Thayer & Eldridge

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]

Published by the firm

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

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Jacobs under pseudonym, edited by L. Maria Child
Guide to Hayti, by James Redpath
Asphodel; a Novel, by Ada Clare

References

^ Boston Almanac. 1860^{[page needed]}
^ William Wilde Thayer (1829–1896 and Charles W. Eldridge (1837–1903). cf. Retrieved 2010-09-11
^ Ronald S. Coddington (22 March 2013). "Walt Whitman's Boss". New York Times. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
^ D.SAGE, RUFUS (1859). ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE OR STARTLING SCENES AND PERILOUS ADVENTURES IN FAR WEST.
^ Oswald Garrison Villard. John Brown, 1800–1859: a biography fifty years after. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910
^ Redpath, James; Brown, John (1860). The Public Life of Capt. John Brown. Thayer and Eldridge.
^ Redpath, James (1860). Echoes of Harper's Ferry ... Thayer and Eldridge. ISBN 978-0-608-40458-5.
^ 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.
^ Adams, William Taylor (1860). Marrying a Beggar: Or The Angel in Disguise, and Other Tales. Thayer and Eldridge.
^ William Douglas O 'Connor (1860). Harrington: A Story of True Love. University of Michigan. Thayer & Eldridge.
^ 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.

Published by the firm

Contracted but not published because of bankruptcy

References

Further reading