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John D. Toy was a printer in Baltimore, Maryland. He published numerous Maryland Historical Society documents.[1] He printed documents for the Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Maryland.[2]

His office was at the corner of St. Paul's Lane and Market Street.[3] He published the Methodist Episcopal Church's Itinerant newspaper (1828–1831),[4] also known as the Wesleyan Methodist Visitor. A bi-weekly Methodist newspaper it was published in Baltimore, Maryland from November 12, 1828 (Vol. 1, no. 1) to October 26, 1831 (Vol. 3, no. 26).[5] He published Caroline Matilda Warren Thayer's letter noting her departure from the church.[6]

He published John H. B. Latrobe's Memoir of Benjamin Banneker, Read before the Maryland Historical Society, at the Monthly Meeting, May 1, 1845.[7]

He printed The Mutual Rights at the northwest corner of Baltimore Street and St. Paul Street.[8]

William Sounds who went on to found the Religious Herald was a proofreader at Toy's printing business.[9] An extensive genealogy of his family was compiled.[10]

Publishings

  • Observations of the Epidemic of 1819, As it prevailed in a part of the City of Baltimore by David M. Reese (1819)[11]
  • The Mutual Rights of the Ministers and Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1824) by David M. Reese M.D.[12]
  • Letter to the Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the City of New-York,: Stating the Reasons of the Writer for Withdrawing from that Church, and the Circumstances of Her Subsequent Dismission from the Wesleyan Seminary (1824)[3]
  • Substance of a sermon preached in Augusta, Georgia, before the South Carolina Conference, January 14, 1827 by Joshua Soule[13]
  • Journal of the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church (1834)[14]
  • Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports of Board of Managers of the Maryland Colonization Society to the Members of the Public (1836, 1837)[15]
  • Memoir of Benjamin Banneker: read before the Maryland Historical Society, at the monthly meeting, May 1, 1845 by John H. B. Latrobe (1845)[13]
  • "Constitution and Laws of Maryland in Liberia, with an Appendix of Precedents, 2nd ed., Baltimore (1847)[16]
  • Maryland, Two Hundred Years Ago: A Discourse (1852) by S.F. Streeter[17]
  • An Act to Provide for the Organization and Discipline of the Maryland Militia (1864)[18]
  • Discourse on the death of President Abraham Lincoln : delivered by Rev. Samuel Barnes, in the Monument Street Methodist Episcopal Church, on the day appointed by the municipal authorities, Wednesday, April 19, 1865[19]

See also

References

  1. Association, American Historical (January 20, 1907). "Annual Report of the American Historical Association". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  2. "Journal of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Maryland". The Diocese. January 20, 1860 – via Google Books.
  3. Thayer, Caroline Matilda (January 20, 1824). "Letter to the Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the City of New-York,: Stating the Reasons of the Writer for Withdrawing from that Church, and the Circumstances of Her Subsequent Dismission from the Wesleyan Seminary". John D. Toy, corner of St. Paul's Lane and Market Street. – via Google Books.
  4. "The Itinerant, or Wesleyan Methodist Visiter (Baltimore [Md.]) 1828-1831". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  5. "The Itinerant, or Wesleyan Methodist Visiter - Accession 214 - M95 (121)". Manuscript Collection. January 1, 1978.
  6. Thayer, Caroline Matilda, -1844 author (January 8, 1824). "Letter to the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the city of New-York : stating the reasons of the writer for withdrawing from that church, and the circumstances of her subsequent dismission from the Wesleyan Seminary". [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1824. Baltimore : John D. Toy – via University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Catalog. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. https://finding.mdah.ms.gov/stone-collection/stone-collection-volume-62-item-3
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=6tF4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA616&dq="John.D.+Toy"+printer+baltimore&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNhbu3vYSVAxXoSjABHXUUMSIQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q="John.D.%20Toy"%20printer%20baltimore&f=false
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=h0g4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1310-IA10&dq="John.D.+Toy"+printer&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6kujlvISVAxWqTDABHURoACsQ6AF6BAgIEAM
  10. https://www.beershebaspringshistoricalsociety.org/books/ToyFamily.pdf
  11. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008596039
  12. Reese, David Meredith (1819). "Observations on the Epidemic of 1819: As it Prevailed in a Part of the City of Baltimore. Comprising an Accurate History of Its Origin, Progress and Effects, as Far as They Can be Ascertained; to which are Affixed, by Way of Appendix, Some Remarks on Medical Treatment of the Disease, as Found Successful in the Hands of the Most Distinguished Members of the Profession".
  13. Gartrell, John. "LibGuides: African American Manuscripts - Colonial and Antebellum Eras: First Edition Slave Narratives". guides.library.duke.edu.
  14. "Journal of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, ... 1834". January 20, 1834 – via Internet Archive.
  15. Dorsey, Jennifer Hull (15 April 2011). Hirelings: African American Workers and Free Labor in Early Maryland. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-6115-6.
  16. https://www.mdhistory.org/tracing-the-travels-of-marylands-african-americans/
  17. Streeter, Sebastian Ferris (2010) [1852]. Maryland, Two Hundred Years Ago: A Discourse. Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  18. Sabin, Joseph (1879). "Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time".
  19. "EBSCO Locate". drew.locate.ebsco.com.