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Biographical Sketch of Octavius A. Dearing

Posted on 28 September 2009, 2:05 am, by Typocurious, under biographies, history.

Octavius A. Dearing, who developed the “California” typecase, was born in East Buxton, York County, Maine, on September 28, 1840. On August 30, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, First Regiment of Maine Cavalry Volunteers, for service in the Civil War. On his enlistment papers he described himself as a “printer.” He developed varicose veins [...]

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Octavius A. Dearing and the “California Case”

Posted on 22 September 2009, 2:05 am, by Typocurious, under biographies, history.

The issue of the Printer and Bookmaker for December 1899 contains an interesting article entitled “The Lay of the Case.”¹ The author writes: “The printers’ type-case bears evidence that the original cases of the early typographers were arranged with the boxes in alphabetical order, and as this would be the natural method of a man familiar [...]

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