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Signature on beige card by Benjamin Shillaber in black ink. Card is adhered to beige lined paper. Datelined March 14, 1879 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Card measures 4 7/8" x 3 1/8"; paper measures 7 1/2" x 10 1/2." Card reads: "B. P. Shillaber. 'Mrs. Partington.' Chelsea, Mass. March 14, 1879." Card, paper, and signature are very clean and intact. Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814-1890) was a humorist, editor, and printer. Shillaber was born in New Hampshire and began his career in a printing office. He moved to Boston in the 1830s where he became editor of the Boston Daily Post and Saturday Evening Gazette. In 1851, Shillaber was the founding editor of The Carpet-Bag, alongside his business partner, Charles G. Halpine (1829-1868), which was one of the first comic publications in the U.S. In the Daily Post, he introduced his fictional, humorous character of Mrs. Partington. Shillaber commonly wrote under Mrs. Partington's name.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow : Signature on Card - Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow : Signature on Card - Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
Signature on beige card by Benjamin Shillaber in black ink. Card is adhered to beige lined paper. Datelined August 15, 1879 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Card measures 5 1/8" x 3"; paper measures 7 3/4" x 10 3/8." Card reads: "B. P. Shillaber. 'Mrs. Partington.' Chelsea, Mass. Aug. 15, 1879." Card, paper, and signature are very clean and intact. Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814-1890) was a humorist, editor, and printer. Shillaber was born in New Hampshire and began his career in a printing office. He moved to Boston in the 1830s where he became editor of the Boston Daily Post and Saturday Evening Gazette. In 1851, Shillaber was the founding editor of The Carpet-Bag, alongside his business partner, Charles G. Halpine (1829-1868), which was one of the first comic publications in the U.S. In the Daily Post, he introduced his fictional, humorous character of Mrs. Partington. Shillaber commonly wrote under Mrs. Partington's name.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow : Signature on Card - Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, fine bindings, libri rari, livres anciens and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |