John Dabney
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John Dabney was a postmaster, publisher and bookseller in Salem, Massachusetts
, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was born in Boston
in 1752 to Charles Dabney and Elizabeth Gardner. With Thomas C. Cushing, John Dabney published the Salem Mercury
newspaper, 1787-1789. In 1790 he married Abigail Mason Peale (1767-1834). Beginning around 1790 he ran the "Salem Book-Store" which offered books for sale or short-term rental; customers included William Bentley
. Dabney also served as Salem postmaster ca.1792-1815. He belonged to the North Church in Salem, and the Essex Lodge of the Freemasons. Dabney sold the contents of his shop at auction in 1818. He died in 1819.
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Salem, Massachusetts
Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...
, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was born in Boston
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...
in 1752 to Charles Dabney and Elizabeth Gardner. With Thomas C. Cushing, John Dabney published the Salem Mercury
Salem Mercury
The Salem Mercury was a newspaper that was published by John Dabney and Thomas Cushing . It began production around 1786, and ended in 1790 after the name of the paper was changed. It printed weekly on Tuesday onto demy sheet, four columns to a page, and predominantly on Long Primer type. Editors...
newspaper, 1787-1789. In 1790 he married Abigail Mason Peale (1767-1834). Beginning around 1790 he ran the "Salem Book-Store" which offered books for sale or short-term rental; customers included William Bentley
William Bentley
William Bentley was an American Unitarian minister, scholar, columnist, and diarist....
. Dabney also served as Salem postmaster ca.1792-1815. He belonged to the North Church in Salem, and the Essex Lodge of the Freemasons. Dabney sold the contents of his shop at auction in 1818. He died in 1819.
Selected titles in Dabney's bookstore & library
In 1813, Dabney's stock included:- AikinArthur AikinArthur Aikin , English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, was born in Warrington, Lancashire into a distinguished literary family of prominent Unitarians....
's Annual Review and History of Literature - Bygge's Travels in the French Republic
- Mrs. ChaponeHester ChaponeHester Chapone , writer of conduct books for women, was born on 27 October 1727 at Twywell, Northamptonshire,The daughter of Thomas Mulso , a gentleman farmer, and his wife , a daughter of Colonel Thomas, Hester wrote a romance at the age of nine, 'The Loves of Amoret and Melissa', which earned...
's Works - M.C. Dallas' Morelando
- Charles Didbin's Song Smith; or, Rigmarole Repository
- Sarah FieldingSarah FieldingSarah Fielding was a British author and sister of the novelist Henry Fielding. She was the author of The Governess, or The Little Female Academy , which was the first novel in English written especially for children , and had earlier achieved success with her novel The Adventures of David Simple...
's "Cry, a new dramatick fableThe Cry (book)Jane Collier's and Sarah Fielding's The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable was Fielding's sixth and Collier's second and final work. The work is an allegorical and satirical novel...
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- William GodwinWilliam GodwinWilliam Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism...
's FleetwoodFleetwood (novel)William Godwin's third novel, Fleetwood is like his first two, an eponymous tale .... - T. Harral's Scenes from Life
- Henry HomeHenry Home, Lord KamesHenry Home, Lord Kames was a Scottish advocate, judge, philosopher, writer and agricultural improver. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, a founder member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, and active in the Select Society, his protégés included James Boswell, David Hume and...
's Art of Thinking - William Jay's Sermons
- Lives of Illustrious Seamen
- Richard Parkinson's Tour in America
- Susanna RowsonSusanna RowsonSusanna Rowson, née Haswell was a British-American novelist, poet, playwright, religious writer, stage actress and educator....
's Charlotte TempleCharlotte TempleCharlotte Temple is a novel by Susanna Rowson. It was first published in England in 1791 under the title Charlotte, A Tale of Truth. The first American edition was published in 1794 and the novel became a bestseller. It has gone through over 200 American editions.Charlotte Temple is the name of...
- Anna SewardAnna SewardAnna Seward was an English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield.-Life:Seward was the elder daughter of Thomas Seward , prebendary of Lichfield and Salisbury, and author...
's Life of Dr. Darwin - Tabitha TenneyTabitha Gilman TenneyTabitha Gilman Tenney was an early American author from Exeter, New Hampshire. Her novel Female Quixotism first appeared in 1801. She married Samuel Tenney, a politician....
's Female Quixotism, or History of Dorcasina Sheldon - Maria Tharmouth's Sans Souci Park
- Mrs. ThicknesseAnne FordAnne or Ann Ford, after 1762 Mrs. Philip Thicknesse, was an 18th-century English musician and singer, famous in her time for a scandal that attended her struggle to perform in public.-Life and music:...
's School for Fashion - Richard Twiss' Miscellanies
- Walter ScottWalter ScottSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....
's Ballads and Lyrical Pieces
Issued by Dabney
- The New-England primer enlarged: or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading. : Adorn’d with cuts, to which are added, the Assembly of Divines catechism, &c. Boston: : Printed by E. Draper, for John Dabney, Salem,, 1791.
- An Address to farmers. Newburyport: printed for Dabney, 1796
- Thomas Barnard, D.D. Minister of the North Church. A sermon, delivered at Salem, on March 31, 1796, : the day of general fasting through the state of Massachusetts. Printed at Newburyport [Mass.]: by Blunt and March, for John Dabney, Salem., [1796]
Catalogs
- Catalogue of books, for sale or circulation, in town or country, by John Dabney, at his book and stationary store, and circulating library, in Salem. Printed for J. Dabney, 1791
- Additional catalogue of books, for sale or circulation, in town or country, at the Salem Bookstore. Salem: printed for J. Dabney, 1794
- Catalogue of books, for sale or circulation in town or country by John Dabney at his book and stationary store, and circulating library in Salem. Printed for J. Dabney, 1801
- Catalogue of the Salem Book-store and Circulating Library. Salem: printed for the proprietor, 1813.