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Robt P. CampbellBookbinderRoom 15 Boyce Block.MuncieIndianaImage collection ABM 000049 prov.TJ .![RobtpCampbell.jpg][1] [1]: /media/attachments/bbdir_entry/385/RobtpCampbell.jpg (Robtp Campbell)

Samuel Campbell* ***Printer, Bookseller,  Bookbinder & StationerHanover Square (1785-1793**Pearl st. (1794-1818)New YorkNew York ( 1795)  1*Samuel Campbell Collection 85 pc. resides at The historical Society  of Pennsylvania**  (1787-1794). Stephen Smith , “The Art of Printing Shall Endure” Journals , Community, and identity in New York City, 1800-1810. 2007.*** Samuel C. Campbell father of Samuel Campbell(bookbinder) who arrived from Edinburgh, in 1784, and father-in-law of Thomas Allen, Bookbinder.A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA, pg 63.1. William S. Dix, The Princeton Library in the Eighteenth Century , #144. (1786) Bookseller, 41 Hanover sq. New York City Directory, pg.25 (1787) 44 corner Old-Slip. New York City Directory pg.9 (1789) Bookseller, Stationer and Printer, 44 Hanover squareNew York City Directory (1791) Corner of Hanover square and old slip. New York City Directory2.  Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967.3.  (1786)  41  Hanover Square.  Sahs, & co, facsimile of the New York 1786Directory pg. 50. Also 1789 City Directory (1798) 124 Pearl. Longworth City Directory. same address in 1799. Longworth’s City Directory. (1789) Having learned the trade in his native Scotland,Campbell started a paper-mill. American Paper Mills 1690-1832, John Bidwell pg. 4.(1801) 124 Pearl street. New York City Directory, pg.133. (1802) Daily Advertiser, New York, New York, Feb. 22, 5. (1805) ( not advertising bookbinding however is selling “Bookbinders Roll,Pailates” (sic) leather and Gold leaf.  Also seems to be the owner of therebuilt “Thistle Paper Mill”.  Evening Post, new York, Feb. 26, 1805.6. (1819) Samuel Campbell  and Son are offering to Let no. 90 Water streetsuitable  for a Printing Office Book-binder or Grocer. New York Advertiser,March 10, 1819.

Edward CampfieldBookbinder250 BroadNewarkNew Jersey 1.1. 1851-52  Directory of the City of Newark, Pierson, ad. pg. 84.

J. G. Canfield (Joseph)BookbinderThird Street between Rich & TownColumbusOhio, (1848) 1.1. Morgan Library of Ohio Imprints Name Index Series to 1850. source: 1848,Columbus Directory, pg. 104. The Morgan has the name listed as Joseph G.Camfield (same address) in the 1850 listing I have not checked to see which iscorrect.

Mathew CareyPrinter, Publisher and BookbinderPhiladelphiaPennsylvania 1.1. (1801) Proposal for a Book Fair, inn New York  on the Frankfort model.Federal Gazettr, Baltimore, Dec. 23. 18012. (1803) Proposal for a Bible in Quarto New Jersey Journal, Elizabethtown,Sept. 6,1803.