Correspondence, 1833-1866.

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Correspondence, 1833-1866.

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This collection contains three folders of letters written to James Munroe and Company from authors, ministers, scholars, college instructors, booksellers, and other individuals. The letters were sent from various locations, including Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York, France, and many parts of New England. The ministers were mostly Unitarians or Baptists and wrote of their subscriptions to the Christian Examiner, which was published by Munroe and distributed by the Rev. Allen Putnam (1802-1887). Other ministers, such as Samuel May (1810-1899) and William Frothingham ( - ), were apparently distributing religious tracts and books for Munroe's company and wrote concerning compensation for their services in the form of cash or books. Among the authors who wrote to the company seeking publication of their works were: George Goldthwait Ingersoll (1796-1863); David Fosdick, Jr. (1813-1892); Eliza Jane Cate (1812-1884); Henry Peterson (1818-1891), an abolitionist author; and George Osborne Stearns ( - ), a Worcester, Mass., temperance writer. Several poets also contacted Munroe concerning publication. These included Nathan Ames ( - ) and William Edward Knowles ( - ). John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) wrote to Munroe in 1844 on behalf of his friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), and his contract problems over the publication of Twice Told Tales. Many scholars also contacted the company with offers to translate classical works or with book orders for their classes, e.g., William Seymour Tyler (1810-1897) of Amherst College, James Phillips ( - ) of the University of North Carolina, and others at Oberlin College, Williams College, and various secondary and Sunday schools. Several individuals sent orders for book lists or specific books, detailing the type of binding they wished to be used, e.g., Edmund Quincy Sewall (1828-1908) and William Silsbee ( - ). The company was also appparently involved in collecting dues for the Peace Society in 1847.

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James Munroe and Company

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James Munroe and Company, publishers and booksellers, were located at 134 Washington Street in Boston and also in Cambridge, Mass., during the middle part of the nineteenth century. The head of the company was James Munroe (1808-1861), who was born in Lexington, Mass., the son of James Munroe (1775-1848) and Margaret Watson Munroe ( - ). In 1834 he married Sarah Russell Mason Fiske (1808- ). They had two daughters. From the description of Correspondence, 1833-1866. (Unknown). WorldCa...

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O'Sullivan, John L. (John Louis), 1813-1895

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Knowles, William Edward.

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Americanus, Junius

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Ingersoll, George G. (George Goldthwait), 1796-1863

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Tyler, W. S. 1810-1897.

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Silsbee, William, 1779-1833

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Williams College

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Putnam, Allen, 1802-1887

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Phillips, James M., 1960-....

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Peterson, Henry, 1818-1891

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Henry Peterson was born and lived most of his life in Philadelphia. He wrote for the Saturday gazette, then in 1848, with partner Edmund Deacon, became publisher and editor of The Saturday evening post. He wrote novels, poems, and plays, but was chiefly an important figure in the magazine world. From the description of Almost there, between 1840 and 1891?. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 61113022 Henry Peterson was a Philadelphia, Pa. editor, p...

Ames, Nathan, -1865

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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Sewall, E. Q. 1828-1908.

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