Item 52: Bookplate, Ex Libris Charles E. Goodspeed, Etching by [Sidney Lawton Smith] with Painting by [Paul Revere], [1904]
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 52
Dates
- Created: [1904]
Creator
- Revere, Paul, 1735-1818 (Artist) (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Bookplate
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
3 9/16 in. x 4 11/16 in.
Title:
Ex Libris Charles E. Goodspeed
Description:
A bookplate featuring a drawing created by Paul Revere depicting the Boston Massacre. There are buildings on the side and in the background with soldiers fighting. The engraver of the original drawing was Paul Revere, who was a silversmith, engraver, folk hero, early industrialist, Sons of Liberty member, and American patriot. Paul Revere was most famous for warning the militia about British forces in April 1775 prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which was shown in the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The bookplate collector, Charles E. Goodspeed, was born in 1867. His parents were Elliot Freeman Goodspeed and Abbie Ellen Goodspeed. He had one sister, Ida Hatch Goodspeed Sparrow. He was married to Leila May Pinkham Goodspeed, and they had two children, Margaret G. Goodspeed Colburn, and Miriam Goodspeed Banks. He started many bookstores in Boston and worked with obscure books and manuscripts. “Most of his writings were biographical, collecting fishing stories and Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Museum of the Salem East India Marine society, or the gathering of virtuoso’s collection, both published in 1946.” He had released an autobiography called Yankee bookseller in 1937, “gives a full picture of booksellers, collectors and authors of his time.” He died on October 31, 1950 in Shirley, Massachusetts, and was buried at Center Cemetery in Shirley.
The bookplate collector, Charles E. Goodspeed, was born in 1867. His parents were Elliot Freeman Goodspeed and Abbie Ellen Goodspeed. He had one sister, Ida Hatch Goodspeed Sparrow. He was married to Leila May Pinkham Goodspeed, and they had two children, Margaret G. Goodspeed Colburn, and Miriam Goodspeed Banks. He started many bookstores in Boston and worked with obscure books and manuscripts. “Most of his writings were biographical, collecting fishing stories and Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Museum of the Salem East India Marine society, or the gathering of virtuoso’s collection, both published in 1946.” He had released an autobiography called Yankee bookseller in 1937, “gives a full picture of booksellers, collectors and authors of his time.” He died on October 31, 1950 in Shirley, Massachusetts, and was buried at Center Cemetery in Shirley.
Location:
Boston, MA
Creator
- Revere, Paul, 1735-1818 (Artist) (Person)
- Smith, Sidney Lawton, 1845-1929 (Etcher) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu