Nathaniel Dearborn

View of Boston, woodcut by Dearborn

Nathaniel Dearborn (1786-1852) was an engraver in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.

1814 advertisement

Brief biography

Dearborn was born in New England in 1786 to inventor Benjamin Dearborn.^[1] Siblings included John M. Dearborn and Fanny Dearborn Hanman.^[2]

He learned engraving from Abel Bowen in Boston.

By 1814 Dearborn ran his engraving business from quarters on School Street, Boston; later working on Market Street (ca.1823), State Street (ca.1826-1831) and Washington Street (ca.1832-1852).^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Around 1830, he also gave musical lessons on the flute.^[8]

He died November 7, 1852, in South Reading.^[9] His son, Nathaniel S. Dearborn, continued as an engraver and printer in Boston, working on Water Street (ca.1847-1851) and School Street (ca.1857-1868).^{[10][11][12][13]} N.S. Dearborn exhibited several printed specimens in the 1850 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.^[14] His grandson S.B. Dearborn also worked as a printer.^[15]

Works by Dearborn

• Views from the Mass. State House, Boston. ca.1838.
• American Textbook for Letters. 1842.
• Boston Notions; an Account of That Village from 1630 to 1847. 1848
• Dearborn's Reminiscences of Boston, and Guide through the City and Environs. 1851
• Dearborn's Guide through Mount Auburn. 1857

Image gallery

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  1829 inaugural address of Andrew Jackson, published by Dearborn

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  Ad for woodcarver, printed by Dearborn 1830

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  Printed by Dearborn & Son

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  1839 map of Boston, printed by Dearborn & Son

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  Published by N. Dearborn, 1840

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  Triangular Warehouse, Merchants Row. Reminiscences of Boston, 1851

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  Howard Athenaeum. Reminiscences of Boston, 1851

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  1852 advertisement

References

1. ^ Stauffer. American engravers upon copper and steel. NY: Grolier Club, 1907.
2. ^ William R. Lawrence. A history of the Boston Dispensary. 1859.
3. ^ Stauffer, 1907.
4. ^ Boston Directory. 1823.
5. ^ Boston Directory. 1832.
6. ^ Boston Directory. 1847.
7. ^ Boston Directory. 1851
8. ^ Daily Columbian Centinel, Dec. 15, 1830; cited in Stauffer, 1907.
9. ^ Stauffer. American engravers upon copper and steel. Grolier Club, 1907.
10. ^ Boston Directory. 1847.
11. ^ Boston Directory, 1851.
12. ^ Boston Directory. 1861.
13. ^ Boston Directory. 1868.
14. ^ 6th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. 1850.
15. ^ Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England. 1889; p.219.

External links

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Name	Dearborn, Nathaniel
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Date of birth	1786
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Date of death	1852
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