Perkins, Thomas

Name/Title

Perkins, Thomas

Description

1. Hannah French, "Early American Bookbinding by Hand" from: "Bookbinding in America" Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.108. 2. same address. Stephen Smith, The Art of Printing Shall Endure. A Thesis University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. 3. (1812) 'Sixty Dollars Reward, Deserted from my rendezvous, New York Thomas Perkins, born in England,aged 27 years, 5 feet 4 inches high, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair is thick set, is said to have an Anchor and the letters T.P. marked on his right arm; by profession a book-binder-is supposed to have gone to Utica." Columbian, New York, May, 18, 1812.

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Thomas Perkins

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Occupation

Bookbinder