Boston Booksellers records, 1640-1860.

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Boston Booksellers records, 1640-1860.

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This collection of four volumes contains records of the Boston Association of Booksellers, sketches of Boston booksellers, and a brief history of bookselling in Boston. Octavo volumes one and two contain the records of the Boston Association of Booksellers from its founding in 1801 (as Association of the Boston Booksellers, Oct. 30, 1801-Dec. 1, 1802, and as Association of Boston Booksellers, Dec. 1, 1802-Jan. 27, 1803) to its dissolution in 1820. Both volumes are indexed and include minutes of meetings, regulations, attendance records, and other information. Octavo volume three consists of sketches of Boston booksellers for the period 1650 to 1860 compiled by Melvin Lord (1791-1876). The volume also contains a brief history of bookselling in Boston and an index to the sketches. Octavo volume four, compiled by Samuel Gardner Drake (1798-1875) consists of sketches, newsclippings, and notes of Boston printers, booksellers, and publishers for the period 1640 to 1800.

4 v. ; octavo.

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Boston Association of Booksellers

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Association of Boston Booksellers

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Association of the Boston Booksellers

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Drake, Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875

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Samuel Gardner Drake, antiquarian and author. Drake was born to Simeon and Love Muchmore (Tucke) Drake in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, on October 11, 1798. After teaching for several years in New Hampshire and New Jersey, Drake established a book auction business in 1828. Two years later, he opened the first antiquarian bookstore in the United States in Cornhill, Boston. Drake was a founding member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, serving as its first corresponding secr...

Lord, Melvin, 1791-1876

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