Author: [PUBLISHING VENTURE IN VERMONT - CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SHORT-LIVED FIRM & JEDEDIAH MORSE, GEOGRAPHER & FATHER OF SAMUEL F. B. MORSE].
Title: Autograph Letter from Publishing Firm of Swift & Chipman to the Reverend Jedidiah Morse.
Description: Middelbury, Vermont: 26 March 1811. 0. Soft cover. One sheet. 2pp. A Swift & Chipman representative writes to Morse regarding a proposed printing job, giving estimates on the costs which would be part of an arrangement to help pay off a debt. Morse was a geographer, prolific writer, Calvinist preacher and the father of Samuel F. B. Morse, the artist and inventor of Morse code. Swift & Chipman flourished in 1810-1811 in Middlebury. The book was never produced, and Swift & Chipman went out of business later that year. Good.

Keywords: Early American Publishing, Jedediah Morse, Samuel Morse


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