Joel Munsell

Joel Munsell (1808–1880) was an American printer, publisher and antiquary of Albany, New York. Born in Northfield, Massachusetts, he came to Albany as a young man, built a printing business known for careful work and devoted it largely to local and family history, publishing the ten volumes of his Annals of Albany, the Collections on the History of Albany and hundreds of town histories and genealogies for other authors. His own compilations include The Every Day Book of History and Chronology, a Chronology of Paper and Paper-Making and The Typographical Miscellany, and he was a founder of the Albany Institute's historical work.