Daniel Clement Colesworthy

Daniel Clement Colesworthy (14 July 1810 – 1 April 1893) was an American printer, bookseller, and poet.

Early life Colesworthy was born in Portland, Maine, in 1810, the second son of Daniel Pecker Colesworthy and Anna Collins.

Career In June 1840, Colesworthy commenced the publication of a small semi-monthly paper call The Youth's Monitor, which he continued for about two years. In 1841 he printed the first number of a weekly literary paper, the Portland Tribune, which he continued for four years and ten weeks, and in June, 1845, sold his interest in the paper to John Edwards, who was publisher of the Portland Bulletin. The two papers, becoming united, were called the Tribune and Bulletin. He was also proprietor of another store in the immediate vicinity, having his home in Chelsea.

Inside a display case rests a first edition copy of the book Light and Truth by Robert Benjamin Lewis. It is open to the title page and displays the title, author, and the name of the publisher, Daniel Clement Colesworthy Notable works One of several publishers of Little Things by Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney. Light and Truth by Robert Benjamin Lewis, the first "history book" about African Americans and Native Americans.

Colesworthy himself was a voluminous writer, both in prose and verse, seeking to instruct as well as amuse his readers. Among his publications are several volumes of poetry, including the following in order of publication: "The Opening Buds," "A Group of Children," "The Year," and "School is Out." The latter of these was published in 1876, with copious notes, that were valuable for their biographical and historical data. The following notable quotation is from this work.

Death Colesworthy died in 1893 at his home, on Chestnut Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts, aged 82. He was the oldest bookseller in the Boston area at the time.