author
Frederick B. (Frederick Bartlett) Goddard
b. 1834
Best known for practical, wide-ranging nonfiction, this 19th-century American writer published guides on everyday commerce and westward settlement that capture the concerns of his era.
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Grocers' Goods A Family Guide to the Purchase of Flour, Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Spices, Canned Goods, Cigars, Wines, and All Other Articles Usually Found in American Grocery Stores
by Frederick B. (Frederick Bartlett) Goddard
About the author
Frederick Bartlett Goddard was an American author born in 1834. Surviving catalog and library records credit him with works including Where to Emigrate and Why (1869), a guide for people considering new lives in the American West and South, and Grocers' Goods, a household buying guide focused on food and other grocery staples.
His books suggest a writer interested in useful information rather than fiction for its own sake: migration, trade, credit, and consumer knowledge all appear among the works linked to his name in public-domain and bibliographic records. That makes his writing a small but revealing window into everyday ambitions and business life in 19th-century America.
Available records also indicate that he died in 1910. I couldn't confirm a reliable portrait from the sources I found, so no image is included here.