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Thomas BreareBookbinderMarbleheadMassachusetts, 1853. 1.1. Massachusetts Register for the year 1853, George Adams.

John  S. BremnerPrinter,* Bookbinder and StationerCharlottetown, Prince Edward IslandCanada. (1863). 1*presumably a newspaper printer as he is listed under newsppaers in the directory. 1 1863, Business Directory for Charlottetown . Only directory listing for abookbinder.

Thomas BrendBookbinder and Stationerat the corner of Dr. Carter’s large brick houseWilliamsburgVirginia, 1.  (1766-1783) 1. & 3.1. (1764) “Brend emigrated from England to Annapolis in 1764 and set up tradethere.”…” It seems probable that he moved to Williamsburg with William Rindin 1766 or arrived shortly afterward.” the bookbinder in 18th CenturyWilliamsburg, published by Colonial Williamsburg, MMIV, pg.  24-252. One of Thomas Jefferson’s bookbinders. the Abby newsletter, vol. 11 no. 8,Dec. 1987 This was done in Richmond, see below.3. (1780) Richmond, Virginia. The bookbinder in 18th Century Williamsburg,published by Colonial Williamsburg, 1973 pg.25.4. (1783) “books and paper “fit for music” “, The Virginia Gazette, or theAmerican Advertiser, (Williamsburg) Aug. 2, 1783, Quoted by Albert Stoutamire,Music of the Old South, pg. 58.5. (1794) Thomas Brend and Archibald Currie, Bookbinders of the City ofRichmond May 2, 1794. Agree to bind the Laws of the State of Virginia.Calender of the Virginia State Papers, Jan. 1 1794 to May 16, 1795, vol VII,H. W. Flournoy, pg. 128.6. (1782-1799)  Richmond, Bookbinder & Band box maker. Journal of EarlySouthern Decorative Arts, vol. 24, no. 2. 1998. Museum of Early SouthernDecorative Arts identification number: 3817.

Charles BretzBookbinder286 Vine streetPhiladelphiaPensylvania 1.1. ( 1810) Philadelphia City Directory, pg 48.

Ephrata BreuderschaftPrinters, bookbinders, and publishersEphrataPennsylvania ( 1738-1794) 1.1. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.103.