Nathaniel Dearborn

Nathaniel Dearborn (1786–1852) was an engraver in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He was born in New England in 1786 to inventor Benjamin Dearborn;^[1] siblings included John M. Dearborn and Fanny Dearborn Hanman.^[2] In Boston he learned engraving from Abel Bowen. By 1814 Dearborn worked from quarters on School Street; later moving to Market Street (ca.1823), State Street (ca.1826-1831) and Washington Street (ca.1832–1852).^[1]^[3] Around 1830, he also gave musical lessons on the flute.^[4]

He died November 7, 1852, in South Reading.^[1] His son, Nathaniel S. Dearborn, continued as an engraver and printer in Boston, working on Water Street (ca.1847–1851) and School Street (ca.1857-1868).^[5]^[6] N.S. Dearborn exhibited several printed specimens in the 1850 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.^[7] His grandson S.B. Dearborn also worked as a printer.^[8]

Works by Dearborn

Views from the Mass. State House, Boston. ca.1838.
American Textbook for Letters. 1842.
Boston Notions; an Account of That Village from 1630 to 1847. 1848
Dearborn's Reminiscences of Boston, and Guide through the City and Environs. 1851
Dearborn's Guide through Mount Auburn. 1857

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Stauffer. American engravers upon copper and steel. NY: Grolier Club, 1907.
^ William R. Lawrence. A history of the Boston Dispensary. 1859.
^ Boston Directory. 1823, 1832, 1847, 1851.
^ Daily Columbian Centinel, Dec. 15, 1830; cited in Stauffer, 1907.
^ Boston Directory. 1847, 1851, 1861, 1868.
^ "School Street". Gleasons Pictorial. 5. 1853.
^ 6th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. 1850.
^ Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England. 1889; p.219.