{{Short description|American editor & publisher (1797–1870)}} [[Image:1822 TheMuseum v.1 EliakimLittell.png|thumb|right|''The Museum'' v.1, 1822]] '''Eliakim Littell''' (2 January 1797 – 17 May 1870) was an American editor and publisher, the founder of a long-lived periodical named ''Littell's Living Age'' (1844–1941).
==Biography== Littell was born in [[Burlington, New Jersey]]. He moved to [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], in 1819, and established a weekly literary paper entitled the ''National Recorder'', whose name he changed in 1821 to the ''Saturday Magazine''. In July 1822, he again changed it to a monthly called the ''Museum of Foreign Literature and Science'', which was edited during the first year by [[Robert Walsh (diplomat)|Robert Walsh]], and subsequently by himself and his brother Squier (born in Burlington, New Jersey, 9 December 1803; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4 July 1886). After conducting this with great success for nearly 22 years, Littell moved to [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
In Boston, in April 1844, he began ''Littell's Living Age'', a weekly literary periodical, published from an office at the corner of Bromfield and Tremont Streets.<ref>''Boston Directory'', 1852.</ref> In 1855, he began the publication in Boston of the ''Panorama of Life and Literature'', a monthly. Littell was the author of the "[[Tariff of 1833|Compromise Tariff]]", which was advocated by [[Henry Clay]] and carried through the [[U.S. Congress]] during the administration of [[Andrew Jackson|President Jackson]]. Littell died in [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]], Massachusetts.
==Family== His brother Squier Littell was a [[physician]] who eventually became surgeon to the Wills Ophthalmic Hospital of Philadelphia 1834–1864. His brother John Stockton Littell (born in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1806; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11 July 1875) was an author who published a sketch of the ''Life, Character, and Services of Henry Clay'' and other pieces. Eliakim Littell's grandfather of the same name was a captain in the [[American Revolution]], and did good service in the defence of [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield, New Jersey]], 4 June 1780. The brothers' cousin William Littell (born in New Jersey about 1780; died in [[Frankfort, Kentucky]], in 1825) was a lawyer, a member of the Kentucky bar, who for many years reported the decisions of the [[Court of Appeals|court of appeals]] of Kentucky. In addition to his legal publications, he wrote ''Festoons of Fancy in Essays, Humorous, Sentimental, and Political, in Prose and Verse''.
==Works== {{Wikisource|Littell's Living Age}} {{wikiquote}} * ''The Museum of Foreign Literature and Science''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1dwXAQAAIAAJ v.1] (1822).<ref name="loc.gov">{{cite web |title=Eliakim Littell correspondence |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/mm2006085318/ |website=Library of Congress|accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref> * ''Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=aVUCAAAAIAAJ v.2] (1843). * ''Living Age''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GdJhNfee4skC v.60] (1859); [https://books.google.com/books?id=0yM9mWA5oLkC v.99] (1868). Full run available online from Library of Congress, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/title/livn.html v.1-59, 61-227] (1844–1900)
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==References== *{{Appletons'|wstitle=Littell, Eliakim|year=1892}}
==Images== <gallery class="center"> Image:1853 Living Age Tremont Street Boston USA GleasonsPictorial.png|Living Age office, Bromfield St., Boston, 1853 Image:1868 LivingAge Boston Littell.png|''Littell's Living Age'', 1868 </gallery>
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