David ShieldsHappy Birthday, William Thomas Morgans, born July 2, 1844. He was one of the dominant producers & innovators of wood type in the US in the late 1870s, serving as the founding partner of the wood type companies Young & Morgans (1876) and later Morgans & Wilcox Mfg Co (1880). “Billy Morgans—the boss typo of the County…” <a href="http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-morgans" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-morgans</a><br>
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David ShieldsAccidental typographic palimpsest, encountered in Special Collections at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.<br>
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David Shields<p>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 <br><a href="http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/hamilton-mfg-672-673" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">woodtyperesearch.com/hamilton-</span><span class="invisible">mfg-672-673</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/WoodType" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WoodType</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/letterforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>letterforms</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/collections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collections</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/bibliography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bibliography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeSpecimen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeSpecimen</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeDesign</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/letterpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>letterpress</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/type" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>type</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/NineteethCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NineteethCentury</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/uspatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspatents</span></a></p>
David ShieldsHBD 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 <br>
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David Shields<p>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. <a href="http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/george-nesbitt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">woodtyperesearch.com/george-ne</span><span class="invisible">sbitt</span></a><br><a href="https://typo.social/tags/bibliography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bibliography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeSpecimen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeSpecimen</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/WoodType" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WoodType</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/LetterForms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetterForms</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/NineteethCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NineteethCentury</span></a></p>
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