Name/Title
Brown, ChristianDescription
1. (1801) 70 Water Street, On Jan. 26, 1801, ordered Christian Brown, Bookbinder to be appointed a
fire man on engine no. 3. Minutes of the Common Council of the City of N.Y.
vol. 11. pg. 704.John Reid, bookbinder would also be a fire fighter. (
address from:Steven C. Smith The Art of printing Shall Endure, Thesis for the
Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, (pg. 186)
2. (1805) no. 71 Water street in space vacated by James Amory, whip-maker.
New York (city) Gazette. May, 1, 1805.
3. (1805) 71 Water Street and 137 Front Street **
4. (1807) 23 Murray Street**
5.(1808) 71 Water . Longworth's American Almanac. pg 88
6. (1813) 47 Beaver Street **
7. (1814)99 Pearl Street **
8. (1815-16) 66 Nassau **
9. (1817) 52 Beaver Street**
10. (1818-19) 348 Water Street**
11. (1820) Water Street. Hannah French, "Early American Bookbinding by Hand"
from: "Bookbinding in America" Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.104.
12. (1825) 211 Water Street. Longworth's Directory pg. 94. Same address in 1826,
1827 Longworth Directory pg. 101.(1828)Longworth Directory pg. 144.
(1831-32) 211 Water Longworth Directory pg.153
14.(1832-33) bookbinder and Printer, 211 Water New York Directory , pg.170.
15.(1835)23 Ann Street. Longworth Directory pg. 121
16.(1837)73 Forsyth. New York Directory , pg.118.
17.(1839)Bookbinder and label printer,145 Hester near Bowery. Longworth Directory, pg. 123
** Register of Artists, Engravers, Booksellers, Bookbinders,Printers and publishers in New York City 1633-1820Also Known As
Christian Brown