John Frederick Weishampel, Jr

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John Frederick Weishampel, Jr. (April 22, 1832- 189?) was a Baltimore, Maryland, USA born printer and publisher who was prolific in the mid-nineteenth century. His print shop was located at 484 West Baltimore Street, in Baltimore, Maryland. The most historically significant book that Weishampel published is A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man (1859). This nonprofit book was printed solely for the purpose of raising money to buy two of Davis' (a former slave himself) children out of slavery.

J.F. Weishampel, Jr. was a third generation Prussian American and son of Rev. John Frederick Weishampel.

[edit] Publications

• Camp meeting hymn

by John F Weishampel (1852)

• The prayer meeting hymn book: A selection of standard evangelical hymns, for prayer and conference meetings, revivals, and family and private devotion

by John F Weishampel (1858)

• The Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses, John F Weishampel, Sr. Ed. (1858)
• A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man. Written by Himself, at the Age of Fifty-Four by Noah Davis, published J. F. Weishampel, Jr., (1859))
• New and Enlarged Map of Baltimore City. Engraved by E. Sachse & Co. and published by John F. Weishampel, Jr., based on surveys by Wm. H. Shipley.(1872)
• History of Baptist Churches in Maryland, 1742 - 1885, by Harvey Johnson (1842 - 1923), Baltimore: J.F. Weishampel, Jr., (1885)
• The stranger in Baltimore: A new hand book containing a general description of Baltimore City and its notable localities, with other information useful to both citizens and strangers

by J. F. Weishampel, Jr.(1885)

• Weishampel's Baltimore guide: The stranger in Baltimore: a new hand book, containing a general description of Baltimore with other information (1888)
• The man Christ Jesus: Character and purpose of Jesus

by J. F. Weishampel, Jr.(1894))

• The pope's stratagem: "Rome to America!": An address to the Protestants of the United States, against placing the Pope's block of marble in the Washington monument

by J. F. Weishampel, Jr.(date unknown)

[edit] External links, resources and references

• The Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses (1858)
• A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man. Written by Himself, at the Age of Fifty-Four. Baltimore: J. F. Weishampel, Jr., (1859).
• New and Enlarged Map of Baltimore City. (1872)
• Rev. Dr. Harvey Johnson
• John F Weishampel, Jr., books on Amazon