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Thomas BradfordBookbinderCincinnatiOhio 1.1. (1805-1805) Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, vol. 24, no. 2.1998. Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts identification number: 72761.

William BradfordPrinter and bookbinderAt the sign of the BibleNew YorkNew York 2.1.(1690) William Bradford was customer of America’s first paper mill, owned by one William Rittenhouse and located on the Monoshone Creek in Germantown PA. The Mill was established in 1690 and was destroyed by a spring Flood. Bradford would make arrangements for the mill to be rebuilt. “Bradford’s publication ran afoul of the dominant political part in 1693, and… had to move to New York” A. J. Valente, Rag Paper manufacturer in the United States, 1801-19002. (1693-1743) Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.104. From: The Grolier Club, Catalogue ofOrnamental Leather Bookbindings, pg. 98.

John BradleeBookbinderresidence: Elliot streetBoston Massachusetts 1.1.(1822) Boston City Directory (first directory listing)2. (1823) John C., residence Hay-market place Boston City Directory. ThomasBradlee has a house on hay-market place.3. (1825) 407 Washington. Boston City Directory4. (1826) rear 34 Warren. Boston City Directory5. (1827) Middlesex place. Boston City Directory6. (1828) rear 30 Elliot. Boston City Directory7. (1829) rear S. Margin.Boston City Directory8. (1830 ) not listed

Thomas Bradlee*Bookbinder Congress St.BostonMassachusetts   1.*. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand”from: “Bookbinding in America” Lehmann-Haupt ed. , 1967, pg.100 1. (1810) Congress street. Boston City Directory. First listing in thedirectory. same listing in 1813 (not listed in ’09)2. (1814) admitted to the Association: in 1814. Joseph T. Buckingham, Annalsof The Massachusetts  Charitable Mechanic Association, 1853, pg. 134.3. (1816)  Bookseller, 44 Hanover street. Boston City Directory.4. (1818) 4 Hanover street. Boston City Directory.(same listing in ’20, 21)5. (1822)  13 Exchange street. Boston City Directory. last business listing.

Benjamin BradleyBookbinderNO. 164 Washington StreetBostonMassachusetts, 1852. 1.1. (1833) Fire in Boston, the second floor bindery of Benjamin Bradley.Farmers Cabinet, Amherst, New Hampshire, Nov. 8, 1833. (1834)Listed, as a bookbinder, in:23d Congress, first session, Massachusetts Resolutions Doc. no 175, March 18342. (1835) 51 Washington. Boston City Directory(1849) 57 Washington Street. Mercantile Union, Business Directory for NewEngland, pg. 116.3. (1852) Benjamin Bradley & Co. , 57 Washington Street.. Boston CityDirectory, Adams. also: Massachusetts Register for the year 1853, GeorgeAdams.4. An illustration of one of his bindings, plate #60 in: Early AmericanBookbindings, from the collection of Michael Papantonio, The Pierpont MorganLibrary , New York 1972,5. Died in 1862 aged 52. Annals of the Massachusetts Charitable MechanicsAssociation, 1795-1892, pg. 49.