Nathaniel Stone Simpkins
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Nathaniel Stone Simpkins (1796-1887) was a bookseller, publisher, and legislator in Massachusetts
in the 19th century. He ran a bookshop and circulating library in Boston
ca.1820-1830. "In 1835 he established the Barnstable Journal [of Barnstable, Massachusetts
], and in 1856 he established the Yarmouth Register" of Yarmouth, Massachusetts
. Simpkins served as a "Representative to the General Court of Mass.
in 1836, 1850 and 1851."
He married Eliza Jane Thacher (1803-1836) in ca.1824; and Mary Sears (b.1807) in 1852. His parents were John Simpkins and Olive Stone of Brewster, Massachusetts. Siblings included Caroline Simpkins, Olive Simpkins (Mrs. John Capen), Elizabeth Simpkins (Mrs. George P. Bangs), John Simpkins, and Boston bookseller Samuel Grant Simpkins.
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
in the 19th century. He ran a bookshop and circulating library in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
ca.1820-1830. "In 1835 he established the Barnstable Journal [of Barnstable, Massachusetts
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Barnstable is a city, referred to as the Town of Barnstable, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County. Barnstable is the largest community, both in land area and population, on Cape Cod. The town contains seven villages within its boundaries...
], and in 1856 he established the Yarmouth Register" of Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Yarmouth is a New England town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 24,807 at the 2000 census....
. Simpkins served as a "Representative to the General Court of Mass.
Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the Colonial Era, when this body also sat in judgment of judicial appeals cases...
in 1836, 1850 and 1851."
He married Eliza Jane Thacher (1803-1836) in ca.1824; and Mary Sears (b.1807) in 1852. His parents were John Simpkins and Olive Stone of Brewster, Massachusetts. Siblings included Caroline Simpkins, Olive Simpkins (Mrs. John Capen), Elizabeth Simpkins (Mrs. George P. Bangs), John Simpkins, and Boston bookseller Samuel Grant Simpkins.
Suffolk Circulating Library
Among the titles available to subscribers of Simpkins' Suffolk Circulating Library in the early 1820s:- Stephen Burroughs' Memoirs
- D. Campbell's Overland Journaey to India
- Richard CumberlandRichard CumberlandRichard Cumberland may refer to:* Richard Cumberland , bishop, philosopher* Richard Cumberland , civil servant, dramatist...
's Jew of Mogadore, a comic opera - Daniel DrakeDaniel DrakeDaniel Drake was an American physician, writer. He was born in Plainfield, N. J. to Isaac Drake and Elizabeth Shotwell, and elder brother of Benjamin Drake author of Life of Tecumseh...
's Picture of Cincinnati - Evans' Pedestrious Tour of 4,000 miles in America
- Catherine HuttonCatherine HuttonCatherine Hutton was an English novelist and letter-writer.Born in Birmingham, the daughter of historian William Hutton, Hutton became a friend of the scientist and discoverer of oxygen Joseph Priestley and the novelist Robert Bage...
's Welsh Mountaineer - M. De Genlis' Zuma
- Isabella KellyIsabella KellyIsabella Kelly, née Fordyce, also Isabella Hedgeland was a British novelist and poet. She married Robert Hawke Kelly , a captain in the Royal Navy...
's Ruthinglenne - Miss Leslie's Young Ladies' Mentor
- Marvellous Chronicle, or Magazine of Wonders
- Masonick Melodies
- Theodore Melville's White Knight
- Mirror of the Graces, Advice on Female Accomplishments
- Hannah MoreHannah MoreHannah More was an English religious writer, and philanthropist. She can be said to have made three reputations in the course of her long life: as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical...
's Strictures on Education - Amelia OpieAmelia OpieAmelia Opie, née Alderson , was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic Period of the early 19th century, through 1828.-Life and work:...
's Simple Tales - Paris Spectator, or the Customs of Parisians
- Park's Travels in the Interior of Africa
- Isaac PocockIsaac PocockIsaac Pocock was an English dramatist and painter of portraits and historical subjects . He wrote melodramas, farces and light operatic comedies, many of his works being adapted for stage from existing novels...
's Libertine, an opera - PolyanthosPolyanthos (magazine)The Polyanthos was a monthly literary magazine published in Boston, Massachusetts by Joseph Tinker Buckingham....
- PresidentJames MonroeJames Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...
's Tour through the United States - T.S. Surr's Winter in London
- Symzonia, or a Voyage to the Internal World
Published by N.S. Simpkins
- Ezra Shaw Goodwin. Alice Bradford, or, The birth day's experience of religion. Boston: N.S. Simpkins & Co., and Barnstable, Mass.: N.S. Simpkins, 1828 Google books
- Barnstable Journal and County Advertiser http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83020307