Charles Coffin Little
| Charles Coffin Little | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 25, 1799 Kennebunk, Maine, U.S. |
| Died |
August 11, 1869 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Children | Sarah Ellen Little |
| Relatives | Richard Aldrich McCurdy (son-in-law) |
Charles Coffin Little (July 25, 1799 Kennebunk, Maine – August 11, 1869 Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a U.S. publisher. He is best known for co-founding Little, Brown and Company with James Brown.
Early life
Charles Coffin Little was born on July 25, 1799 in Kennebunk, Maine.
Career
Little arrived in Boston early in life.[1] He entered a shipping house,[1] and around 1826-1827 worked with booksellers Hilliard, Gray, Little & Wilkins in Boston, along with William Hilliard, Harrison Gray, and John H. Wilkins.[2][3] He worked there until 1837, when he formed his partnership with James Brown under the style of Charles C. Little and Company. Little and Brown had previously been clerks, and were later partners, in a bookstore in Boston founded in 1784 by Ebenezer Battelle. The name of Little and Brown's firm was subsequently changed, due to the admission of other partners, to Little, Brown, and Co.[1]
Personal life
Little's daughter, Sarah Ellen Little, married Richard Aldrich McCurdy.[4]
Death
Little died on August 11, 1869 Cambridge, Massachusetts.
References
- 1 2 3
Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1892). "Little, Charles Coffin". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. - ↑ Boston News-Letter, September 23, 1826.
- ↑ King's handbook of Boston, 1881, p. 291.
- ↑ Weeks, Lyman Horace (1898). Prominent Families of New York: Being an Account in Biographical Form of Individuals and Families Distinguished as Representatives of the Social, Professional and Civic Life of New York City. New York, New York: The Historical Company. p. 386. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
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