Thayer and Eldridge

When Jacobs approached Phillips and Sampson , publishers, they would take her book only with a preface from someone known to the public, either Harriet Beecher Stowe or Nathaniel Willis . Her second choice, Thayer and Eldridge

Lydia Maria Child signed the contract for HJ 's book with her publishers, Thayer and Eldridge , and had the copyright taken out in her name. She told Jacobs, Under the circumstances your name could...