teen-aged apprentice, and was made partner in several firms before founding his own house, G.P. Putnam's. Among his many contributions to American letters, he published and promoted works by Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne, Poe, and many others; opened a London branch, becoming the first American publisher to do so; and published Putnam's Monthly Magazine, which set a new standard for American literary journalism. He also played a leading part in establishing the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

From the description of George Palmer Putnam letter to W. Hepworth Dixon, 6 Mar. 1869. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56194009
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referencedIn Washington Irving Collection, 1789-1869 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Portrait file: Guide. Houghton Library
referencedIn Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (bulk 1717-1911) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn White mss., 1932-1969 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. Correspondence of William Hickling Prescott [manuscript], 1847-1852. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857. Papers of Rufus W. Griswold, 1838-1853. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Bacon, Delia Salter, 1811-1859. Papers of Delia Salter Bacon [manuscript], 1820-1952 (bulk 1827-1859). Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Dana Family. Letters from Richard Henry Dana, Sr. and Richard Henry Dana, Jr.and others [manuscript], 1852. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Thurston, John Rogers, 1831-1916. [Civil War patriotic envelopes] [realia]. Dartmouth College Library
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creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. George Palmer Putnam letter to W. Hepworth Dixon, 6 Mar. 1869. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Washington Irving Collection, 1852, n. d. University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Dana Family. Letters and engraving, Richard Henry Dana, Sr. and Jr. [manuscript], 1852-1874, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882. Houghton Library
creatorOf Cummins, Maria S. (Maria Susanna), 1827-1866,. Papers of Anna Bartlett Warner and Susan Warner, 1852-1881. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891. Autograph letters signed (14) : to Fletcher Harper and H.M. Alden, 1853 Mar. 5-1871 May 29. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Richard Henry Dana Sr. and Jr. Collection, 1852-1864 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955. Papers of Herbert Putnam, 1783-1958 (bulk 1899-1939). Library of Congress
creatorOf Cummins, Maria S. (Maria Susanna), 1827-1866. Papers of Maria S. Cummins, 1850-1865. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Jacobi, Mary Putnam, 1842-1906. Papers, 1851-1974 (inclusive), 1851-1906 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume 14, Miscellany, 1784-1860 Cornell University Library
creatorOf G.P. Putnam & Co. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1869-1889. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. Autograph letter signed : New York, to his daughter Mary (here called "Minnie"), 1864 Feb. 7. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Gimbel, Richard. Colonel Richard A. Gimbel collection of Edgar Allan Poe materials, 1809-1995. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930. Papers, ca. 1800-1931 (bulk 1860-1931). Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Washington Irving Collection, 1806-[1951], n. d. University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Papers of Washington Irving [manuscript], 1852 and n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Emerson family correspondence, ca. 1725-1900. Houghton Library
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. [Notes on a map of the First Battle of Bull Run]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Catharine Maria Sedgwick Collection, 1852 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861. Autograph letter signed : Brooklyn, to George P. Putnam, 1852 Oct. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Ticknor and Fields records, 1839-1881. Houghton Library
creatorOf Upcott, William, 1779-1845. Correspondence of William Upcott, 1802-1845 (bulk 1817-1845). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Autograph letter signed W Irving to: "My dear Sir" [Geo Putnam] July 12, [s.d.]. Wellesley College
creatorOf Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878. Papers of Bayard Taylor [manuscript], 1847-1878. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Letter, 1852 December 27, Sunnyside, New York, to George P. Putnam. Connecticut Historical Society
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. George Palmer Putnam papers, 1858-1868. Library of Congress
referencedIn Rufus Choate letters, 1843-1858 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Dana family. Manuscripts and letters by Richard Henry Dana, Sr. and Jr. [manuscript], 1852-1864 and n.y. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Ball, S. M. Letter, 1839 Jan. 15, Richmond, Va. to Thomas R. Love, Fairfax Court House, Va. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Duganne, Augustine Joseph Hickey, 1823?-1884. Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to George Palmer Putnam, 1855 May 29. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn James Thomas Fields collection of autographs and portraits of distinguished women, 1814-1907. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Papers of John Pendleton Kennedy [manuscript], 829-1925. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. Typed letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Grant Overton, 1928 Apr. 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume I, Miscellany, 1745-1856 Cornell University Library
referencedIn Silliman family. Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Richard Henry Dana Sr. and Jr. Collection, 1852 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Mammalogical field photographs, 1926. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. Letter, [n.d.], to "My dear Sir". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Bayard Taylor, 1854 Jan. 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898,. Autograph letters signed or initialled from Mary Cowden Clarke to Robert Balmanno [manuscript], 1851-1861. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. Letter, 1844 December 26, Hartford, Conn. to George P. Putnam. Connecticut Historical Society
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1869 (bulk 1851-1857). Princeton University Library
creatorOf Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Papers of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [manuscript], 1852-1878 (bulk 1852). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886,. Documents relating to Charles Sumner, ca. 1828-1912. Houghton Library
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. Autograph letter signed : London, to Bayard Taylor, 1847 Feb. 3. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Papers, 1838-1850. Houghton Library
creatorOf Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Papers of Washington Irving [manuscript], 1838 May 3 and n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Curtis, George William, 1824-1892. Letter from George W. Curtis to George Palmer Putnam [manuscript], n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Papers of Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1813-1904. Clifton Waller Barrett Library
creatorOf George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889. Letter, quotation and photograph of Martin Farquhar Tupper [manuscript] 1846, 1847, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Fuller, B. A. G., 1879-1956. Autograph collection, 1620-1920 Houghton Library
referencedIn Correspondence and other papers, 1831-1891. Houghton Library
referencedIn Administrative correspondence of the Gray Herbarium and Harvard University Herbaria, 1890-2019, bulk 1890-1955 Harvard University, Gray Herbarium
referencedIn James Fenimore Cooper collection, 1792-1976, 1792-1894 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. Autograph note signed : New York, to [Harper & Bros.], 1857 Aug. 23. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915 Houghton Library
referencedIn Silliman family. Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Autograph File, P, 1554-2005. Houghton Library
referencedIn George William Curtis Letters, 1851-1892 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Richard Henry Dana Sr. and Jr. Collection, 1852-1874 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Papers of John Pendelton Kennedy [manuscript], 1851-1852. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Papers, 1851-1906, 1923, 1974 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. Correspondence. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877. Edmund Quincy letters, 1855-1868. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Benjamin Disraeli letters, 1829-1845 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn G. P. Putnam and Sons Correspondence, 1887-1930 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870. Letter to George P. Putnam [manuscript], 1856 January 7. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. Papers of George Palmer Putnam [manuscript], 1814-1872. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852. Papers, 1830-1850. New York State Library
creatorOf Bacon, Delia Salter, 1811-1859,. Autograph letters signed from Delia Salter Bacon to various recipients [manuscript], 1855. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Papers of Washington Irving [manuscript], 1806-1858, 1951. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870. Papers of William Gilmore Simms [manuscript], 1839-1870. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. George Palmer Putnam letters [manuscript], 1858-1870. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867. Papers of Catharine Maria Sedgwick, 1801-1865 (bulk 1834-1865). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Catharine Maria Sedgwick Collection, 1801-1865 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Benson John Lossing Collection, 1843-1917 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Colonel Richard A. Gimbel collection of Edgar Allan Poe materials, 1809-1995 Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
referencedIn Rufus Wilmot Griswold Collection, 1852 Jul 19 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893. Francis Parkman papers, 1565-1903. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Letter : Pittsfield, Mass., to G. P. Putnam, New York, 1854 Nov. 3. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Papers of Washington Irving [manuscript], 1804-1936 (bulk 1804-1859). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887. Papers of John G. Saxe [manuscript], 1852-1884. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn White, Richard Grant, 1821-1885. Papers of Richard Grant White, 1842-1884. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Documents relating to Charles Sumner, 1828-1912. Houghton Library
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Walt Whitman to George Palmer Putnam, 17 December 1868 Walt Whitman Archive

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