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    1. [RIGENWEB] Printers and Printing in Providence (part 5)
    2. Beth Hurd
    3. 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 5) p. III. "LAWRENCE ANDERSON - Born Julland, Denmark, Aug. 11, 1885; came to the United States in 1890; learned printing at J. C. Hall's and Perry Printing Co., beginning in 1901; came out of the Perry Printing Co. in the eight-hour strike and was initiated into Providence Union in January, 1906. LINDSAY ANDERSON - Born Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 19, 1839; learned printing in office of Paterson (N. J.) Guardian, beginning in 1854; came to Providence in 1859 and worked for Hammond & Angell and at Greene's on the Pendulum until he enlisted in the Civil War; after the war he returned to printing at Greene's, but in 1865 went into the restaurant business and for more than thirty years conducted one of the best restaurants in the city. CHARLES E. ANDREWS - Admitted to Providence Union by card Feb. 27, 1884; worked on Journal until 1889, when he went to Boston, where he is at present employed on the Transcript. ALBERT N. ANGELL - Born Olneyville, then known as "The Hollow," Dec. 21, 1822; died Providence April 17, 1901. He began to learn printing in the Journal Job office April 3, 1839, and finished his apprenticeship in the newspaper office where he continued to work 29 years; he had been gradually purchasing shares in the Journal job office until in 1868 he was sole proprietor, when he assumed the management of that office and continued in that position until 1887. He then sold the job office and returned to work at the case. He was treasurer of the first printers' society known to exist in this city, in 1854." continued in part 6.

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