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Leavitt, Joshua, 1774 or 1775-1859


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    • Leavitt, Joshua
    • Epenetus, 1774 or 1775-1859
    • J. L. (Joshua Leavitt), 1774 or 1775-1859
    • L., J. (Joshua Leavitt), 1774 or 1775-1859

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    • Birth Date

        [1774,1775]

    • Death Date

        1859-05-11

    • Associated Locale

        Naples (Me.)

    • Occupation

      (itoamc) Physicians

      (itoamc) Pharmacologists

      (itoamc) Printers

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    • Earlier Established Forms

      • Leavitt, Joshua

    • Sources

      • found: Leavitt, D. An astronomical diary, or almanack, for ... 1800, 1799:t.p. (Joshua Leavitt; Concord, N.H. printer)
      • found: His Address to the patrons of the Herald of gospel liberty, 1810:t.p. (Epenetus)
      • found: His A poem: addressed originally to the patrons of the Herald of gospel liberty, 1811:t.p. (Joshua Leavitt)
      • found: His An inquiry into the nature and origin of that very common and hurtful disorder, commonly denominated a cold, 1811:t.p. (J.L.)
      • found: OCLC, May 11, 2020(access point: Epenetus; Leavitt, Joshua; L., J.; J.L.)
      • found: Skillin, G. A bibliography of Maine imprints, 2015(Leavitt, Joshua, 1785-1862 [sic])
      • found: Ancestry, via WWW, May 11, 2020:1850 U.S. Federal Census (Joshua Leavitt; physician at Naples, Me., aged 75; b. Maine)
      • found: Internet Archive, via WWW, May 11, 2020:Noyes, E. Leavitt descendants of John, 1941, p. 57, etc. (Dr. Joshua Leavitt; b. 1775 in New Hampshire; d. May 1862 at Otisfield, Me.)
      • found: America's Historical Newspapers, via WWW, May 11, 2020:Portland Gazette, Portland, Me., Sept. 17, 1810 (Joshua Leavitt; commenced the practice of physic in this town) Independent Statesman, Portland, Me., Oct. 11, 1823 (Joshua Leavitt; dealer in domestic drugs and medicines) Portland Advertiser, Portland, Me., May 24, 1859 (Dr. Joshua Leavitt; formerly of this city; early in life a worthy brother of the typographical craft; d. the 11th inst. at Naples [Me.], aged 84)
      • found: MWA/NAIP files, July 22, 2020(access point: Leavitt, Joshua, 1774 or 1775-1859; note: physician; apparently worked briefly as a printer when a young man, perhaps with his elder brother Dudley Leavitt (1772-1851), who was also a printer; b. in Maine or New Hampshire; stated as Maine in the 1850 U.S. Fed. Census but some secondary sources have New Hampshire)

    • Editorial Notes

      • [Not to be confused with Joshua Leavitt, 1794-1873, abolitionist, lawyer, editor, publisher and Congregational clergyman.]

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    • Change Notes

      • 1992-01-28: new
      • 2020-07-23: revised

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