| Title |
Sinclair, William |
| Alternate title |
Sinclair, William G. |
| Date |
1827-July 16, 1860 |
| Description |
William Sinclair, the oldest son of premier Philadelphia lithographer Thomas Sinclair , was born ca. 1827 in Scotland, and
worked as a lithographer in the city during the 1850s. Sinclair relocated with his parents to New York City as a young child
ca. 1830 and to Philadelphia by 1839. Sinclair became a partner in his father's well-established firm in 1854 when the shop
tenanted 101 Chestnut Street (1850-1857). The partnership, which produced all genres of lithographs, including maps, advertisements,
city and landscape views, sheet music covers, portraiture, political cartoons, certificates, and book illustrations, relocated
to 311 Chestnut Street in 1858. Sinclair died two years later at the age of 33 on July 16, 1860.
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William resided in his father's household in the Southwark neighborhood in 1850, but had married the Delaware-born Anna (b.
ca. 1824) and resided at 1443 South Fifth Street in South Philadelphia (Ward 1) by 1860.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Sinclair, Thomas |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850 and 1860 |
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Groce & Wallace, 581 |
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Last, 148-149 |
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Library Company of Philadelphia research file (Thomas Sinclair) |
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Philadelphia Business & City Directories, 1854-1860 |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, July 18, 1860 |
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WWWAA, 3044 |
