Background
Mcdonald, James Richard was born on June 18, 1867 in Brunswick, Maine, United States. Son of Thomas and Elinor (Butler) M.
Mcdonald, James Richard was born on June 18, 1867 in Brunswick, Maine, United States. Son of Thomas and Elinor (Butler) M.
Lived at Pepperell, Massachusetts, 1877-1889. Bachelor of Arts, from Williams College, 1889.
News editor Springfield Republican, 1889-1890, Boston Daily Advertiser, 1891, Hartford Courant, 1892-1893. With Allyn & Bacon, book publications, Boston, 1894-1896, The Macmillan Company, 1896-1902 (estab. Boston office, 1897, educational manager, New York, 1902), Lothrop Public Company, Boston, 1903.
Editor and educational manager, Little, Brown & Company, Boston, since 1904(estab. schoolbook business), now director and secretary of corporation President board of trustees Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts Home: West Medford, Massachusetts
Married Etta Austin Blaisdell, August 3, 1899.