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Benjamin F. NourseBookbinderresidence: rear 20 CourtBostonMassachusetts 1.1. (1835) Boston City Directory

William NowellBookbinderBostonMassachusetts ( 1671-1672) 1.** “William Nowell and Thomas Rand, bookbinders, petition to settle in Boston in 1672.” Amory & Hall A History of the Book In America pg. 103. 1. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.101.2. appears in ‘ A list of several persons returned to the County Courts, atseveral times. not admitted or approved by the select men, to beinhabitants,of Boston’ Catalogue of Ornamental Leather Bookbindings, GrolierClub pg 93.

Valentine Nutter* (see also Nutter and Evans)Bookbinder and BooksellerOpposite the Coffee-House BridgeNew YorkNew York   1.  2.*  Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding in America” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.108. (1773-1790) Catalogue of Ornamental Leather Bookbindings Executed in AmericaPrior to 1850, by The Grolier Club, pg. 100. Two bindings of Nutter aredescribed.1.(1773) New York Gazette, September 6, 1773.2. J. Leander Bishop, History of American Manufacturers, pg. 192. (1774)Near the Coffee-house, The New York Gazette, September 12, 1774.3. (1775) “…for sale, day books, all of his own manufacture, As he continuesto carry on the bookbinding business in all its branches, he hopes for thecontinuance of his former customers and the public in general, beingdetermined to do his work as cheap and good as can be done in this city. Oldbooks from the country will be done neatly, and returned immediately…’ TheNew York Gazette, September 24, 17444. British Loyalist who removed to Shelburne Nova Scotia in 1784 only toreturn to New York before the end of the century. Shelburne County Museum,Nova Scotia.5. History of New York During The Revolutionary War, By Jones and DeLancey pg6. (1791)Bookseller and Stationer, 21 Water street. New York City Directory.447.7. (1791)Bookseller and Stationer, 21 Water Street. New York city Directory.

James O’DonnellEditor and Publisher of Jackson Daily and Weekly, Printer and BookbinderMain st.JacksonMichigan, (1867) 1.1. Polk, Michigan State Gazettteer and Business directory 1867-68

James OatBookbinder80 North ThirdPhiladelphiaPennsylvania   1.1. (1802) Philadelphia City Directory pg. 184.2. ( 1816) 5 Clawges Court: Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding byHand” from: “Bookbinding in America” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.114