1Extracts from the Gazette, 1747 (Franklin Papers)
...’s Spelling-Books, Brown’s Ditto, Play-Book for Children, Vincent on Judgment, Dyer’s Golden...
2From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 27 November 1755 (Franklin Papers)
...and others, and one of the earliest publishers of books for children. Goldsmith described him...
3To Benjamin Franklin from Griffith Jones, 6 October 1763 (Franklin Papers)
...his brother Giles in a series of popular books for children known as “Lilliputian Histories...
4Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 28 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
books; for children [index entry]
5Joseph Milligan to Thomas Jefferson, 3 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
...particularly calculated for those that purchase parlour books for children and during...
6Samuel H. Saunders to Thomas Jefferson, 20 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I send my Easy First Book for Children to you not doubting but you will examine it....
7Lydia R. Bailey to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
books; for children [index entry]
8Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Milligan, 26 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
books; for children [index entry]
9To James Madison from Jeremiah Anderson, 17 July 1812 (Madison Papers)
...her hands a Bible & in her pockets Books for children, but believe me there is no more...
10Joseph Milligan to Thomas Jefferson, 12 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
books; for children [index entry]