| 1638/03/22 |
Anne Hutchinson |
Life |
Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for heresy. The Old Corner Bookstore is on the site of her residence (lost). |
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Trial of Anne Hutchinson |
| 1712/00/00 |
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Old Corner Bookstore is built for Thomas Crease as a home and apothecary shop. |
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| 1817/00/00 |
Samuel Clarke |
Work |
Dr Samuel Clarke, apothecary, purchases the Crease building. The Clarke family live at Sam's mother's house, the Freeman House on Vine Street, Boston. |
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| 1828/00/00 |
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Timothy Harrington Carter, an associate with Cummings and Billiard in their Boston store, establishes new bookstore in Boston with his younger brother, Richard, and Charles J Hendee as partners. |
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| 1830/00/00 |
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Edwin Babcock becomes a member of "Carter and Hendee" for a brief period in 1830-1831. |
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| 1831/00/00 |
James T Fields |
Work |
James T Fields is employed as a clerk with publishers "Carter and Hendee". |
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| 1832/00/00 |
William D Ticknor and Company |
Begun |
John Allen persuades William Davis Ticknor, then employed in a bank, to form a partnership under the name 'Allen and Ticknor'. |
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| 1832/00/00 |
John Greenleaf Whittier |
Author |
Carter and Hendee publish John Greenleaf Whittier's anonymous "Moll Pitcher", a poem about a fortune-teller in Lynn, Massachusetts. |
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| 1832/07/00 |
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In the summer, Carter and Hendee sell their retail store to John Allen and William D Ticknor, and move next door, upstairs, where they continue in the publishing and wholesale trade. Carter and Hendee published over 150 volumes in the Corner Book Store. |
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| 1833/00/00 |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Translator |
Allen and Ticknor publish "Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique" by Jorge Manrique, translated from the Spanish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. |
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| 1833/00/00 |
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A collection of "Poems" by The Honble Mrs Norton is published by Allen and Ticknor, Boston. |
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| 1833/00/00 |
Lydia Maria Francis-Child |
Author |
"An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans" by Lydia Maria Child, which advocates the immediate emancipation of the slaves without compensation to their owners, is published by Allen and Ticknor. |
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| 1834/11/00 |
William D Ticknor and Company |
History |
John Allen quits the firm of 'Ticknor and Allen' and opens his own publishing business upstairs. William Ticknor continues in business as 'William D Ticknor and Company'. The firm published almost 75 titles in their two and a half years in business. |
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| 1844/00/00 |
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William D Ticknor and Company, Boston, publish "Rimini and Other Poems" by Leigh Hunt, Press of Thurston, Torry and Co. |
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| 1845/07/00 |
William D Ticknor and Company |
History |
John Reed Jr invest money in William D Ticknor's book business and the firm's name is changed to 'William D Ticknor and Company'. |
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| 1846/00/00 |
Richard Monckton Milnes |
Author |
William D Ticknor and Company publish "Poems of Many Years" by Richard Monckton Milnes. |
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| 1846/00/00 |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Author |
William D Ticknor and Company acquire all of Longfellow's works from John Owen in 1846 and issued them in a variety of editions and bindings. |
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| 1846/11/00 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr |
Author |
"Urania: a Rhymed Lesson. Pronounced Before the Mercantile Library Association, October 14, 1846" by Oliver Wendell Holmes is published by William D Ticknor and Company. |
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| 1847/00/00 |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Author |
William D Ticknor and Company publishes "The Estray" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. |
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| 1848/00/00 |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Author |
William D Ticknor and Company publishes "Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. |
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| 1848/00/00 |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Author |
William D Ticknor and Company, Boston, publishes "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. |
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| 1849/00/00 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr |
Author |
William D Ticknor and Company, Boston, publish the second edition of "Poems" by Oliver Wendell Holmes. |
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| 1849/11/00 |
James T Fields |
Work |
"William D Ticknor and Company" becomes "Ticknor, Reed and Fields" when John Reed and James T Fields make partner. |
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| 1849/11/00 |
William D Ticknor and Company |
History |
"William D Ticknor and Company" becomes "Ticknor, Reed and Fields" when John Reed and James T Fields make partner. |
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| 1850/03/16 |
Ticknor and Fields |
Publisher |
"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is published by Ticknor and Fields. |
The Scarlet Letter |
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| 1850/03/16 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Author |
"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is published by Ticknor and Fields. |
The Scarlet Letter |
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| 1851/00/00 |
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Ticknor, Reed, and Fields publish "English Songs: And Other Small Poems" by Barry Cornwall. |
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| 1851/00/00 |
Ticknor and Fields |
Publisher |
"The House of the Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is published by Ticknor and Fields. |
The House of the Seven Gables |
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| 1851/00/00 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Author |
"The House of the Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is published by Ticknor and Fields. |
The House of the Seven Gables |
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| 1854/00/00 |
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Ticknor, Reed, and Fields publish "Matins and Vespers: With Hymns and Occasional Devotional Pieces" by John Bowring. |
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| 1854/00/00 |
Ticknor and Fields |
Owner |
John Reed retires. "Ticknor, Reed, and Fields" becomes "Ticknor and Fields". |
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| 1854/00/00 |
Ticknor and Fields |
Publisher |
Walden - published |
Walden: Life in the Woods |
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| 1854/00/00 |
Henry David Thoreau |
Author |
Walden - published |
Walden: Life in the Woods |
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| 1860/00/00 |
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Ticknor and Fields publish "Confessions of an English opium-eater" and "Suspiria de profundis" by Thomas De Quincey. |
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| 1860/00/00 |
Ticknor and Fields |
Publisher |
Ticknor and Fields publishes The Atlantic Monthly |
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| 1860/00/00 |
The Atlantic Monthly |
Magazine |
Ticknor and Fields publishes The Atlantic Monthly |
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| 1860/02/00 |
Harriet Prescott Spofford |
Author |
"In a Cellar" by Harriet Prescott Spofford is published in The Atlantic Monthly. Lowell sends Harriet Spofford $100 and a letter of commendation. |
In a Cellar (short story) |
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| 1860/02/00 |
The Atlantic Monthly |
Publisher |
"In a Cellar" by Harriet Prescott Spofford is published in The Atlantic Monthly. Lowell sends Harriet Spofford $100 and a letter of commendation. |
In a Cellar (short story) |
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| 1861/01/00 |
The Atlantic Monthly |
Publisher |
The Atlantic Monthly publishes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, Paul Revere's Ride. |
Paul Revere's Ride (poem) |
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The Midnight Ride |
| 1861/01/00 |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Author |
The Atlantic Monthly publishes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, Paul Revere's Ride. |
Paul Revere's Ride (poem) |
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The Midnight Ride |
| 1863/00/00 |
Harriet Prescott Spofford |
Author |
"The Amber Gods" by Harriet Prescott Spofford is published by Ticknor and Fields. |
The Amber Gods (short story) |
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| 1863/00/00 |
Ticknor and Fields |
Publisher |
"The Amber Gods and Other Stories" by Harriet Prescott Spofford is published by Ticknor and Fields. |
The Amber Gods and Other Stories (short story collection) |
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| 1863/00/00 |
Harriet Prescott Spofford |
Author |
"The Amber Gods and Other Stories" by Harriet Prescott Spofford is published by Ticknor and Fields. |
The Amber Gods and Other Stories (short story collection) |
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| 1863/00/00 |
Ticknor and Fields |
Publisher |
"The Amber Gods" by Harriet Prescott Spofford is published by Ticknor and Fields. |
The Amber Gods (short story) |
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| 1864/00/00 |
James R Osgood |
Work |
James R Osgood makes partner at Ticknor and Fields. |
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| 1864/11/12 |
James T Fields |
Work |
James Fields sells the Old Corner Bookstore and moves the business to 124 Tremont Street (lost) located across from the Park Street Church. |
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| 1866/00/00 |
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"Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl" by John Greenleaf Whittier is published by Ticknor and Fields, Stereotyped and Printed by Welch, Bigelow, and Co. |
Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl (poem) |
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