Trader Details

Details for: CARY, John I

Name: CARY, John I
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): 7 Johnsons Ct, Fleet St (1781). 188 Strand (1783). 181 Strand (1802-17)
Book Trades: Engraver/etcher, Map/chart seller, Print seller, Map/chart maker, Cartographer
Non-Book Trade: Land and buildings (land surveyor), Scientific and technical (globe seller)
Trading Dates: 1780 - 1835
Biographical Dates: 1755 (date of birth) - 1835 (date of death)
Notes: Apprenticed to William Palmer 1770. SFIP 448654 (1781) & 482459 (1783). Part bro George Cary (1821-30). Surveyed turnpikes for Postmaster-General. Succeeded by George Frederick Cruchley [Also UNDERHILL & BHSUS31/42]
Sources:
  • Maxted, Ian, The British Book Trades 1775-1787: an index to insurance policies (Exeter Working Paper No. 8)
  • Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)
    Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984)
  • Holden's Triennial Directory, 1802, 1803, & 1804, 3rd edn (London: W. Holden [1802])
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