Sower, Christopher, Junior

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Sower, Christopher, Junior

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* A   C. Sewer published an edition of The new England Primer, in Germantown in 1770. This could be Sower Sr, . Paul Leicester Ford, The New England Primer, a History, 1897,  pg. 315. 1. Christopher Jr. was  trained as a printer by his father, and would later established him self as a bookbinder. Upon, his father's  death  Christopher Jr,  would take on and expand his father's various businesses. Many of these businesses were  damaged during the Battle of Germantown. At the end of the war his entire estate was confiscated and Christopher would return to binding books, an occupation he would continue until his death. see  Isiah Thomas, pg. 408-414. 2.  Hannah French, "Early American Bookbinding by Hand" from: "Bookbinding in America" Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.103. 3.  Catalogue of Ornamental Leather Bookbindings Executed in America Prior to 1850, by The Grolier Club, pg. 1.

Also Known As

Christopher Sower (Sauer), Junior

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Occupation

Type founder, paper ruler, ink manufacturer, and bookbinder