Details for: JOHNSON, Joseph

Name: JOHNSON, Joseph County: London Town: London Address(es): Paternoster row (1760-1770), St Paul's Churchyard (1770-1809) Book Trades: Bookseller, Publisher Non-Book Trade: Not known Trading Dates: 1760 (date of apprenticeship) - 1809 Biographical Dates: 1738 (date of birth) - 1809 Notes: Apprentice to George Keith. Gaoled for nine months in 1797 for publishing the political works of Gilbert Wakefield. His shop became headquarters of bookselling of Protestant dissent. Sources: Shaw, David. J. 'Canterbury's External Links: Book Trade Relations at the Regional and National Level in the Eighteenth Century', in The Mighty Engine: The Printing Press and its Impact, eds. Isaac, Peter & McKay, Barry (Winchester, 2000), pp107-119.

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