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19th century Boston publishing firm
Whitman's Leaves of Grass, 1860 (New York Public Library)

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


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.
  • Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, 3rd ed. 1860
  • Leaves of Grass Imprints. 1860
  • James Redpath. The public life of Capt. John Brown. 1860.
  • James Redpath, "ed." Echoes of Harper's Ferry. 1860.
  • 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.
  • William T. Adams. Marrying beggar:/The Angel in disguise. And other tales. 1860.
  • William Douglas Conner. Harrington; a Story of True Love. 1860.
  • C.W. Dana. The Great West, Or The Garden of the World: Its History, Its Wealth, Its Natural Advantages, and Its Future. 1861.
  • 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. ^ Boston Almanac. 1860
  2. ^ William Wilde Thayer (1829–1896 and Charles W. Eldridge (1837–1903). cf. Retrieved 2010-09-11
  3. ^ Ronald S. Coddington (22 March 2013). "Walt Whitman's Boss". New York Times. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  4. ^ D.SAGE, RUFUS (1859). ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE OR STARTLING SCENES AND PERILOUS ADVENTURES IN FAR WEST.
  5. ^ Oswald Garrison Villard. John Brown, 1800–1859: a biography fifty years after. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910
  6. ^ Redpath, James; Brown, John (1860). The Public Life of Capt. John Brown. Thayer and Eldridge.
  7. ^ Redpath, James (1860). Echoes of Harper's Ferry ... Thayer and Eldridge. ISBN 978-0-608-40458-5.
  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. ^ Adams, William Taylor (1860). Marrying a Beggar: Or The Angel in Disguise, and Other Tales. Thayer and Eldridge.
  10. ^ William Douglas O 'Connor (1860). Harrington: A Story of True Love. University of Michigan. Thayer & Eldridge.
  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.

Further reading

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