Name/Title
Patterson, RobertDescription
perhaps in business with his brother Joseph. Uncle Dale's readings in early
Mormon History, www.sidneyrigdon.com
1. 1815 Pittsburgh Directory pg. 65.( not listed as a Bookbinder)
2."We will give constant employment to five or six JOURNEYMEN BOOK BINDERS,
and nine dollars per week wages, with boarding and washing." Wm Essex & Son
apply to R. & J. Patterson, Pittsburgh. Ad., The Mercury, Pittsburgh,
Wednesday, August 19, 1814.
3. Patterson & Lambdin (1818) ."I entered the book-store of R. Patterson &
Lambdin in March, 1818, when about twelve years old, and remained there until
the summer of 1820. The firm had under it's control, the book-store on Fourth
Street, a book-bindery, a printing office ( not newspaper, but job-office,
under the name of Butler & Lambdin), entrance on Dimond Alley, and a steam
paper-mill on the Allegheny (under the name of R. & J. Patterson. Boyd
Crumrine ed., History of Washington County Pennsylvania, Phil., 1882, pg.
431-432
4. R. Patterson & Lambdin, at the old stand, (corner of Wood and Third
Streets). The Pittsburgh Gazette vol. 38. no.45, Friday April 4, 1823.Also Known As
Robert PattersonBiographical Information
Occupation
Wholesale and Retail Bookseller and Stationer (and Bookbinder)