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Samuel Gerrish (1680s–1741) was a bookseller and publisher in
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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, in the 18th century. He kept a shop "near the
brick meeting house in
Cornhill," and published works by
Thomas Prince and others. Employees included
Thomas Hancock.
Family
He married Mary Sewall (daughter of
Samuel Sewall
Samuel Sewall (; March 28, 1652 – January 1, 1730) was a judge, businessman, and printer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, best known for his involvement in the Salem witch trials, for which he later apologized, and his essay ''The Selling ...
) in 1709; children included Samuel Gerrish (d.1751).
[Boston Evening Post.; 10-21-1751]
See also
*
List of booksellers in Boston
This is a partial list of bookselling, booksellers in Boston, Massachusetts.
Booksellers in Boston
17th century
* John Allen
* William Avery
* Joseph Brunning (a.k.a. Joseph Browning), Court St.
* Nicholas Buttolph
* Duncan Campbell
* James C ...
References
Further reading
Published by Gerrish
* 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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Businesspeople from Boston
18th century in Boston
Bookstores in Boston
American publishers (people)
1680s births
1741 deaths
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