Nathaniel Dearborn
Illustration — 1814 advertisement Nathaniel Dearborn (1786 – November 7, 1852) was an American engraver.
Nathaniel Dearborn

Dearborn · Boston Daily Advertiser · Public domain
- Born
- 1786 · New England.
- Died
- 1852
- Occupation
- engraver
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Illustration — 1814 advertisement Nathaniel Dearborn (1786 – November 7, 1852) was an American engraver.
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He was born in New England, in 1786, to inventor Benjamin Dearborn; siblings included John M. Dearborn and Fanny Dearborn Hanman. He later moved to Boston, learning engraving from Abel Bowen. By 1814, Dearborn worked from quarters on School Street; later moving to Market Street (ca.1823), State Street (ca.1826–1831) and Washington Street (ca.1832–1852). Around 1830, he also gave musical lessons on the flute. He died November 7, 1852, in South Reading. His son, Nathaniel S. Dearborn, continued as an engraver and printer in Boston, working on Water Street (ca.1847–1851) and School Street (ca.1857–1868). N.S. Dearborn exhibited several printed specimens in the 1850 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. His grandson S.B. Dearborn also worked as a printer.
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Works by Dearborn
• Views from the Mass. State House, Boston. ca.1838. • American Textbook for Letters. 1842. • Boston Notions; an Account of That Village from 1630 to 1847. 1848 • Dearborn's Reminiscences of Boston, and Guide through the City and Environs. 1851 • Dearborn's Guide through Mount Auburn. 1857
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• Illustration — View of Boston, woodcut by Dearborn • Illustration — Printed by Dearborn & Son • Illustration — 1839 map of Boston, printed by Dearborn & Son • Illustration — Published by N. Dearborn, 1840 • Illustration — Triangular Warehouse, Merchants Row. Reminiscences of Boston, 1851

Andrew Jackson. Inaugural address, delivered on being sworn into office, March 4th 1829. Published by N. Dearborn, Boston.
Dearborn · American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1

Andrew Jackson. Inaugural address, delivered on being sworn into office, March 4th 1829. Published by N. Dearborn, Boston.
Dearborn · American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1
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1786
Nathaniel Dearborn was born in 1786 at New England.
1852
Nathaniel Dearborn died in 1852.
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