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...