Samuel Gerrish
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Samuel Gerrish was a bookseller and publisher in Boston
, Massachusetts
, in the 18th century. He kept a shop "near the brick meeting house
in Cornhill
," and published works by Thomas Prince
and others. He married Mary Sewall (daughter of Samuel Sewall
) in 1709; children included Samuel Gerrish (d.1751).
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...
, Massachusetts
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 18th century. He kept a shop "near the brick meeting house
First Church in Boston
First Church in Boston is a Unitarian Universalist Church founded in 1630 by John Winthrop's original Puritan settlement in Boston, Massachusetts. The current building is on 66 Marlborough Street in Boston.-History:...
in Cornhill
Washington Street (Boston)
Washington Street is a street originating in downtown Boston, Massachusetts that extends southwestward to the Massachusetts-Rhode Island state line. The majority of it was built as the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike in the early nineteenth century...
," and published works by Thomas Prince
Thomas Prince
Thomas Prince was an American clergyman, scholar and historian noted for his historical text A Chronological History of New England, in the Form of Annals...
and others. He married Mary Sewall (daughter of Samuel Sewall
Samuel Sewall
Samuel Sewall was a Massachusetts judge, best known for his involvement in the Salem witch trials, for which he later apologized, and his essay The Selling of Joseph , which criticized slavery.-Biography:...
) in 1709; children included Samuel Gerrish (d.1751).
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
- George Emery Littlefield, Early Boston Booksellers, 1642-1711 (New York: Burt Franklin, 1969), 210-14.
- J. Terry Gates. Samuel Gerrish, Publisher to the "Regular Singing" Movement in 1720s New England. Notes, Second Series, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Sep., 1988), pp. 15-22.