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Freeman Richardson : canvassing book, manuscript, 1864.
Independent Publishing in America from the Eighteenth to the 20th Century Available online
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lithography.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1864
- Summary:
- This canvassing book records Richardson's efforts at selling his lithograph "Environs of Boston, From Corey's Hill, Brookline, Mass." (1864). In the volume he wrote the names and addresses of businesses and residences visited. He also recorded the outcome of the visit, indicating "Will not - Very doubtful", or "May when done". There is a column for notes such as "May by and by", "Can't afford", "Gone to war", and "Dead". The American Antiquarian Society has a copy of Richardson's lithograph.
- Notes:
- Collection: Book Trade Manuscripts
- Reference: 504924
- Description based on online resource (viewed November 3, 2025).
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