Munroe & Francis
Munroe & Francis was a publishing firm in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 19th-century. Established by David Francis (1779–1853) and Edmund Monroe,{{citation |title= New Printing Office |work=Columbian Centinel |date=March 24, 1802 }} the business operated from offices on Court Street (c. 1805–1807){{citation |title=Boston Directory |year= 1805|title-link= Boston Directory }}{{citation |title=Boston Directory |year=1807 |title-link= Boston Directory }} and Washington Street (c. 1823–1832).No.4 Cornhill ({{citation |title= Boston Directory |year= 1823 }}) and 128 Washington ({{citation |title= Boston Directory |year= 1832 }}). In the 19th century the firm expanded to include Samuel H. Parker as partner, and was called Munroe, Francis & Parker until 1810.{{citation |title=Independent Chronicle |date=January 15, 1810 |title-link=Independent Chronicle }} In 1802–1804 Munroe & Francis issued the first Boston edition of William Shakespeare's works.{{citation |author=Jane Sherzer |title= American Editions of Shakespeare: 1753-1866 |work= Publications of the Modern Language Association of America |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004529018 |volume= 22 |number=4 |year=1907 |pages= 633–696 }}
Works issued by the firm
- {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bdcVAAAAYAAJ |author=William Shakespeare |year=1802 |title=Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare }}
- Monthly Anthology, c. 1804–1807.
- {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wuI_AAAAYAAJ |title=Boston Directory |publisher=Edward Cotton, printed by Munroe & Francis |year=1807 }}
- Mother Goose, 1824{{citation |quote=The great popularity of the book is due to the Boston editions of Munroe & Francis, A.D. 1824-1860 |author= W. Whitmore |chapter=Introduction |title= The original Mother Goose's melody as first issued by John Newbery, of London, about A.D. 1760 |location=Albany NY |publisher= J. Munsell's Sons |year= 1889 }}
- {{cite book |author=Robert Roberts |title= The House Servant's Directory: A Monitor for Private Families |year=1827 |author-link= Robert Roberts (butler) }} ([https://archive.org/stream/houseservantsdir00robe#page/n7/mode/2up 1828 ed.]){{Citation |publisher = University of Arkansas Press |title = The Other Brahmins: Boston's Black Upper Class, 1750-1950 |author = Adelaide M. Cromwell |date = 1994 |ol= 1430545M }}
- {{citation |title=Trade list of books; published by Munroe and Francis, Boston and Charles S. Francis, New York |year= 1832 }}
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External links
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- WorldCat. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n86-53766 Munroe & Francis]
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Category:19th century in Boston
Category:Book publishing companies based in Massachusetts
Category:Economic history of Boston
Category:Cultural history of Boston
Category:Publishing companies established in 1805
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