Jane Aitken Explained
Jane Aitken (1764–1832) was an American printer and publisher known for printing Charles Thomson's translation of the Septuagint into English,[1] [2] as well as Rebecca Rush's novel Kelroy.[3] [4] She was the first printer to issue a Philadelphia census directory containing a section devoted to "persons of colour".[5]
Some of her papers are held in the collections of one of her clients, the American Philosophical Society.[6]
See also
Further reading
- none. The Aitken Shop: Identification of an Eighteenth-century Bindery and Its Tools . Willman . Spawn . Carol . Spawn . The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America . 1963 . 57 . 4 . 422–437 . 10.1086/pbsa.57.4.24301089 . 24301089. 183004755 .
- none. J. Ramsey . Michaels . Charles Thomson and the First American New Testament . The Harvard Theological Review . July 2011 . 104 . 3 . 349–365 . 10.1017/S0017816011000253 . 41234090. 162396161 .
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Notes and References
- Book: Benowitz, June Melby . Aitken, Jane (1764–1832) . Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion . 2nd . 1998 . 2017 . 978-1-440-83987-0 . ABC-CLIO . 13–14.
- A Jane Aitken Binding . Spawn . Willman . Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society . Worcester, Mass. . 91 . 1 . 1981-01-01 . 109.
- Book: Klimasmith, Betsy . Urban Rehearsals and Novel Plots in the Early American City . Oxford University Press . 2021 . 978-0-192-84621-1 . 231.
- Book: James . Edward T. . James . Janet Wilson . Boyer . Paul S. . Paul Boyer (historian) . Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary . 2 . Notable American Women, 1607–1950 . 1971 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-62734-5 . 26–27.
- Book: Nash, Gary B. . First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory . 2006 . University of Pennsylvania Press . 2001 . 1st. paperback . 978-0-812-21942-5 . 61, 126.
- Web site: Jane Aitken Papers . American Philosophical Society . 2023-03-04.
