Manuscript receipt for “printing certificates of spirits, wines & teas imported in the first quarter of 1823”
Title:
Manuscript receipt for “printing certificates of spirits, wines & teas imported in the first quarter of 1823”
Description:
Sister of two printers and married to another, Lydia Bailey was an experienced printer when she inherited a struggling shop upon the death of her husband in 1808. Industrious and enterprising, she printed for the Presbyterian church and numerous charitable organizations, including the Female Tract Society. From 1813 she was Printer to the City of Philadelphia, and master printer at one of the busiest printing shops in the city, employing over forty workers. The business printed almanacs, annual reports, bookseller catalogues, broadsides, and chapbooks. She was a printer for fifty-three years.
Creator:
Bailey, Lydia
Date:
1823
Coverage:
[Philadelphia]
Display Date:
2 April 1823
Hover Text:
Lydia Bailey — printer
Published Item:
U
Item Index:
10
Item Sort:
1800s
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