Thayer & Eldridge (c.1860–1861) was a publishing firm in

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, established by William Wilde Thayer and Charles W. Eldridge. During its brief existence the firm issued works by

James Redpath James Redpath (August 24, 1833 in Berwick upon Tweed, England – February 10, 1891, in New York, New York) was an American journalist and anti-slavery activist. Life In 1848 or 1849, Redpath and his family emigrated from Scotland to a farm nea ...

Charles Sumner Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading American ...

, and

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman Jr. (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature. Whitman incor ...

, before going bankrupt in 1861.

Published by the firm

* Rufus B. Sage. Rocky Mountain Life: Or, Startling Scenes and Perilous Adventures in the Far West, during an Expedition of Three Years. 1859. * Walt Whitman.

Leaves of Grass ''Leaves of Grass'' is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. After self-publishing it in 1855, he spent most of his professional life writing, revising, and expanding the collection until his death in 1892. Either six or nine separa ...

, 3rd ed. 1860
Leaves of Grass Imprints
1860 * James Redpath. The public life of Capt. John Brown. 1860. * James Redpath, ed. Echoes of Harper's Ferry. 1860. * Charles Sumner. The Barbarism of Slavery: Speech of Mr. Charles Sumner on the bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state, in the United States Senate, June 4, 1860. * William T. Adams. Marrying a beggar: or The Angel in disguise, and other tales. 1860. * William Douglas Conner. Harrington; a Story of True Love. 1860. * C.W. Dana. The Great West, Or The Garden of the World: Its History, Its Wealth, Its Natural Advantages, and Its Future. 1861. * A Son of Temperance ed. Thrilling Scenes in Social Life or The Opposite Effects of Vice and Virtue. 1860

Contracted but not published because of bankruptcy

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself'' is an autobiography by Harriet Jacobs, a mother and fugitive slave, published in 1861 by Lydia Maria Child, L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author. Jacobs used the pseudon ...

, by

Harriet Jacobs Harriet Jacobs (1813 or 1815 – March 7, 1897) was an African-American Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist and writer whose autobiography, ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'', published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Bre ...

under

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, edited by L. Maria Child * Guide to Hayti, by James Redpath * Asphodel; a Novel, by Ada Clare

Published by the firm

Contracted but not published because of bankruptcy

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