__NOTOC__ Bela Marsh (1797-1869) was a publisher and bookseller in

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, in the 19th century. Authors under his imprint included

spiritualists Spiritualism is the metaphysics, metaphysical school of thought opposing physicalism and also is the category of all spiritual beliefs/views (in monism and Mind-body dualism, dualism) from ancient to modern. In the long nineteenth century, Spir ...

and

abolitionists Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. The Britis ...

such as John Stowell Adams, Adin Ballou,

Warren Chase Warren Chase (January 5, 1813 – February 25, 1891) was an American pioneer, reformer, and politician. He served in the state senates of Wisconsin and California, and was a candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in the election of 1849. Early ...

Lysander Spooner Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808May 14, 1887) was an American individualist anarchist, abolitionist, entrepreneur, essayist, legal theorist, pamphletist, political philosopher, Unitarian and writer. Spooner was a strong advocate of the labor ...

, and

Henry Clarke Wright Henry Clarke Wright (August 29, 1797 – August 16, 1870) was an American abolitionist, pacifist, anarchist and feminist, for over two decades a controversial figure. Early life Clarke was born in Sharon, Connecticut, to father Seth Wright, a ...

. Marsh kept offices on Washington Street (ca.1820-1832), Cornhill (ca.1847-1852), Franklin Street (ca.1854-1856), and Bromfield Street (ca.1858-1868). Among his business partners were Nahum Capen, Gardner P. Lyon, T.H. Webb, and George W. Williams. He belonged to the

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and the Physiological Society.Boston Almanac. 1838 Marsh was the defendant in the seminal copyright case, '' Folsom v. Marsh'' (C.C.D. Mass. 1841), for publishing a two-volume abridgment of George Washington's letters, where the Justice

Joseph Story Joseph Story (September 18, 1779 – September 10, 1845) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in ''Martin v. Hunter's Lessee'' and '' United States ...

found he had infringed the copyright in the 12-volume set of the same edited by

Jared Sparks Jared Sparks (May 10, 1789 – March 14, 1866) was an American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister. He served as President of Harvard College from 1849 to 1853. Biography Born in Willington, Connecticut, Sparks studied in the common s ...

References

External links

* WorldCat
Marsh, Bela 1797-1869
* Open Library
Bela Marsh, publisher
* Library of Congress
Position of the Democratic Party in 1852. "Freemen of America, how long will you be ledd by such leaders"
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