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Allen StillmanBookbinder193 1/2   [Main street (? abbreviation is unclear)]HartfordConnecticut 1.1. (1849) Mercantile Union, Business Directory for New England, pg. 285An “Allyn Southmayd Stillman b. at Wethersfield 28 Apr. 1800, s of James andElizabeth (Webster). He was a bookbinder and was  mayor of Hartford in1862″… [Genealogies of Connecticut families: from the New England ][1]pg. 55 [1]: http://books.google.com/books?id=k6fDl9gE45IC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=allen+stillman+%26+bookbinder+%26+hartford&source=bl&ots=B_d1hsekdU&sig=OujWFt2SslzghfBGNRezVum38o4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GbcPT6mtLcGUiQKC-tnmDQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAw

Abraham H. Stillwell*Bookbinder2 Market Sq.**ProvidenceRhode Island, (1824) 1.*not in Spawn **William Morse Bookbinder is also listed at 2 Market 1.1824 Providence City Directory, pg. 63.

![stimpsomch.jpg][1]Charles Stimpson jr.*Bookbinder12  Exchange StreetBostonMassachusetts 1.*Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding in America” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.102.1. (1816) Boston City Directory. (same address in 1818)2. (1818) …”he has purchased the right of using Hodge’s Patent Ruling machine,for the Town of Boston and its vicinity,and has one of them in operation athis bindery over No. 12 Exchange Street:” New-England Galaxy Boston, March,27, 1818.2. ( 1820) 12 & 13 Exchange Street. Boston City Directory3. (1821) Blank Book and Stationary Store, no. 80 State Street. Blank Booksmanufactured, ruled to any pattern , pens, pocket knives, writing paper…Long list of goods in advertisement with cut similar to that used in 1835. adpg 26.Boston City Directory4. (1821) Charles Stimpson, bookbinder admitted to the Association: Joseph T.Buckingham, Annals of The Massachusetts  Charitable Mechanic Association,1853, pg. 178.5. (1825) 125 State. Boston City Directory6. (1828  Hunt & Simpson 8 Court. Boston City Directory7. (1830) 72 Washington advertisement on cover of the directory. Boston CityDirectory8. (1831) Stimpson & Clapp (Otis)Booksellers & Publishers 74 Washington Bostoncity Directory9. (1832 Publishers at 72 Washington Bookbinders 74 Washington. Boston CityDirectory10. (1835) 72 (perhaps 79 type smeared) Washington street Bookseller,Stationer and bookbinder residence: South street court. Boston City Directory.Stimpson was the publisher of the 1835 Boston Directory as noted on the image.11. (1839) 106 Washington. Boston City Directory12. (1847) 106 Washington. Listed under Bookbinders in the Business DirectoryFrench’s Boston City Directory perhaps the only Boston directory since about1823 that Stimpson was not listed as publisher or co-publisher.13. (1852) 106 Washington. Boston Directory, 1852,  Adams. also: MassachusettsRegister for the year 1853, George Adams.14. (1860)  A  John C. Stimpson joined the Association in 1860. Annals of theMassachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, 1795-1892, pg.25.15. (1862) Charles Stimson & Son, 194 Washington. Boston City Directory,Adams, Sampson, 1862.image: 1835 Boston City Directory. note that Stimpson is the publisher or co-publisher of this and most of the Boston Directories starting about 1823 untilabout 1847. [1]: /media/attachments/bbdir_entry/892/stimpsomch.jpg (stimpsomch.jpg)

John StittBookbinderRochesterNew York (1826) 1.1. Elisha Ely,  Directory for the Village of Rochester, (1827), pg.63.