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Paul Joseph Guerard de Nancrede was born on March 16, 1761 at Héricy, near Fontainebleau, France. He was the son of Jean-Joseph and Louise Françoise (Gautier) Guérard.
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Career
On August 19, 1779, he enlisted in the French army under the name of Joseph Guérard. As a private in the regiment of the Soissonnais, company of Jean-Baptiste Marin, which embarked at Brest, April 6, 1780, he participated in all the important operations of the army of Rochambeau including Yorktown, returning to France, upon the close of the war, some time in March 1783.
From 1787 to 1797-98, he was instructor of the French language and literature at Harvard College.
Through the personal influence of Brissot de Warville he was inspired to publish this French paper, the Courier de Boston, a political and literary journal, appearing weekly from April 23 to October 15, 1789, which was intended to disseminate the theories of Brissot in America. It was through this journalistic enterprise that he became associated with Samuel Hall, the printer of his newspaper. This relationship opened up a new field of endeavor to him, that of printing, which he successfully pursued in addition to his duties at the University until 1804. For a time, Hall and Nancrède were partners in the printing and book-selling business.
In 1796, however, Nancrède went into business for himself, opening up a shop at 49 Marlborough Street, Boston. From the nature of the French and English works that issued from his press one sees further exemplified the ideas which pervaded L'Abeille Françoise: "l'humanitarianisme sentimental. " And from the number, which is considerable, of the editions of French authors published by him one cannot help realizing how zealously he worked to introduce in America the Rousseauistic genre of French literature.
In 1804, with eight of his nine children he went to France, where he remained until 1812, when he returned to the United States, this time to transfer his business from Boston to Philadelphia. Practically nothing is known about this period of his life.
Some time later he made his last trip to Paris, where he died, December 15, 1841.
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Experiments on the Principle of Life, and Particularly on the Principle of the Motions of the Heart, and on the Seat of This Principle ..
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Experiments on the Principle of Life, and Particularly on the Principle of the Motions of the Heart, and on the Seat of This Principle ..
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Quotations: "With a view to supply this deficiency, I have been engaged, for upwards of twelve months, in collecting pieces, in several different styles, from our best authors".
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"His domestic affairs & his general manners have not contributed to the public confidence". (W. A. Bentley)
"I came to have a close friendship with him, as he was a most estimable person. He rendered me great services and wherever I or any of my sons may be let us be mindful of them. He was married to a very pretty woman".
Connections
He married Hannah Dixey on November 11, 1788. One of his sons was Joseph Guerard Nancrede, who became a well-known Philadelphia physician.
