Stowell & Rood

Name/Title

Stowell & Rood

Description

"old wooden building on the northeast corner of Jefferson Avenue and Griswold Street.  *Sidney Rood advertised as a bookbinder in the Crary, Buffalo New York, Directory pg.100,  but: in the same year (1832) Sidney Rood, among others, "advertised that they would at all times be ready to take care of those who had cholera, and they at once had all they could do.  ... the " great remedy was brandy"    "ibid pg. 286. General Friend Palmer, Early Days in Detroit. 1.  Detroit,  1830's (Alexander) Stowell & Rood, Bookstore with a bindery upstairs.  "old wooden building on the northeast corner of Jefferson Avenue and Griswold Street. (pg. 28 ), "Sid" Rood's brother  named Gill  (pg. 242), the partnership dissolved and Sidney Rood remained, pg. 893   General Friend Palmer, Early Days in Detroit.

Also Known As

A. ( Alexander) Stowell & (Sidney)

Biographical Information

Occupation

Rood Booksellers and Bookbinders