James Muir ledger, 1782-1795 1782-1795

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James Muir ledger, 1782-1795 1782-1795

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This ledger is a record of Muir's work for Robert Bell, Francis Bailey, Joseph Crukshank, Mathew Carey, Thomas Dobson, William Prichard, William Young, and Charles Varlo, including other accounts.

1.0 Volume(s), 1volume, ca. 100 p., photocopy

American Philosophical Society

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Bell, Robert, 1942-

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Epithet: Major; of Add MS 32854 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x0003af Epithet: Captain 5th Dragoon Guards British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000305 Epithet: of Leeds British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000...

Prichard, William.

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Crukshank, Joseph, 1746?-1836

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Young, William, 1755-1829

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William Young was a Philadelphia bookseller and publisher who later established a paper mill at Rockland, New Castle County, Delaware. From the description of Family papers, 1745-1850 (inclusive), 1745, 1800-1850 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122441227 ...

Bailey, Francis, 1735?-1815

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Printer at Lancaster, Philadelphia, Sadsbury, and Octoraro, Pa. From the guide to the Check written to Francis Bailey, 1779, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Varlo, Charles,

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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

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Mathew C. Carey (1760-1839) was a publisher, economist, and humanitarian. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to America in 1784, after involvement in Irish revolutionary activity. He took up his trade as a printer, publishing the Pennsylvania Herald and the periodical, The American Museum. His book publishing ventures prospered and his firm was a leader in American printing and publishing in the period 1795-1835. He was an active proponent of the protective tariff, as well as an ardent cha...

Muir, James, of Philadelphia

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James Muir was a Philadelphia bookbinder. From the description of Ledger, 1782-1795. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540131 From the guide to the James Muir ledger, 1782-1795, 1782-1795, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823

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Publisher, bookseller and author. Thomas Dobson was born in Scotland, emigrated to America in the Spring of 1784, and settled in Philadelphia. He published the first comprehensive encyclopedia produced in the United States. From the description of Thomas Dobson letter, [manuscript], 1806 November 6. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 318652146 Bookseller in Philadelphia. From the description of Receipt, 1808 Apr. 18, Philadelphia, to William Wallis Woodwar...