Samuel Gerrish
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Samuel Gerrish | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1680s |
| Died | 1741 |
| Occupations | bookseller and publisher |
Samuel Gerrish (c. 1680 – c. 1741) was an American bookseller and publisher based in Boston during the 18th century.[1] He kept a shop "near the brick meeting house in Cornhill,"[2] and published works by Thomas Prince and others. Employees included Thomas Hancock.[3]
Family
[edit | edit source]He married Mary Sewall (daughter of Samuel Sewall) in 1709; children included Samuel Gerrish (d.1751).[4][5]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ WorldCat. Gerrish, Samuel d. 1741
- ^ Boston News-Letter; November 27, 1721
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- ^ John Tyler Hassam. Samuel Gerrish, 1735-1741. Early recorders and registers of deeds for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts, 1639-1735. J. Wilson and Son, 1900.
- ^ Boston Evening Post.; 10-21-1751
Further reading
[edit | edit source]Published by Gerrish
[edit | edit source]- Thomas Prince. Annals of the New England Colonies.
- Cotton Mather. A vindication of the ministers of Boston: from the abuses & scandals, lately cast upon them, in diverse printed papers. (1722)
About Gerrish
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Categories:
- 18th-century booksellers
- Merchants from colonial Massachusetts
- Businesspeople from Boston
- 18th century in Boston
- Bookstores in Boston
- American publishers (people)
- 1680s births
- 1741 deaths
- Booksellers from the Thirteen Colonies
- 18th-century American merchants
- American business biography, pre-19th-century birth stubs
- American publisher (people) stubs