Mahlon Day (August 27, 1790 - September 27, 1854) was an American children's book publisher, printer, and bookseller, based in New York City.

Biography

Mahlon Day was born on August 27, 1790, in

Morristown, New Jersey Morristown () is a town and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...

. Day, his wife and two daughters died on September 27, 1854, when the '' SS Arctic'' collided with the French steamship '' SS Vesta'' off the coast of Canada in thick fog, and only 22 out of 233 passengers survived, none of them women or children.

Descendants

Through his daughter Sarah, he was a grandfather, and namesake, of merchant

Mahlon Day Sands Mahlon Day Sands (March 1, 1842 - May 7, 1888) was an American merchant. Early life Sands was born on March 1, 1842, in New York City. He was a son of merchant Abraham B. Sands (1815–1861) and Sarah A. ( Day) Sands (1816–1906). His brothers we ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Day, Mahlon 1790 births 1854 deaths American publishers (people) American booksellers American printers People from Morristown, New Jersey Deaths due to shipwreck at sea