Thayer_&_Eldridge

Thayer & Eldridge

Thayer & Eldridge

19th century Boston publishing firm

Thayer & Eldridge (c.1860–1861) was a publishing firm in Boston, Massachusetts, established by William Wilde Thayer and Charles W. Eldridge.[1][2] During its brief existence the firm issued works by James Redpath, Charles Sumner, and Walt Whitman, before going bankrupt in 1861.[3]

Whitman's Leaves of Grass, 1860 (New York Public Library)


Published by the firm

Advertisement for Thayer & Eldridge's "National Library," 1860
  • Rufus B. Sage. Rocky Mountain Life: Or, Startling Scenes and Perilous Adventures in the Far West, during an Expedition of Three Years. 1859.[4]
  • Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, 3rd ed. 1860
  • Leaves of Grass Imprints. 1860
  • James Redpath. The public life of Capt. John Brown. 1860.[5][6]
  • James Redpath, ed. Echoes of Harper's Ferry. 1860.[7]
  • Charles Sumner. The Barbarism of Slavery: Speech of Mr. Charles Sumner on the bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state, in the United States Senate, June 4, 1860.[8]
  • William T. Adams. Marrying a beggar: or The Angel in disguise, and other tales. 1860.[9]
  • William Douglas Conner. Harrington; a Story of True Love. 1860. [10]
  • C.W. Dana. The Great West, Or The Garden of the World: Its History, Its Wealth, Its Natural Advantages, and Its Future. 1861.[11]
  • A Son of Temperance ed. Thrilling Scenes in Social Life or The Opposite Effects of Vice and Virtue. 1860

Contracted but not published because of bankruptcy

References

  1. [1]
    Boston Almanac. 1860[page needed]
  2. [2]
    William Wilde Thayer (1829–1896 and Charles W. Eldridge (1837–1903). cf. Retrieved 2010-09-11
  3. [3]
    Ronald S. Coddington (22 March 2013). "Walt Whitman's Boss". New York Times. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  4. [4]
    D.SAGE, RUFUS (1859). ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE OR STARTLING SCENES AND PERILOUS ADVENTURES IN FAR WEST.
  5. [5]
    Oswald Garrison Villard. John Brown, 1800–1859: a biography fifty years after. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910
  6. [6]
    Redpath, James; Brown, John (1860). The Public Life of Capt. John Brown. Thayer and Eldridge.
  7. [7]
    Redpath, James (1860). Echoes of Harper's Ferry ... Thayer and Eldridge. ISBN 978-0-608-40458-5.
  8. [8]
    Sumner, Charles (1860). The Barbarism of Slavery: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the Admission of Kansas as a Free State, in the United States Senate, June 4, 1860. Buell & Blanchard, Printers.
  9. [9]
    Adams, William Taylor (1860). Marrying a Beggar: Or The Angel in Disguise, and Other Tales. Thayer and Eldridge.
  10. [10]
    William Douglas O 'Connor (1860). Harrington: A Story of True Love. University of Michigan. Thayer & Eldridge.
  11. [11]
    Dana, C. W. (1861). The Great West, Or The Garden of the World: Its History, Its Wealth, Its Natural Advantages, and Its Future. Thayer & Eldridge.

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  • W.W. Thayer. "Notes from an Autobiography." The Conservator (Philadelphia), June 1914. Google books
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