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Nathaniel Dearborn (1786 – November 7, 1852) was an American engraver.
Biography He was born in New England, in 1786, to inventor Benjamin Dearborn;Stauffer. American engravers upon copper and steel. NY: Grolier Club, 1907. siblings included John M. Dearborn and Fanny Dearborn Hanman.William R. Lawrence. A history of the Boston Dispensary. 1859. He later moved to Boston, learning engraving from Abel Bowen. By 1814, Dearborn worked from quarters on School Street; later moving to Market Street (ca.1823), State Street (ca.1826–1831) and Washington Street (ca.1832–1852).Boston Directory. 1823, 1832, 1847, 1851. Around 1830, he also gave musical lessons on the flute.Daily Columbian Centinel, Dec. 15, 1830; cited in Stauffer, 1907.
He died November 7, 1852, in South Reading. His son, Nathaniel S. Dearborn, continued as an engraver and printer in Boston, working on Water Street (ca.1847–1851) and School Street (ca.1857–1868).Boston Directory. 1847, 1851, 1861, 1868. N.S. Dearborn exhibited several printed specimens in the 1850 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. His grandson S.B. Dearborn also worked as a printer.
Works by Dearborn Views from the Mass. State House, Boston. ca.1838. American Textbook for Letters. 1842. Boston Notions; an Account of That Village from 1630 to 1847. 1848 Dearborn's Reminiscences of Boston, and Guide through the City and Environs. 1851 Dearborn's Guide through Mount Auburn. 1857
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WorldCat. Dearborn, Nathaniel 1786-1852