Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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The Boston directory. [1863], 1863

42 lines. Read by computer on 30 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.

1EDWIN H. SAMPSON,
2WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
3PAPER AND TWINE,
4NO. 19 EXCHANGE STREET,
5BOSTON.
6PAPER AND TWINE OF ANY DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDER.
8THE WHEELER & WILSON,
9MEDAL
10FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
12The unqualified preference given by the best judges to this Machine, and its unabated popularity, are the most convincing proofs of its superior excellence. In order to place it within the reach of all, it is now offered with new improvements
13AT REDUCED PRICES,
14At 228 Washington, Corner Summer St., Boston.
15J. E. ROOT, General Agent.
17EXTRACT FROM THE FOURTH BY-LAW RELATIVE TO TAKING BOOKS FROM THE ATHENAEUM LIBRARY.
19"If any book shall be lost or injured,—the writing of notes, comments, or other matter in a book shall be deemed an injury,—the person to whom it stands charged shall replace it by a new volume or set."
21Boston: Athenaeum.
22From the Ward Fund.
23Received July 7, 1863
25No. 1, Broad Street, Boston.
26Aluminium, Chains, Files, great variety, Iron Wire, Screws, Stubs's Files,
27Antimony, Comb-plate, German Silver Sheets, Lathes, Screw-plates, " Steel,
28Anvils, Copper Bolts, " Tubing, Lathe Chucks, South's Anvils, " Tools,
29Babbitt Metal, Sheets, " Wire, " Dogs, " Wire,
30Belting, Tubing, Glue, common & extra, Lead, " Forges,
31Belt Hooks, Wire, Iron Bolts, Nickel, " Shears,
32Blamuth, Crucibles, Plate, Nuts and Washers, Spelter, " Taps and Dies,
33Brass Kettles, Emery, Sheet, American, Quartz, " Tins in pigs,
34" Sheets, Emery Cloth, " Belgian, Rivets, Brass, Tinner's Machines,
35" Tubing, " Paper, " English, " Steel, American, " Tools,
36" Wire, " Sticks, " Galvanized, " Copper, " English,
37Card Clamps, " Wheels, " Russian, " Iron, " German,
38" Cleavers, Fan Blowers, " Tubing, Sandpaper, Steel Wire, " Tools,
39" " " " " " " " " Stove Polish, Tripoli, Zinc.
41MAY & CO. are Agents for the Sale of Brown & Brothers' Brass and German Silver Sheets, Tubing, Wire, &c. New Bedford Copper Company's Copper and Y. M. Holts, Braziers' Copper, &c. Buckley's Superior Boiler Iron, Flanging, Flue, and Tank Iron, &c. Packer's Hatchets and Drills, Phenix Co.'s Crucibles and Stove Polish.

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