Longmans
Publishers. Founded by Thomas Longman (1699–1755), with premises at 14 Ludgate Hill and 38–41 Paternoster Row, London. The name of the firm changed frequently, with alterations in the partnership; it was colloquially known as Longmans. From the 1840s Thomas and William Longman were the senior partners.
Sources
Brown 1982
ODNB
Post Office London directory.
Bibliography
Brown, Philip A. H. 1982. London publishers and printers c. 1800–1870. London: British Library.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
