Joseph Funk and Sons letters to James Curry May 17 1856 to October 7 1858

Joseph Funk and Sons letters to James Curry May 17 1856 to October 7 1858

Funk, Joseph, 1777-1862

Curry, James

Joseph Funk and Sons

Music printing -- United States -- History

Music publishing -- United States -- History

Booksellers and bookselling -- History -- 19th century

Publishers and publishing -- History -- 19th century

George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana

Mennonite Church -- Hymns

Virginia -- History -- 19th century

Collection includes five letters, dated 1856 May 17 to 1858 October 7, from publishers Joseph Funk and Sons, of Mountain Valley, Va., to their book agent, James Curry of Nickell's Mill, Monroe County, Va. The letters discuss supply and demand, cost, production, and shipment of the work Harmonia Sacra, a popular Mennonite hymnbook written in shape-note style. Specific subjects mentioned include the need for a new fount of type, competition with northern publishers, carelessness of the depot agents in Staunton, Va., and the continuation of James Curry's agency. Also included is a note written by Curry affirming his willingness to continue his agency and stating the terms of his agency. Acquired as part of the George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana. See description at https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4fx7821r.

Curry, James

Joseph Funk and Sons letters to James Curry, May 17 1856 to October 7 1858, RL.30642 duke:633898 secst0642, James Curry Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, NC.

JMU Libraries

1856 to 1858

Tyler Brinkerhoff

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SNT0012

Mountain Valley, Virginia

Singer's Glen, Virginia

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Nickoll's Mills, Greenbrier County, Virginia