A Few More Books

• A Selection of Sepulchral Curiosities, with a Biographical Sketch on Human Longevity; Containing the most Sublime, Singular and Authentic Epitaphs that were ever before Collected. Taken from Monuments and Gravestones in the United Kingdoms of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and in the United States of America, compiled by Thomas Kinnersley (New York, 1823) viii 352pp 22 cm 37-32067 PN 6291.K5 929.50942 NK 0153144 DLC – There are copies in various locations: the Library of Congress, the Yale University Library, the Huntington Library in Pasadena, CA, the Ohio State University Library, the Library of the University of Texas, Boston Public Library, the Kansas City Public Library, and the Newberry Library in Chicago.

This last book is quite interesting, since it appears to be written by Thomas Kinnersley himself, and indicates that he traveled considerably. It contains several original poems, including "Serious Reflections on the Death of a Friend," and "On Viewing Shakespeare's Tomb at Stratford Upon Avon," which may be found on this web site in the Appendices.

• A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, by Oliver Goldsmith (New York, 1825) – A copy exists in the rare book collection of the Alderman Library at the University of Virginia.
• The Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, together with lives of Evangelists, Apostles and others by the Rev. John Fleetwood, published by T. Kinnersley, NY, 1825
• Modern Domestic Cookery and Useful Receipt Book, Adapted for Families of the Middling and Genteel Ranks of Life, by W. A. Henderson, William Buchan, D. Hughson and others, with the following additional volumes bound in: The Domestic Medicine, or a Treatise on the Knowledge, Prevention, and Cure of the Most Acute Diseases, both in Children and Grown Persons, with Advice to Mothers on the Promotion of Health, Strength, and Beauty of their Offspring, by William Buchan, to which is annexed, The Family Receipt Book and Domestic Repository, by D. Hughson and others (T. Kinnersley, New York, 1829) – A copy exists in the Minneapolis Public Library. Also in the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and on microfilm as History of Women, Reel 133, from Research Publications, New Haven, 1975. A copy of the microfilm is at Ohio State University.
• The Scripture History, by Isaac B. Watkins, 2 vols (T. Kinnersley, New York, 1829).
• The Evidences of Christianity Briefly Stated, by John Fleetwood and Philip Doddridge (T. Kinnersley, New York, 1833). At the University of Nebraska.
• The Orphan Boy, or Test of Innocence, by Catherine G. Ward Printed and published by T. Kinnersley, Thirty-fifth Street, Eighth Avenue, New York, 1835. In my possession.

In summary, Thomas Kinnersley's list of publications gives us a continuous record of his whereabouts beginning in Norwich at age 35 and ending in New York at age 69. Norwich is located in Norfolk, 75 miles northeast of London. Bungay is a nearby small town in Suffolk about 10 miles southeast of Norwich.

Thomas may have come to Bungay to join an existing publishing firm. There are records for C. Brightly in Bungay that extend back a few years earlier to 1799. The 1823 Directory for Bungay lists Henry A. Brightly, Printer and Stationer, and John and Robert Childs, Printer and Type Founders. The Childs were rather well-known Nonconformists who campaigned for the disestablishment of the Church of England. John Childs was imprisoned in the 1830's for resisting the payment of Church Rates (that is, taxes earmarked for the church.)