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Frederick B. (Frederick Bartlett) Goddard

b. 1834

A practical 19th-century American writer, he turned everyday questions about moving west, doing business, and buying household goods into detailed, useful books. His work offers a vivid look at the concerns and opportunities that shaped ordinary life in the late 1800s.

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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

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

Born in 1834, Frederick B. Goddard—also listed as Frederick Bartlett Goddard—was an American nonfiction writer whose books focused on practical subjects rather than fiction. Surviving catalog records connect him with works on migration, commerce, and consumer life, suggesting a writer deeply interested in how people built livelihoods and made decisions in a fast-changing country.

His best-known books include Where to Emigrate and Why (1869), a large guide to settlement and opportunity in the United States, Grocers' Goods (1888), a family handbook on choosing common grocery products, and Giving and Getting Credit (1896), a book for business readers. Together, these works show a clear, informative style aimed at helping readers navigate everyday economic life.

He also appears in library records as the author of In Memory of Mrs. Frederick B. Goddard (1905). Although biographical details about his personal life are limited in the sources available here, his books remain useful as windows into American business habits, household buying, and westward ambition in the nineteenth century.