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]

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. 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.

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