Gentle, James

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Gentle, James

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*James Gentle, now of Philadelphia,Bookbinder" was a prisoner in England & beyond the sea until within about a year last Past" :Names  of Persons Who Took the oath of Alleance to the State of Pennsylvania Between the Years 1777-1789, Thompson Westcott 1. (1785) Philadelphia City Directory, pg. 29. (1791) 80 Chestnut street : Philadelphia City Directory, pg. 46. (1793) 26 Chestnut street: Philadelphia : Philadelphia City Directory, pg. 31. Same address in 1794 pg. 55. 2. (1795) Chestnut street near Delaware : Philadelphia City Directory, pg. 140. same address in  1776, 26 Chestnut, pg. 69 3. ( 1785-1796) Hannah French, "Early American Bookbinding by Hand" from: "Bookbinding in America" Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.112

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James Gentle

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Bookbinder