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For the American general, see John A. Dabney.

John Dabney (1752–1819) 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.[1] With Thomas C. Cushing, John Dabney published the Salem Mercury newspaper, 1787-1789.[2][3] In 1790 he married Abigail Mason Peale (1767-1834).[4] Beginning around 1790 he ran the "Salem Book-Store" which offered books for sale or short-term rental;[5][6] customers included William Bentley.[7] Dabney also served as Salem postmaster ca.1792-1815.[8][9][10] He belonged to the North Church in Salem[11] and the Essex Lodge of the Freemasons.[12] Dabney sold the contents of his shop at auction in 1818.[13][14] He died in 1819.[15]

Selected titles in Dabney's bookstore & library

In 1813, Dabney's stock included:[16]

See also

References

Catalogue of the Salem Book-store and Circulating Library, 1813
  1. ^ First Centenary of the North Church and Society, in Salem, Massachusetts, Salem: Printed for the Society, 1873, OCLC 3098011, OL 6427312M
  2. ^ Joseph T. Buckingham (1850), Specimens of Newspaper Literature, Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, OCLC 1387302, OL 23338800M
  3. ^ Salem Mercury, October 10, 1789
  4. ^ Boston Gazette, July 5, 1790
  5. ^ Salem Gazette, November 16, 1790
  6. ^ "Salem Book-Store & Circulating Library", Columbian Centinel, July 7, 1792
  7. ^ William Bentley (1905), Diary of William Bentley, Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, OL 23294385M
  8. ^ Joseph B. Felt (1845), Annals of Salem (2nd ed.), Salem: W. & S.B. Ives, OL 7053127M
  9. ^ Table of Post Offices in the United States. Washington City: Post-Master General. 1811.
  10. ^ Salem Gazette, October 10, 1815
  11. ^ Catalogue of the Members of the North Church in Salem, with an Historical Sketch of the Church. Salem: W. & S.B. Ives. 1827.
  12. ^ William Leavitt (August 1861), "History of the Essex Lodge of Freemasons", Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, vol. 3, no. 4, hdl:2027/uva.x000958981
  13. ^ Boston Daily Advertiser, September 4, 1818
  14. ^ Valuable Catalogue of Books being the Extensive Library Belonging to John Dabney, Esq., consisting of between 6 and 7000 volumes in divinity, history, philosophy, travels, biography ... to be sold at auction ... by Jonathan P. Saunders, auctioneer, 1818
  15. ^ Essex Register, October 23, 1819
  16. ^ Catalogue of the Salem Book-Store and Circulating Library. Salem: Dabney. 1813.
  17. ^ "Scenes of Life: a novel, by Thomas Harral", WorldCat, OCLC 075376808
  18. ^ "Parkinson, Richard 1748-1815", WorldCat
  19. ^ "Maria Tharmott", WorldCat

Further reading

Issued by Dabney

  • New-England Primer Enlarged. Salem: Printed by E. Draper, for John Dabney. 1791.
  • An Address to Farmers. Newburyport: Printed for Dabney. 1796.
  • Thomas Barnard, D.D. Minister of the North Church (1796). A Sermon, Delivered at Salem, on March 31, 1796. Salem: Printed by Blunt and March, for John Dabney.
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. J. Dabney. 1791.
  • Additional Catalogue of Books, for Sale or Circulation, in Town or Country, at the Salem Bookstore. Salem: J. Dabney. 1794.
  • Catalogue of Books. J. Dabney. 1801.
  • Catalogue of the Salem Book-store and Circulating Library. Salem: J. Dabney. 1813.
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