Abigail Baldwin

Abigail Baldwin or Abigail Mulford ( – 1713) was an early English publisher. She worked with her husband Richard Baldwin who was summoned frequently to answers charges relating to their publishing business. After her husband died she continued to run the business and she was involved in publishing notable works.

Life Abigail Mulford was baptised in 1658. She married Richard Baldwin who worked as a bookbinder on 7 December 1676 at St Botolph's church in Aldersgate. They had a child named Mary. He had become one of the many book sellers but they became one of the first publishers. They published short lived newspapers for members of the Whig party.

The Privy Council summoned Richard in 1681 to answer a charge of publishing seditious pamphlets. The next year he/they were accused of publishing libels and his premises near the Old Bailey were searched. The search was by the Stationers Company and they later fined Richard for not co-operating with them.

Abigail published Bernard Mandeville's philosophical work The Grumbling Hive in 1705. She died in 1713.