Jeremiah Samuel Jordan

Contributions

1. A sketch of the life of J.P. Brissot, by the editor paratext author
2. New travels in the United States of America, performed in M. DCC. LXXXVIII. Containing the latest and most accurate observations on the character, genius and present state of the people and government of that country, their agriculture, commerce, manufactures and finances, quality and price of lands and progress of the settlements on the Ohio and the Mississippi, political and moral character of the Quakers and a vindication of that excellent sect from the misrepresentations of other travellers, state of the Blacks, progress of the laws for their emancipation and for the final destruction of slavery on that continent, accurate accounts of the climate, longevity, comparative tables of the probabilities of life between America and Europe, &c., &c. translation has paratext has other edition publisher
3. New travels in the United States of America, performed in M. DCC. LXXXVIII. Containing the latest and most accurate observations on the character, genius and present state of the people and government of that country, their agriculture, commerce, manufactures and finances, quality and price of lands and progress of the settlements on the Ohio and the Mississippi, political and moral character of the Quakers and a vindication of that excellent sect from the misrepresentations of other travellers, state of the Blacks, progress of the laws for their emancipation and for the final destruction of slavery on that continent, accurate accounts of the climate, longevity, comparative tables of the probabilities of life between America and Europe, &c., &c. translation has paratext publisher
4. Rights of man. Being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French Revolution has translation publisher
5. Rights of man. Part the second, combining principle and practice has translation publisher
6. The Cabinet. By a Society of Gentlemen bookseller
7. The catechism of the French constitution, containing an explanation of all its principles, in the most easy and familiar manner, with the rights of men and citizens, the fundamental articles of the constitution, &c. Translated from the French translation has paratext publisher
8. The Five Men, or a Review of the Proceedings and Principles of the Executive Directory of France, together with the Lives of the present Members: Translated from the French of Joseph Despaze. By John Stoddart translation has paratext publisher

Knows

• Joel Barlow diplomat entrepreneur freemason journalist poet politician translator writer
• Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville abolitionist bookseller entrepreneur freemason pamphleteer politician publisher translator writer
• Joseph Johnson publisher
• James Losh entrepreneur jurist translator
• Marie-Jean-Luc Nyon bookseller civil servant publisher writer
• Thomas Paine journalist philosopher revolutionary writer
• A Society of Gentlemen political organisation

Notes

Jordan was tried as the publisher of Paine's 'Rights of Man, Part the second' and sentenced to two years in the King's Bench Prison, from 1792-94 (Nat Arch TS11/726). Johnson then published Paine's work in an expensive edition, which was unlikely to be challenged in law.

Soon after his release, Jordan was declared bankrupt in November 1795. He was later sentenced to another six months, from 1798-99, this time with Joseph Johnson, for publishing Gilbert Wakefield's 'Reply' (TS11/456).