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Samuel H. ParkerBookbinderCourt StreetBostonMassachusettsnot listed in the 1800 Boston City Directory”Samuel Hale Parker was born in Wolfboro N.H., in 1781 the son of MatthewStanley Gibson Parker… brother  William Sewall Parker, a book-seller of TroyNew York” “After serving an apprenticeship to a book-binder in 1802, Samuel H.Parker began as a book-binder on Court Street , continuing that business untilhe took over the shop of William Blangrove in 1811.:  Notes on Music in OldBoston, by William Arms Fisher pg 25.1. (1803)  Boston City Directory first listing in the directories. (samelisting in 1805 & 06, 07)2. (1803)  No. 6 Court street,  AND Booksellers, A General assortment ofBooks, Account books ruled to any pattern.  New England Palladium, Boston,Massachusetts November, 29. 1803. same address in the Cotton, 1805 Directory.3. (1811) School street, south side near Marlboro (now Washington): Notes onMusic in Old Boston, by William Arms Fisher p. 25.4. (1815)   association with booksellers Munroe & Francis as Munroe, Fraccis and Parker: Notes on Music in Old Boston, by William Arms Fisher pg. 25.5  (1816) Water street and Cornhill. In this year Parker withdrew form thepartnership with Munroe and Francis. Notes on Music in Old Boston, by WilliamArms Fisher pg. 26.6. (1818) 12 Cornhill, one door south of the shop formerly occupied by HenryKnox: Notes on Music in Old Boston, by William Arms Fisher pg. 27.7. (1825) 164 Washington street, between Milk and Franklin where what isdescribed as a library and music store was destroyed by a fire. This is thesame building as Benjamin Bradley, Bookbinder. Parker would reestablishhimself in the music business with no further mention of bookbinding. : Noteson Music in Old Boston, by William Arms Fisher pg. 27.

Thomas and William ParkerBooks & Stationery and Bookbindingopposite Mess. Hovey Bigelow & Co storein Cambridge-PortBostonMassahusetts 1.1. (1806) “Thomas & William Parker, respectfully inform their friends and thepublic, that they have commenced business”… : Columbian, Centinel, BostonMassachusetts, November 26, 1806.

William Parks*Printer and bookbinderAnnapolisMaryland (1726)  2.Virginia ( 1742) 1.Died 1750  an buried in England 2.*”The first successful printer in Virginia, Parks had been public printer to the colony of Maryland before he moved to Williamsburg in 1730. ”  Would die in 1750.  The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg, pub. by Colonial Williamsburg, 1978, pg.13.1. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.116.2. (1729) one “Who binds old Books very well , and cheap” Maryland Gazette,July 15, 1729, Quoted in: A History of printing in Colonial Maryland,1686-1776. pg. 71.3. Williamsburg, Virginia.  Arrived in Annapolis in 1726, later Williamsburgand Richmond. Details of his work and several photographs of bindings can befound’ in “Bookbinding in Colonial Virginia”, Samford and Hemphill

Truman Parmelee*BookbinderUtica New York 1.* a H. Parmelee, bookbinder shows up in Des Moines 1. “Mr Parmelee, who was afterward a merchant, had but just completed hisapprenticeship as a bookbinder” M. M. Bragg, Pioneers of Utica, pg. 417.

Chester ParsonsBookbinder99 Pearl StreetNew YorkNew York ( 1810)  1.1.  Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.108.2. Stephen Smith, The Art of Printing Shall Endure. A Thesis University ofMissouri-Columbia, 2007.3. (1803) “Chester Parsons, has Lately Commenced the Business of bookbindingnearly opposite Williams’ Stage-House, Warren street, Hudson. … Havingpurchased the patent-rights of Robotham’s Ruling Machine…” Hudson Gazette,Hudson New York, July 12, 1803.4. (1803) “nearly opposite Booth’s City Tavern”…  “Wanted Immediately aquantity of well tanned Sheep-Skins”… A lad 13 to 14  years of age will findgood encouragement, as an apprentice to the Book-Binding business”  HudsonGazette, Hudson New York, November 22, 1803.5. ( 1805) “CHESTER PARSONS Respectfully informs the public that he hasremoved to this village, where he proposes to carry on the business of Book-Binding & Book-Selling… Main street”. Political Barometer, Poughkeepsie, NewYork, November, 12, 1805.6.(1805)Bookbinder, Bookseller and Stationer, Main Street, Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepsie, Journal, feb, 4, 1806.