Description*  Hannah French, "Early American Bookbinding by Hand" from: "Bookbinding in America" Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.108. note: Philip Pain Bookbinder Providence R.I. 1. (1765)  became a Freeman on October 1, 1765.  Collections of the N. Y. Historical Society, The Burghers of New Amsterdam and The Freemen of New York 1765-1866 pg. 201.