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PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire.
1716. Eleazar Russell, sold books, principally such as
were used in schools.
The laws of New Hampshire were printed in Boston,
anno 1716, "for Eleazar Russell at his shop in Portsmouth."
He died in May, 1764, aged seventy-three years.
1757. Daniel Fowle, kept a very small stock of books
for sale, but never paid much attention to bookselling.
Before the revolution there was not a bookstore of any
note in New Hampshire.
1770. William Appleton, served his apprenticeship in
Boston, and sold books in common use. He died a few
years after he settled in Portsmouth.
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