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John Furmanno. 2 Broad StreetNew YorkNew York 1.1. Longworth’s City directory.pg. 530.2. ( 1804)John K. Furman, Printing and Bookbinding, corner of Wall, in Pearl street.Evening Post, New York, New York, February, 2,1804.

Lydia FurmanBookbinder21 Pell StreetNew YorkNew York ( 1809-1810)  1.1.  Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.106.

Hugh GainePrinter, Bookseller (Bookbinder 1),New York, 2. (cir. 1750)1. (1775) The Grolier Club has an original bill sent Gaine by Valentine Nutter, bookbinder, for the binding of twelve sets of letters of the Earl of Chesterfield. This suggests that Gaine may not have been a bookbinder. There are several references to problems with binders problems and with supplies for binders. Catalogue of Ornamental Leather Bookbindings, The Grolier Club, 1907. Baring additional evidence Gaine is unlikely to have been a bookbinder. 2. (1752-1800) Catalogue of Ornamental Leather Bookbindings, The Grolier Club,1907, binding No. 12 and pg. 99.3. Bookstore and Printing Office in Hanover Square, 1786.  Paul LeicesterFord, The New England Primer, a History, 1897,  pg. 319. (1786) bookseller, 36 Hanover sq. . Franks New York City directory, pr/ 30.4.(1786) Bookseller & Co. 36 Hanover Sq.   H. J. Sachs & Co 1905 Facsimileof 1786 New York Directory pg. 55. John R. Gaine is a bookseller at 44 Hanoversq.. In the 1789 directory the listing is simply Hanover sq. (1789) Bookseller and printer Hanover sq. New York city Directory (1791) Bookseller and printer 25, Hanover sq. New York city Directory5.(1793) At the sign of the Bible in Hanover Square.  William Loring Andrews,Early American Bookbinding and Kindred Subjects.pg 164. The article suggeststhat Gaine was a Loyalist during the Revolution.

George GaleBookbinderSalem*Massachusetts* 1. * based on the assumption Gale died in the town he worked1.(1819) died, aged 25 March 2, 1819.(Newspaper says died yesterday, however other note says yesterday ) Essex Register,March 3. 1819. 2. (1819)Died of consumption. 25 years, son of Captain Noah Gale, married at 21. Record of the parish lists of Deaths 1785-1819,

Marinus Gale*Bookbinder66 Ann st.New YorkNew York 1.* Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding in America” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.106.1. (1794) Duncan’s New York Directory & Register, pg. 69. (First directory not in the 1791 directory)listing.2. (1795) 94 Broad st.. New York Directory & Register.3. (1796) 66 Ann st.. New York Directory4. (1798) 36 Lombard. New York Directory.5. (1800) 2 Ferry. New York Directory.(1801) Nw York Directory pg. 174.6. (1802) 63 Ann. New York Directory, pg. 207.7. (1802) “Died yesterday morning, of consumption, after a long and tediousillness which he withstood with great firmness and resignation”  aged 30.Mortuary notice, N.Y Gazette. Nov 2, 1802.