Collection of letters and documents relating to American and English booksellers and printers, 1732-1884 (bulk 1732-1814).

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Collection of letters and documents relating to American and English booksellers and printers, 1732-1884 (bulk 1732-1814).

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Miscellaneous letters, invoices and related documents from 18th and 19th century American and English booksellers. Among the American documents are a substantial number addressed to the Boston bookseller John West and his firm. Other American booksellers and printers represented, based in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York, include: Henry Bult, Samuel Campbell, Conrad & Co., Joseph Crukshank, Alexander Denham, Hugh Gaine, William Gowans, David Hall, David Hogan, John Scott Hylton, Jacob Johnson, T.S. Manning, James Rivington, Moses Thomas, and C.P. Wayne. Included with the American collection is a tribute addressed to British novelist Jane Porter from the "booksellers and publishers of New York City" (1844). American correspondents include but are not limited to: Major Jellas Fonda, John Moore, H.E. Robinson, E.B. O'Callaghan, and the firm of Toule & Bugbee. The English (London) material is limited to the 18th century, and the booksellers and printers represented are: Charles Arbuthnot, Thomas Becket, James Bettenham, Cadell & Davies (Andrew Becket), Charles Corbett, R. Dalton, Robert Dodsley, Archibald Hamilton, John Hughes, William Jackson, and Andrew Millar. Also: Samuel Paterson, Craven W. Richards, William Strahan, Paul Vaillant, and Wingrave and Collingwood. English correspondents include but are not limited to: John Nourse, George Selwyn, and the firms of Cadell & Davies and Wingrave and Collingwood (F. Wingrave).

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Hamilton, Archibald, -1792

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Woodfall, T.

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Wayne, C. P. (Caleb Perry), 1776-1849

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf2fnx (person)

Richards, Craven W., fl. 1818-1820.

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Harris, James, 1709-1780

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James Harris, English philosopher and musical patron. He is best remembered for his Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1751). From the description of James Harris manuscript material : 2 items, 1743-1765 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 300092941 ...

Moore, John,

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Nourse, J. (John), -1780

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x0001ec ...

Manning, Thomas S., 1771?-1855

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Corbett, Charles, 1710-1752

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Thomas, Moses, 1787-1865

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Conrad & Co

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Campbell, Samuel, 1765-1836

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Epithet: of Mount Camp bell, county Leitrim, Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000843.0x000060 ...

West, John

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West & Richarson,

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Arbuthnot, Charles, d. 1732.

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Hall, David, 1714-1772

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David Hall was a Philadelphia printer and bookseller. He came to America in 1743, as a journeyman in Benjamin Franklin's shop. He was Franklin's partner, 1748-1766, and carried on the business as Hall and Seller's after Franklin sold his interest in 1766. From the description of Papers, 1745-1822. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122440321 Printer and publisher, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Account book, 1767. (Unknown...

Denham, Alexander

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Wingrave & Collingwood,

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Hylton, John Scott,

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Paterson, Samuel, 1728-1802

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Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170

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Birch & Small

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Gaine, Hugh, 1726-1807

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Porter, Jane, 1776-1850

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Jane Porter (1776-1850) was a best selling British historical novelist and the author of Thaddeus of Warsaw (1804) and The Scottish chiefs (1810). From the description of Papers of Jane Porter, 1760-1850. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122559985 Francis Legatt Chantrey was a popular and successful sculptor who made portrait busts of many of the most distinguished men of his time, including George IV, Sir Walter Scott, Willi...

Toule & Bugbee,

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Vaillant, Paul, 1671 or 1672-1738

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Strahan, William, 1715-1785

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Epithet: Secretary to Sir P Meadows British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000155 William Strahan was a London printer and publisher, member of Parliament, and friend of Benjamin Franklin. From the description of Journals and accounts, 1751-1777. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589409 From the guide to the William Strahan journals and accounts, 1751-1777, ...

Hughes, John, 1703-1771.

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Dalton, R., fl. 1795.

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Nicol, George, 1741-1829

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O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Burke), 1797-1880,

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Millar, Andrew, 1707-1768

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Jackson, William, fl. 1767

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Robinson, H. E. C. (Herbert Edward Cooper), 1857?-1933

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Selwyn, George, 1719-1791,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sr6jgq (person)

Dodsley, James, 1703-1764.

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Bult, Henry

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Cadell & Davies.

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The British publishing and bookselling firm of Cadell & Davies was established in 1793 as a joint partnership between Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) and William Davies (d. 1820). The pair inherited the business from Cadell's father, Thomas Cadell the elder (1742-1802), and carried on his legacy as a leader of the London book trade. After Davies's death in 1820, Cadell began publishing under his own name. The firm was dissolved in 1836 when Cadell died, although sale of the remaining copyrights an...

Wingrave, F. (Francis)

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Crukshank, Joseph, 1746?-1836

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Fridenberg, Robert, d. 1946,

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Robert Fridenberg was a member of the Grolier Club (a New York City bibliophile society). A major collecting interest centered around early American engraved portraits, particularly portraits of Benjamin Franklin. His interest in Franklin led him to collect 18th and early 19th century documents connected with American booksellers and printers, as well as a number of documents from England. From the description of Collection of letters and documents relating to American and English bo...

Fonda, Jellas,

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Rivington, James, 1724-1802

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English-American printer and bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Peter Van Scheeck of Kundahook, 1791 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655298 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Samuel Galloway, 1768 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655295 James Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist in London and New York. Publisher of a prominent Loyalist newspaper, he was later disco...