Note: Boston
1878 to 1880
Preceded on the one hand by
Hurd and Houghton, from 1864, and perhaps H. O. Houghton and Company
Preceded also by the first James R. Osgood & Co. (see below)
Succeeded spring 1880 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company (
Houghton Mifflin) and the second James R. Osgood and Company (
James R. Osgood and Co.)
Henry Oscar Houghton (1823–1895) and James Ripley Osgood (1836–1892)
George Harrison Mifflin (1845–1921) was one Houghton partner from 1872 (Hurd and Houghton) and "continued as partner in the succeeding firms of Houghton, Osgood & Co. [etc]"
-- "George H. Mifflin" ''Cambridge Tribune'' XLIV.6 (1921-04-09)