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John DeanBookbinder And Stationerat Swifts’s Head, in Front street between Chestnut and Walnut street Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. 1. Front Street Between Walnut and Chestnut.(cir.1769-1782) Trade cards of The American Antiquarian Society1. Pennsylvanian Gazette, July 10, 1766. 2.(1774) Laetitia-Court, Dec 28, 1774. Documents relating to the Colonial Historyof  the State of New Jersey, first series  vol.  XXXI  ed. by Van Doren.3. (1775) “As he has for several years past been foreman in some of the first binding rooms in London and Dublin, he flatters himself with being able to please such Ladies and Gentlemen as favor him with their commands” Pennsylvania Packet,January 2, 1775.

![deanhicks.grandrapids.jpg][1]![deanhickstwo.grandrapids.b.jpg][2]Dean Hicks CompanyPrinters, Publishers Engravers & Bookbinders215-225 Ellsworth ave. s/wGrand RapidsMichigan, (1911) 1.1. Formerly: The Dean Printing and Publishing Co.( est. 1889) then: The DeanHicks Publishing Co. and in 1911 The Dean Hicks Co.. Albert S. Hicks,president . Ernest B. Fisher,   Grand Rapids and Kent County Michigan, pgs.168-169images courtesy: Vernon Wiering, Wiering Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan. [1]: /media/attachments/bbdir_entry/1484/deanhicks.grandrapids.jpg (deanhicks.grandrapids.jpg) [2]: /media/attachments/bbdir_entry/1484/deanhickstwo.grandrapids.b.jpg (deanhickstwo.grandrapids.b.jpg)

Nathanial DearbornBookbinderBookbinder and StationerChamber over No. 77, Thames street.NewportRhode Island 1.1.(1806)  advertisement for Nathaniel Dearborn, commencing business.  NewportMercury, Newport, Rhode Island, January, 4, 1806.2. (1808) Bookbinder, Bookseller and new Circulating Library,No. 93 Thomasstreet. Mount Hope Eagle ,Bristol, Rhode Island. March, 19, 1808.3. (1811) 171 William Street, New York, New York.  Hannah French, “EarlyAmerican Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding in America” Lehmann-Haupt ed.1967. pg.105.4. (1819) No. 5 Lendall’s Lane,Boston  “recently added to his establishmentsome superior Furnaces…Notaries’, Bookbinders’ and other Presses made toorder” advertisement. Repertory, Boston, MA. March 23, 1819.

Lewis DearePrinter and BookbinderNew BrunswickNew Jersey ( 1813)  1.1.  Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.103.

P. J. DebevoiseBookbinder251 Greenwich StreetNew YorkNew York 1.1.(1801) New York City Directory, pg.152.2. (1801)   Steven C. Smith The Art of printing Shall Endure, Thesis for theUniv. of Missouri-Columbia, 207. pg. 185.