Background
Little, Charles Coffin was born on July 25, 1799 in Kennebunk, Maine, United States. Son of David and Sarah (Chase) Little.
Little, Charles Coffin was born on July 25, 1799 in Kennebunk, Maine, United States. Son of David and Sarah (Chase) Little.
He is best known for co-founding Little, Brown and Company with James Brown. Little arrived in Boston early in life. He entered a shipping house, and around 1826-1827 worked with booksellers Hilliard, Gray, Little & Wilkins in Boston, along with William Hilliard, Harrison Gray, and John H. Wilkins.
Little died on August 11, 1869 Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The name of Little and Brown"s firm was subsequently changed, due to the admission of other partners, to Little, Brown, and Company Little was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1855.
Married Sarah Anne Hilliard, January 1, 1829. Married second, Abby Wheaton, January 18, 1854.