Name/Title
Furber, ThomasDescription
1. Born in Portsmouth and served his apprenticeship with Daniel Fowle. Opened
up a print shop 1764. "Furber had been taught plain binding, and undertook to
connect it with printing, Although he was not very skillful, either as a
printer or as a binder, he began the world under favorable circumstances; and,
had he been attentive to his affairs, he might have been successful ...and
like too many others, gave himself up to the enjoyment of a companion when he
should have been attending to his business." Isiah Thomas pg. 333
2, In 1764 a James Furber began publishing the Portsmouth Mercury, New
Hampshire's second paper. "The News Paper Record "by William Turner
Coggeshall, 1856, pg 153.Also Known As
Thomas FurberBiographical Information
Occupation
Printer and plain binder