Brown, J. Seymour (sold)
J. Seymour Brown (1814 - 1893) was a Hartford based Connecticut publisher active in the mid-19th century. From 1835, he is recorded as a bookbinder in Hartford, where he mostly bound schoolbooks, a Hartford specialization. In 1841 he established a publishing and bindery firm with Sidney Drake. This business lasted until 1852. From 1847, he also partnered with William Watson House (1813 - 1882) to create the publishing firm 'Brown and House'. This firm dissolved in 1857. Following 1857, Brown is listed in Hartford directories as an 'Agent', likely a book agent working with various publishing houses. Brown was involved in the Spiritualist revival in the 1850s and is listed as the Vice President of the New England Spiritualists' Association. He was also associated with Willis Thrall, another part-time Hartford publisher, with whom he owned the 'Hartford Screw Company'. Brown must have been quite wealthy, as in 1852 he constructed a large mansion in Hartford, today preserved as the Calvin Day House (105 Spring Street). Brown died in Hartford in 1893.
Rare map of Texas issued just before the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo.
Map of Mexico, Texas, Old and New California, and Yucatan. Showing the principal Cities and Towns, Travelling Routes and c.
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The only known example of the 1848 edition of House and Brown's broadside map of Texas, Mexico, and Upper California, issued at the end of the Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848). The map is centered on Texas, which is presented at its largest, with its western border embracing Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and the stovepipe configuration extending its northern border to 42° N latitude. The map is elaborated by inset maps of Monterey illustrating the Battle of Monterrey (September 21 - 24, 1846) and Veracruz, Mexico. In addition, the Gulf of Mexico is occupied by a large vignette view of the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa, Veracruz. In this edition, Texas is uncolored, emphasizing that it is part of the United States, but Upper California and New Mexico are colored as Mexican intendencias, suggesting this map predates the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and must therefore have been sent to the presses sometime before February 28, 1848. (more details)