Munroe & Francis
Munroe & Francis was a publishing firm in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 19th-century. Established by David Francis (1779–1853) and Edmund Monroe, the business operated from offices on Court Street (c. 1805–1807) and Washington Street (c.
Also recorded as Munroe, Francis & Parker
Munroe & Francis
- Founded
- 1802
- Headquarters
- Boston
- Dissolved
- 1854
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Munroe & Francis was a publishing firm in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 19th-century. Established by David Francis (1779–1853) and Edmund Monroe, the business operated from offices on Court Street (c. 1805–1807) and Washington Street (c.
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In the 19th century the firm expanded to include Samuel H. Parker as partner, and was called Munroe, Francis & Parker until 1810. In 1802–1804 Munroe & Francis issued the first Boston edition of William Shakespeare's works.
* • Monthly Anthology, c. 1804–1807. * • Mother Goose, 1824 • (1828 ed.) *
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- 1.New Printing Office. Columbian Centinel. March 24, 1802.
- 2.Boston Directory. 1805.
- 3.Boston Directory. 1807.
- 4.Boston Directory. 1832.
- 5.Independent Chronicle. January 15, 1810.
- 6.Jane Sherzer. American Editions of Shakespeare: 1753-1866. Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 22. 4. 633–696. 1907.
- 7.W. Whitmore. The original Mother Goose's melody as first issued by John Newbery, of London, about A.D. 1760. J. Munsell's Sons. 1889.
- 8.Adelaide M. Cromwell. The Other Brahmins: Boston's Black Upper Class, 1750-1950. University of Arkansas Press. 1994.
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