John HARWOOD and John Carter HARWOOD, printers in Providence, RI
I am not related - this is part of a transcription project.
from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen"(part 91)
p. XLI.
"JOHN HARWOOD - Married to Mrs. Nancy Eames July 20, 1799. His wife Esther had died the previous month 'after a long and distressing illness.' In making these arrangements the Gazette stated that Mr. Harwood was a printer. John Harwood, a Revolutionary pensioner, died Feb. 2, 1835, aged 74 years.
JOHN CARTER HARWOOD - Started the Pawtucket Chronicle Nov. 12, 1825, and sold it to Brown & Carlile [sic] of Providence in 1826. He was employed at the American office in this city in 1824, and from 1832 to 1836 at the Journal office, according to the Directory. Later he went to New York city, where he worked as a journeyman printer until his death."
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