Samuel Griswold Goodrich Collection 1838, 1840

Little, Weare Coffin, 1806-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv1zsf (person)

Pease, Richard L. (Richard Luce), 1814-1888

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zg75df (person)

L. H. Jenks

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tr8mbt (person)

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk0msn (person)

Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) wrote a popular and widely imitated series of educational works for children under the pen name of Peter Parley. His intent was to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes. He also created two children's magazines, Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine, as well as an annual gift book, The Token. Goodrich served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1837 and held the post of U.S. c...