John Mein (publisher)

John Mein (b. Edinburgh, Scotland; d. London, England) was a Boston, Massachusetts, bookseller and publisher in the time before the American Revolution.

[3] In 1761, Mein advertised a variety of children's books, and in November 1763, he announced that he would give up his business the following year.

[6] The library collection included works of history, literature, travel, law, medicine, and the like, in English and French, by authors such as: In December 1767, to increase business, Mein started up The Boston Chronicle with Fleeming.

[2] They also printed several books and almanacks, including the almanac Mein and Fleeming's register for New-England and Nova Scotia.

[23] The Boston Chronicle was a Tory paper and began by publishing articles from London critical of William Pitt who was the Whig’s hero.

The Boston Gazette responded with a letter (01/18/1768) probably written by James Otis attacking the views of the Chronicle.

Mein responded by publishing another letter, this time accusing the Merchants' Committee of using the nonimportation agreement for illegal profiteering.

Upon reaching England, he made contact with Lord Dartmouth and gave his perspective of affairs in colonial Massachusetts.

[citation needed] The Boston Chronicle was being operated by Mein’s partner, John Fleeming, and had stopped publishing the attacks on the patriots.

Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack, 1769. Printed by Mein and Fleeming, and to be sold by John Mein at the London Book-Store, North-side of King-Street, Boston
Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack, 1768. Printed by Mein and Fleeming, and to be sold by John Mein at the London Book-Store, North-side of King-Street , Boston
Advertisement for Mein's Circulating Library, at the London Book-Store, "second door above the British Coffee-House, North side of King-Street, Boston," Massachusetts, 1765