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Robert Hoe & Co.Press Makers,29 & 31 Gold StreetNew YorkNew York 1.1. (1830) Bookbinder’s and Carders Shears, Bookbinder’s Presses and Ploughs.New York Morning Herald,June, 16, 1830.

Benjamin HoffmanBookbinder 4 North PearlAlbany New York. 1823. 1.1. First listing in the Albany Directories. 1823, Klinck, Albany, Directory.2. Lumber, (street?). 1824, Cuyler, Albany, Directory.3. Packard & Hoffman, Bookbinders, 71 State. 1826 , Cuyler , Albany Directory.   (note; the 1825 directory was unavailable to check).4. Packard & Hoffman still at 71 State and, presumably a residential listingfor Hoffman, at 62 Lydius .4. 1829, Listings continue at 71 State. The last year that we checked AlbanyDirectories

Christopher HoffmannBookbinderPhiladelphia County 1.1. from: Early American Bookbindings, from the colllection of MichaelPapantonio, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York 1972. see entry #92. (1727- 1804″ “Hoffman… was a Schwenckfeld minister as well as anacomplisned bookbinder who worked in philadelphia County from the early1760’s. Bryn Mawr/ Maser Collection 15 German language Printing 610; 18779” :Catalog  of Americana to 1860, Joseph Felcone, Antiquarian Books.

![][1] ![][2]James HoganBookbinder87 N. SecondSt Louis. 1.Kennedy’s 1860 St Louis City Directory, with:  Day, Hogan & Chambers ;  Hogan& Chambers see: Day, Hogan & Chamber, and: Hogan & Chambersimage: les Flurs Animees / par J. ? J. Grandville; Introdjuctions Par AlphaKarr; texte par Taxile Delord (1840)  image is of back cover detached (?) .from: the Internet Archive. Digitized from a copy in the Missouri BotanicalGardens. Our thanks to Steve Beare for calling our attention to these images. [1]: /media/attachments/bbdir_entry/1116/hogan_j.jpg [2]: /media/attachments/bbdir_entry/1116/hogan_j2.jpg

J. A. Hoisington,Chicago bookbindery.(late Bowman, (Ariel) & Ross (Hugh)),ChicagoIllinois Saloon Building. corner of Lake and Clark streets; having taken the aboveestablishment, is prepared to execute binding in all its branches withneatness and dispatch. N. B. All orders in the above business thankfullyreceived and promptly attended to.1.1. Only bookbinder listed in business directory, Chicago City Directory for18432. Saloon Building, res. A. Bowman’s. Norris,  Chicago City Directory for 1844See: Hoisington & Stacy (same Hoisington ?)