Business records, 1860s-1906.

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Business records, 1860s-1906.

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This collection of correspondence, book orders, and receipts encompasses the firm's business from the 1860s until its incorporation with the Boston publishing house of Lothrop & Company in 1906. Letters from Lee & Shepard's most important authors were evidently removed from this collection prior to its purchase by Charles H. Taylor, but the remaining correspondence includes letters from published authors and from people submitting unsolicited manuscripts. In addition to this correspondence, there are book orders from libraries and literary institutions, book orders from individuals, and business correspondence from book dealers and other publishers. There is also scattered correspondence to Frank E. Wetherell in Woburn, Mass. and to Mrs. Isabel W. Littlefield (representing the Woburn Woman's Club). These letters are unrelated to the rest of the collection. Principal figures in the Lee & Shepard correspondence include: William Taylor Adams ("Oliver Optic"), author; George Melville Baker, who wrote amateur dramas and was employed by the firm; Rebecca Sophia Clarke ("Sophie May"), author of juvenile literature; William Carey Richards, author; and Francis Henry Underwood, author and U.S. Consul to Edinburgh.

12 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7000505

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Richards, William C. (William Carey), 1818-1892

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Baker, George Melville, 1832-1890

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Lee, William, 1826-1906

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Underwood, Francis Henry, 1825-1894

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Francis Underwood was U.S. consul at Glasgow between 1886 and 1888. From the description of Letter, 1889 June 19, Glasgow, Scotland to Martha Howe. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 19416441 Author and editor. From the description of Papers of Francis Henry Underwood [manuscript], 1859?-1874? (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813203 ...

Clarke, Rebecca Sophia, 1833-1906

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Lee and Shepard

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The Boston publishing firm Lee & Shepard was established in 1861 by William Lee (1826-1906) and Charles Augustus Billings Shepard (1829-1889). The firm published much well known general literature but was especially noted for its juvenile literature and school books. For information on the firm and on Charles A. B. Shepard and William Lee, see the essay by A. G. Waite filed in Box 12. From the description of Business records, 1860s-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207149546 ...

Shepard, Charles Augustus Billings, 1829-1889.

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Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897

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American author of juvenile stories. From the description of Autograph sentiment signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872071 American author of juveniles. From the description of Autograph manuscript of one leaf of his novel, "Rich and Humble," numbered "197" : [n.p.], ca. 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611588 Author. Pseudonym for William Taylor Adams. From the description of Letters of Oliver Optic, 1873. (Unkno...