Gould and Lincoln, Boston
Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston

Ensign Lincoln and Thomas Edmands bought the printing stock of Samuel Hall in 1806 and started the firm of Lincoln and Edmands.

Edmands was born in 1781 and learned the printing business from Mr. William Manning. Lincoln was a fellow apprentice. Lincoln died in 1832. Charles D. Gould was executor of Lincoln’s estate.

Charles D. Gould (1807-1875) was born in New Hampshire. He came to Boston at the age of fifteen and began a West India Goods establishment. Deacon Gould was a member of the Baptist denomination and thus his publishing house printed a large number of Baptist works. As executor Gould sold much of the stock to a new firm of which Edmonds son, Thomas was a partner. This company had financial setbacks and eventually Gould along with Charles S. Kendall and Joshua Lincoln (son of Ensign Lincoln) purchased these assets under the house name of Gould, Kendall and Lincoln. It was formally established in 1835.

In 1850 Kendall withdrew and became a member of Williams, Carter & Co.. paper dealers and thus Gould and Lincoln was born. By 1871 it was the second oldest publishing firm in Boston. (Crocker and Brewster was the oldest.) During its 25 year run it published juveniles, general literature, textbooks and biographies. Lincoln retired in April, 1874 and the partnership dissolved. Gould carried on the business until his death one year later.

Gould, Kendall and Lincoln 1835-1850
Gould and Lincoln 1850-1875

The address was 59 Washington Street throughout their publishing lives.

They co-published a number of juvenile series with other firms: mainly Sheldon, Blakeman & Co, Sheldon & Co. and Geo S. Blanchard and Hogan and Thompson.
For the purposes of this bibliography when Gould was listed as the second publisher, the series is listed with the first publisher.