Rivington, James, 1724-1802
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Name (Latin)
Rivington, James, 1724-1802
Other forms of name
J. R. (James Rivington), 1724-1802
R., J. (James Rivington), 1724-1802
Date of birth
1724-08-17
Date of death
1802-07-04
Occupation
Booksellers and bookselling
Journalists
Printers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Concise dict. of Amer. bio., 2nd ed.(b. London, England, 1724, d. New York, NY, 1802; bookseller, printer, and journalist; came to America 1760; opened bookshops in Philadelphia, New York and Boston, but confined interests to New York after 1766; April 22, 1773 published Rivington's New-York Gazeteer)
- Data from Agency for Instructional Television for Words of fire [VR] 1983 (subj.)(James Rivington)
- MWA/NAIP files, Mar. 25, 2009(hdg.: Rivington, James, 1724-1802; note: worked with engraver Abel Buell of New Haven in the production of The Sequel of arts and sciences, 1773)
- Maxted, I. The London book trades, 1775-1899, 1977(Rivington, James; bookseller and printer, St. Paul's churchyard, 1742-60; trading with his father John I, 1720-1792, as John and James Rivington from 1742-56; traded as Rivington and Fletcher, 1756-60; dissolved partnership with brother John II 6 Mar. 1756; partner with James Fletcher [the younger], 1756-60; settled as bookseller in Philadelphia 1760; New York bookstore 1761; Boston bookstore 1762; later concentrated in New York)
- Oxford dictionary of national biography, 12 July 2016(James Rivington; born 17 August 1724; apprenticed with his brother John to his father, a bookseller/publisher; died in New York 4 July 1802)
- Plomer, H.R. A dict. of the printers and booksellers ... in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775, 1932:p. 95 (under Fletcher, James, junior: For some years in partnership with James Rivington of St. Paul's Churchyard)
- The Sequel of arts and sciences, 1773:t.p. (J.R.)