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Hezekiah Usher

 * ... that Hezekiah Usher was the first bookseller in the thirteen colonies?

Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self nominated at 12:33, 22 July 2013 (UTC).


 * Reviewed Gene Stratton-Porter Cabin (Rome City, Indiana)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, well cited (including the hook) and with an interesting hook. Good to go! Yakikaki (talk) 18:25, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * [edit conflict] This is a very nice article that meets the criteria as far as I can see. One small point, as I've commented on the talk page: it should probably rely more heavily on recent sources, which seem to exercise greater caution about the "first" claim. For instance, A History of Book Publishing in America (Cambridge UP, 2000, also floating around in a U of North Carolina edition) doesn't seem to press the claim that Usher was the first bookseller, but since it's about publishing, not retail, it simply raises the question. Maybe a change to "first known", as here, would do it? "First known" usually means "first one we can put a name to, though others may have existed". What do you think, Doug? Cynwolfe (talk) 19:40, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * ALT1 ... that Hezekiah Usher was the first known colonial bookseller in the thirteen colonies? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:51, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT2 ... that Hezekiah Usher was the first known colonial bookseller in British America?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:03, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT3 ... that Hezekiah Usher was the first known colonial bookseller in English America?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:37, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Not sure if I should be the one to tick this off, but it seems pretty clear that Doug has addressed the issues raised by Cynwolfe in the alt hooks in a diligent way. Good to go, I'd say. Yakikaki (talk) 15:42, 25 July 2013 (UTC)