Strech, John

Name/Title

Strech, John

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1.May have worked for William Parks (prior to Parks' death in 1750) and then worked for William Hunter, and then Joseph Royle, Parks' successors. He was paid15 shillings sixpence a week according to a surviving daybook  The authors attribute the binding of one of George Washington's account books to Strech.The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg, pub. by Colonial Williamsburg, 1978, pg.14

Also Known As

John Strech

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Bookbinder