Business records, 1792-1855.

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Business records, 1792-1855.

The bulk of this collection falls within the period late 1790s through the 1830s. The collection includes business correspondence, bills from printers, bills for presses and type, inventory records, and legal documents (partnership agreements, copyright certificates, and leases). There are business papers of Melvin Lord dating to 1855. Applications for copyright, 1801-1839, 1850, are filed in box 1, folder 2. Small receipts and orders are filed in the last folder of box 5. The rest of the manuscripts are arranged in boxes 1 through 5 in alphabetical order by writer or name of business. Correspondents include: Ebenezer Turrell Andrews (1766-1851), Carter, Hendee & Company, Nathaniel Cheever (1778-1819), Collins & Company, Evert Duyckinck (1764?-1833), Peter Edes (1756-1840), Jonathan Hagar (1779-1855), James Hammond (1784-1866), the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston, J. & J. Harper, Hezekiah Howe (1775-1838), Clarendon Harris (1800-1884), John Hutchens (1794?-1833), Lowell Mason (1792-1872) (there is also correspondence to Mason in care of West, Richardson & Lord scattered throughout the collection by writer), James Thacher (1754-1844), Isaiah Thomas, Jr. (1773-1819), and Wilkinson, Kemp & Suggett (in London). There are also manuscripts written by the various partners. The first item in box 1, folder 4 is a list of booksellers in the United States, c. 1834.

5 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7000722

American Antiquarian Society

Related Entities

There are 23 Entities related to this resource.

Lord, Melvin, 1791-1876

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Holbrook, John C. (John Calvin), 1808-1900

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West, Richardson & Lord

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John West (1770-1827) was a bookseller in Boston from 1793 to 1820. Over the years his business incorporated the following partners: his brother David West (1765-1810), Eleazer Tyng Fox Richardson (1787-1829), Melvin Lord (1791-1876), and John Calvin Holbrook (1808-1900). In 1820 Joh West sold his interests in the business. The firm was known variously as: 1796, D. & J. West (with his brother David West); 1808-1812, John West & Company (with E. T. F. Richardson); 1812-1818, West & Ri...

Harris, Clarendon, 1800-1884

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J. & J. Harper, Printers

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Hammond, James, 1784-1866

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Hutchens, John, 1794?-1833

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Wilkinson, Kemp & Suggett.

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Edes, Peter, 1756-1840

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Printer and publisher, primarily in New England, but also in Baltimore. From the description of Letter to Sam E. Dutton [manuscript], 1814 March 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647875586 ...

West, David, 1765-1810

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Cheever, Nathaniel, 1778-1819

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Duyckinck, Evert, 1764?-1833

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Thacher, James, 1754-1844

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Thacher (Honorary M.D., Harvard, 1810) was an American physician and writer, chiefly known for his contributions to American medical history. From the description of Letters of James Thacher, 1781-1842 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281427909 ...

Howe, Hezekiah, 1775-1838

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Bookseller, publisher, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, of New Haven, Conn. From the description of Hezekiah Howe papers, 1798-1844. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 419558041 ...

Hagar, Jonathan, 1779-1855

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Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851

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Ebenezer Turrell Andrews (1766-1851), the son of William and Mary (Andrews), was born in Boston, Mass. on 18 November 1766. He was apprenticed to Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) in Worcester, Mass. from 1781 to 1788. From 1788 to 1820, in partnership with Thomas and various others, he was a publisher and bookseller in Boston, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Albany, N.Y.; and Troy, N.Y. The dissolution of his partnership with Thomas occurred in 1820, but he continued as a bookseller in Boston through 1821. He r...

Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872

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American composer and music educator. From the description of The Lowell Mason papers, 1813-1980 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702190298 From the description of The Lowell Mason papers, 1813-1980 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122354720 Lowell Mason (1792-1872), musical educator and hymn writer, was born in Medfield, Massachusetts. In 1812 he came to Savannah as a bank clerk. In Savannah, he taught singing, and was the orga...

Thomas, Isaiah, Jun., 1773-1819

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Collins & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

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West, John, 1770-1827

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Richardson, Eleazer Tyng Fox, 1787-1829.

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Handel and Haydn society

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Carter, Hendee & Co.

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