John Jackson (fl. 1724? – 1761)

Identifiers

  • Grubstreet: 1575

Occupations

  • Bookseller
  • Publisher

John Jackson, bookseller and publisher at the Prince's Arms in Pall Mall, next to St. James's (1724?–1761).

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)

JACKSON (J.), bookseller and publisher in London, (1) Pall Mall, near St. James's House; (2) bottom of St. James's Street; (3) St. James's Street, near the Palace. 1728–61. Publisher of pamphlets, etc., which he advertised in Mist's Weekly. In 1728 his name is found in the imprint to a pamphlet entitled Liberty, or the meeting of Parliament. [W. M. C., January; Winship.]; in 1729 he published a dramatic opera Love and Revenge. [W. M. C., November.] At one time he was in partnership with J. Jolliffe. In 1761 he sold patent medicines.