Steele, Daniel

Name/Title

Steele, Daniel

Description

1. Came to Albany shortly before the great fire of 1793 opening up a bindery in the same building as Charles R. Websters printing office, Steele being related to Mr.Webster's wife. Steele would lose all his stock in the great fire of 1793. J. Munsell, Annals of Albany, 1854. vol V. pg 233. 2. (1800) Court street, cor. Hudson street and Webster 's Book-store. Advertisement, Otsego Herald, Cooperstown, New York, Sept. 25, 1800. ALSO, Albany Register, Nov. 21, 1800. (1802)"Just Printed, And for sale by the dozen or single, By Daniel Steel bookbinder"... Albany Gazette. Albany, New York., January,7,1802. 3. (1805) Daniel Steele, Books and Stationary, Court street, cor. Hudson street. Albany Gazette, Albany, new York, September, 16, 1805. 4. D. Steele  would become: Packard and Van Benthuysen and later C. Van Benthuysen  "Nathaniel White came from Hartford  Connecticut, in 1808, at the age of 16, and was apprenticed as a bookbinder to the late Mr. Daniel Steele". White would stay with the firm at least 41 years  "Other apprentices at the time were: O. R. Van Benthuysen, Isaac Newton and Lemuel Steele.'  Annals of Albany vol 1.pg. 360.

Also Known As

Daniel Steele

Biographical Information

Occupation

Bookbinder