John Mennons Letters 1821-1830

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John Mennons Letters 1821-1830

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Letters from printer and publisher John Mennons of Greenock, Scotland, to James Lawson of New York, regarding Mennon's publication of American literature in Scotland.

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Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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Lawson, James, 1799-1880

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Editor, author, marine insurance executive; native of Glasgow, Scotland; arrived in New York City, 1815. From the description of James Lawson papers, 1826-1890. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31061005 ...

Mennons, John, d. 1843

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John Mennons (d. 1843) was a Scottish printer in the town of Greenock, and publisher of the Greenock Advertiser . In 1821 or thereabouts he ventured into book publishing, and began corresponding with James Lawson of New York regarding the inclusion of American authors in his Literary Coronal anthologies of prose and verse. His father, also John Mennons (1747-1818), was a printer and publisher in Edinburgh and later in Glasgow. James Lawson (1799-) was born in Scotland bu...