Samuel Chapman (fl. 1720–1729)
Samuel Chapman, bookseller and publisher at the Angel and Crown in Pall Mall, 1723–8.
Whereas a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded against Samuel Chapman, late of the Parish of St. James Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, Bookseller, and he being declared a Bankrupt; it is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners on the 29th Instant, and on the 12th and 23d of January next, at Three in the Afternoon, at Guildhall, London; at the second of which Sittings the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their Debts, pay Contribution-Money, and chuse Assignees. And all Persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any Effects of his in their Hands, are to give Notice thereof to Mr. Thomas Tufton, at his Chambers in Clement’s-Inn.—London Gazette 6540, December 20–24, 1726
Whereas the acting Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt awarded against Samuel Chapman, of the Parish of St. James Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, Bookseller, have certified to the Right Honourable Peter Lord King, Baron of Ockham, Lord High Chancellour of Great Britain, that the said Samuel Chapman hath in all Things conformed himself according to the Directions of the several Acts of Parliament made concerning Bankrupts; This is to give Notice, that his Certificate will be allowed and confirmed as the said Acts direct, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the 31st Instant.—London Gazette 6562, March 7–11, 1727
A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775, by Henry Plomer et al. (1932)
CHAPMAN (SAMUEL), bookseller in London, The Angel, Pall Mall, 1723–8. Doubtless a relative of Thomas and William Chapman. [Dictionary, 1668–1725.] He is chiefly remembered as the publisher of the novels and plays of Eliza Hayward, for which he was pilloried by Pope in the Dunciad. [Nichols, Lit. Anecd. III. 649.] In 1726 he published Richard Savage’s Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. 1728, The Illegal Lovers is advertised as printed for S. Chapman and others. [Daily Post, January 5th.]