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  1. David Shields @[email protected] ·

    HBD Henry P Hamilton born 21 Apr 1862 youngest of 3 brothers, worked with older brthr George at _The Detroit Record_ as a printer & then with oldest brthr James at Hamilton & Baker, later Hamilton Mfg Co Credited patents USD37308 & 37309
    woodtyperesearch.com/hamilton-

    #WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #TypeHistory #letterpress #type #design #history #NineteethCentury #19thCentury #patents #uspatents

    #woodtype #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections
  2. David Shields @[email protected] ·

    George Fash Nesbitt was born 214 years ago 13 Jan 1809 in New York City. He was a printer, inventor & exclusive distributor of Edwin Allen’s wood type. By the mid-1840s Nesbitt’s printing house was the largest job office in NYC & likely the US. His 1841 wood type catalog remains the 1st know showing of chromatics. The only known copy is held The Butler Library, Columbia University. woodtyperesearch.com/george-ne
    #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #WoodType #LetterForms #NineteethCentury

    #bibliography #typespecimen #woodtype #letterforms #nineteethcentury