Regarding Knickerbockers Press, I took a look in World Cat and saw that
Knickerbocker Press (New Rochelle, New York) did printing for G. P.Putnam's
Sons around the turn of the century.  Knickerbocker was also cited as a
Putnam
series.

Janet Munch
Lehman College

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gerard koeppel wrote:

> Does anyone know about a "Knickerbocker Press" that existed in 1807? (I
> know about various later incarnations with that name.) The reference
> comes in an 1807 letter (otherwise undated but probably October or
> November) from Erie Canal essayist Jesse Hawley to his wife: "I have had
> several articles published in 'The Knickerbocker Press' and the 'Genesee
> Messenger,' trying to instill in the populace the importance of a
> waterway across the state." The publication of Hawley's essays in the
> Genesee Messenger is well-known; it is the reference to publication in
> "The Knickerbocker Press" about which I am curious.
>
> Gerard Koeppel
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