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Luman H. AllenBookbinder10 Lumber street New YorkNew York ( 1817 )  1.Not in 1816 Directory.1.(1817) New York City Directory pg. 22. 1817-18.2.(1818) 10 Lumber street and 110 Pearl street. New York City Directory, pg 33.3.(1819) 44 Cedar Street. New York City Directory, pg. 50.4.(1820) 20 Wall Street. New York City Directory, pg. 56.Not in the 1825-26 Directory5.(1821) 84 M. lane. New York City Directory, pg.53. same address in 1822, pg. 55.6.(1823) 111 Fulton. New York City Directory, pg. 55.7.(1824) Grocer, 14 Fulton. New York City Directory, pg. 56.

Thomas AllenBookbinder and stationer ( at M’Lean & Co’s printing office)32 Maiden LaneNew YorkNew York 2 b.1755 d.December, 1826 1. 1. (1784) Arrived from Edinburgh, in business with brother-in-law Samuel Campbell. Wife: Jean, d. 1822. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA, pg. 63.2.(1785) Register of Artists, Engravers, Booksellers, Bookbinders,Printers and publishers in New York City 1633-1820. pg. 7 . (1786) Not in the 1786 New York City Directory 3.(1787)Bookseller & Stationer, 16 Queen Street. Frank’s NY Directory, pg. 3.4.(1787-1791) 16 Queen Street corner of Fly Market.Register of Artists, Engravers, Booksellers, Bookbinders,Printers and publishers in New York City 1633-1820.5.(1791) Bookseller & Stationer, 12 Queen Street , corner of Flymarket. New York City Directory pg. 26.(1792)Bookbinder and Bookseller. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding in America” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.103.7. (1794) 181 Pearl Street, New York City Directory pg. 3 (1795-1799) 186 Pearl Street, New York City Directory (pg.4 1795),(pg.5 1796)(pg.10,1797)(pg. 150.1799) not in 1800,1801 or 1802 directory, (1800) Bookseller 186 Pearl. New York City Directory pg. 16.7. Catalogue of Ornamental Leather Bookbindings, The Grolier Club, 1907. pg.  8. Bound George Washington’s personal copy of the U.S. Constitution that sold at Christie’s for nearly $10 million. Bound other copies for Thomas Jefferson and John Jay . Thaindian News Saturday June 23,2012. 9. (1755- 11 December 1826) First agent for The Encyclopedia Britannica. Brother-in-law of Samuel Campbell, bookbinder, who arrived from Edinburgh in 1784. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA, pg 63.

Benjamin Allender (see also Allender, William NY in 1821-1828)Bookbinder92 John StreetNew YorkNew York 1. 1. (1829) 92 John Street. New York City Directory pg. 58. Only listing in the NY Directories

William N. Allender Bookbinder26 William streetNew York New York 1. not listed in the New York City Directory 1818 or 1819 (1820) N. 95 192 (?) Pearl Directory illegible pg. 561.(1821)(1822) 26 William Street. New York City Directory pg.56 Same address in (1822)2.(1824) 256 William. New York City Directory pg.57 3.(1825) Prince near Greenwich. New York City Directory, pg.564. (1826) 113 Green. New York City Directory, pg.57,Same address in 1827 pg.57 5.(1828) 119 Green. New York City Directory pg.92.6.(1829) BENJAMIN Allender, 92 John street. (no listing for William). New York City Directory, pg. 58

David AllinsonBookbinder12 Pear StreetPhiladelphiaPennsylvania ( 1802) 1.1. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.1102. Samuel Johnson, The Poetical Works Burlington N. J., (1816).  Printed andBound  by New Jersey  Quaker printer and bookbinder.  David Allinston booksellers cataloge English & Amerian Literature after 1800, #118, JosephFelcone Inc.