Merrill and Baker Publishers

Merrill & Baker, New York, 1893-1906

ABOUT: Daniel David Merrill (born St. Paul October 8, 1863) with his father D. D. Merrill published textbooks for the state of Minnesota under a 17 year contract. Father entered general publishing, and in 1890 Daniel went to New York City to represent father’s firm, which failed. In 1893 he founded Merrill & Baker with brother (L. K. Merrill) and Francis E. Baker, later a U.S. Circuit Court Judge in Chicago. One of the largest subscription publishers, the firm published Ridpath's History of the United States from New York even after bankruptcy in December 1904 when the remainder of the house moved to Chicago – where Merrill died in 1906. (Tebel II, 382-3).

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