Lydia Bailey

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Lydia Bailey – Mistress of Her Situation

Setting the Stage

The Early Years

The Trade

Patronage

Her Way

Checklist of Lydia Bailey Imprints

Methodology

Forms

Bibliographies Cited

Abbreviations and Location Symbols

The Checklist

Appendices

1. Unlocated Imprints

2. Bailey’s Journal

3. Names from Journal

4. Primary Material Relating to Lydia Bailey

Index

“Philadelphia is a city of printers and publishers, from Benjamin Franklin to J. B. Lippincott, but until the publication of this fine checklist and perceptive essay, we have lacked a serious study of the woman who served as the city printer from 1813 until the mid-1850s.”

—Matthew Shaw, The Library