Name/Title
Clyde & WilliamsDescription
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania 1.
* John Joseph Clyde b. Dec. 14,1813. Started a business in Brownsville in Fayette county Pa.. Returned to Harrisburg in 1840 and purchased the bindery of Samuel H. Clark and add a Bookstore. J. M. Runk & Co Biographical Encyclopedia of Daupin County, pg. 337-8.
Edward Charles Williams ( b. 1820 d. 1900) learned bookbinding from Jacob
Snyder and Robert P. Desilver. Moved to Harrisburg and, in 1846, established
Clyde & Williams. Veteran of both the Mexican and Civil Wars and attained the
ranks of Colonel and Brigadier General respectively. Pennsylvania State
Archive, Edward C. Williams Family Papers 1848-1923, 1 cu. 24 items includes
business records .
1. Clyde & Co. . 1842 Harrisburg City Directory. Univ, of Delaware digital
street directories. Same listing in the 1843. Univ, of Delaware digital street
directories.
2. Clyde & Williams, ( J. J. Clyde , bookbinder is now listed on Cranberry
Alley corner of Third.) 1845, Harrisburg City Directory. Univ, of Delaware
digital street directories. note: Williams probably came to Clyde after
working at Williams & Snyder. see: Williams and Snyder)
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Clyde* & CoBiographical Information
Occupation
Bookbinder and Stationers