John Norman (1748–1817) was an engraver and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the later 18th and early 19th century.WorldCat. Norman, John 1748?-1817 "Born in England; came to Philadelphia in 1774 'from London,' as an 'architect and landscape engraver;' though he also did all manner of silversmith's work. He went to Boston about 1780."Grolier Club. Catalogue of an exhibition of early American engraving upon copper: 1727-1850. De Vinne Press, 1908 He died in 1817 and was buried in Copp's Hill Burying Ground.Samuel A. Green. Boston Magazine. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Volume 38. May 1904New England Palladium, June 10, 1817
See also Boston Magazine (1783–86), published by Norman Boston Directory. Norman published the first issue in 1789.
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