Rand, Avery & Company

Rand-Avery, also known as Rand, Avery, & Company, and as Geo. C. Rand & Avery, was a printing company in Boston during the 19th century.[1] The company went bankrupt in 1888.[2][3] Rand Avery Supply Co. was a successor firm and continued into the 20th century.[4]

Map of The Boston, Concord, Montreal and White Mountains Railroad and its principal connections, 1882
Map and timetable for the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad, 1879
Printed advertisement for the clipper ship Emily F. Whitney, circa 1879

History

George Curtis Rand (13 December 13, 1819 - December 30, 1878) established Rand, Avery & Company. He was related to William Rand, who was one of the founding members of Rand, McNally & Company, and Franklin Rand, publisher of the Zion's Herald.[5]

Promoter and controversial muckracker Tom Lawson (muckraker) took over the firm and liquidated it after losing a battle with its directors.[6]

The company occupied several buildings including 117 Franklin Street in Boston, Massachusetts.[6]

Publications

The firm printed sailing cards, travel and sightseeing guides for rail passengers, and area histories.

It published Harriet E. Wilson's novel Our Nig in 1959.[7]

In 1860, the firm was a printer for Walt Whitman.[8]

The firm printed the first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin.[9]

It was one of the printers of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper.[10] It also published Edwin M. Bacon's Dictionary of Boston in 1883 and included an advertisement insert with an engraved drawing of a printing operation.[11] It printed a herald for the Barnum and London Circus.[12]

The company printed documents for railroads including maps.[13]

Moses King worked at the firm before moving on to establish his own printing company.

References

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