​MUNSELL, Joel, printer, b. in Northfield, Mass., 14 April, 1808; d. in Albany, N. Y., 15 Jan., 1880. He established himself as a printer in Albany, N. Y., in 1827, was associate editor of the ​“Microscope” in 1834, published and edited the“New York Mechanic” in 1841-'3, andsubsequently published “The Lady's Magazine,” the“Northern Star and Freeman's Advocate,” “TheSpectator,” the “Unionist,” the “State Register,”the “Guard,” the “Typographical Miscellany,”“The New York Teacher,” the “Morning Express,”“Webster's Almanac,” “The Daily Statesman,”and for three years the “New England Historicaland Genealogical Register.” He made the historyand application of the art of printing a specialstudy, and his collection of works on that subject,the largest in the United States, was in partpurchased by the New York state library. Amonghis services to American historical literature is the“Historical Series” that he projected, edited, andannotated. He was a member of many learnedsocieties, a founder of the Albany institute, andfor many years published its proceedings. Mr.Munsell is the author of “Outlines of the Historyof Printing” (Albany, N. Y., 1839); “Annals ofAlbany,” a contribution to the history of that city(10 vols., 1849-'59); “Every-Day Book of Historyand Chronology” (New York, 1856); “Chronologyof Paper and Paper-Making” (Albany, 1857;enlarged ed., 1864 and 1870); and “A Manual of the1st Lutheran Church of Albany, from 1670 till1870” (1871). His printing and publishing businessis continued by his sons.