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SKETCHES OF PRINTERS AN D PRIN TING C OLONIAL NEW YORK 13 0 : ;s HILDEB CHARLES R . URN WITH NUMEROUS IL LUSTRATIONS NEW YORK D DD MEAD COMPANY O , 1 895 PREFACE HEN these sketches were under k n sh tim I ha n ta e a ort e ago, d o idea. that they would appear even in book rm much l ss in the l r fo , e e abo ate setting which the publishers have h m h given t e . I regret t at the brief ri ll f r h ir c m il n pe od a owed o t e o p atio and the pressure of other business (which prevented more than a couple of hurried visits to New York) should oblige me to let themgo forth a s im perfect in many of their details a s they m h ust be. If t ey should arouse some interest in the New York printers who followed Bradford a nd lead to the col l cti n and r s r ti n th ir r s e o p e e va o of e wo k , I shall at least have aided some one in the future to produce a more exten r sive wo k. C . R. H. CONTENTS CHAPTER I n o : F F n r f th WILLIAM BRAD ORD, the ou de o e Press in the Middl e Colonies CHAPTER II THE Z ENGERS (more especially J ohn Peter Z en er and the Li ert of the Press g ), b y CHAPTER III THE PA KE and their Numerous Esta R RS, b lishments 34 CHAPTER IV EN Y DE Pow er and the Minor Presses H R , of the Middl e of the Century : Samuel Brown Willia mWe man Sa muel Farle , y , y, Ben amin Mecom and Samuel Cam ell j , pb vn A V n J hn An erson oyage to Bosto . o d [1 775] The Constitution of the State of New-York Samuel Lou on 1 d , 777 A List of the General and Stafi Ofi cers - M n e r in in r mri a . o [ tc.] se v g No th A e c acd al ameron 1 7 d 85 C , 77 ’ Mills and Hicks s British and American Re ister. Mills 85 Hic s 1 780 g k , [ ] ’ A Reply to Sir Henry Clinton s Narrative Sower Morton H mer 1 83 , 85 o , 7 The orna ment on the title-page is a facsimile of one used by WilliamBra dford. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PRINTERS mm m mm m wma mo mw m in bnnmu in N ev York. WILLIAM BRADFO RD 1 693 — 1 743 JOHN PETER Z ENGER 1 725 1 746 HENR Y DE FOREEST 1 742— 1 754 JAm PARKER 1 743 1 770 ANNA CATHARINE Z ENGER 1 746 1 748 JOHN Z ENGER 1 746 1 751 1 748 1 769 1 752— 1 807 1 759 1 760 JOHN HOLT 1 760— 1 784 JAMEs RIVINGTON 1 760 1 802 1 760 1 762 1 763 1 764 SAMUEL BROWN 1 766 AL EXANDER ROBERTSON 1 769 1 783 JAMES ROBERTSON 1 769 1 783 SAMUEL INSLEE 1 770 1 772 ANTHONY CAR 1 770 1 772 SAMUEL FRANKLIN PARKER 1 770- 1 772 FREDERICK SHOBER 1 772 1 775 ROBERT HODGE 1 772 1 800 JOHN ANDERSON 1 773 - 1 776 SAMUEL LOUDON 1 775 1 792 ALEX ANDER CAMERON 1 777 1 782 DONALD MACDONALD 1 777 - 1 782 NATHANIEL MILLS 1 777 1 783 JOHN HICKS 1 777 - 1 783 WILLIAM LEWIS 1 777 - 1 783 WILLIAM MORTON 1 782 1 789 1 782- 1 786 CHRISTOPHER SOWER 1 782 1 783 ELIZ ABETH HOLT 1 784-1 786 SKETCHES OF PRINTERS AND PRINTING CHAPTER I WILLIAM BRADFORD THE FOUNDER OF THE PRESS IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES HETHER the introduction of printing into New York is more due to the disturbances aroused inPennsyl vania by the ambition of George Keith to succeed George Fox a s leader of the u rs th n to the in l ri us Q ake , a va g o o de sire of Governor Fletcher to parade in print his exploits with the French and n i ns is int not n I d a , a po ow to h m be discussed. T e fact re ains that WilliamBradford removed fromPhila l hi in rch or A ril 1 693 an de p a Ma p , , d es t lish hi s ss in ab ed pre New York. Born in he rish rw ll ic st r t pa of Ba e , Le e e shir on 20 1 663 huml lk e, May , , of b e fo the st lish hurch he first of E ab ed C , came into notice a s the apprentice of An dr wl the rinci l n n ew So e, p pa Lo do u r u lish r his a nd Q ake p b e of day, a ’ l hi r r li i n A prose yte to s maste s e g o . t the expiration of his time he married ’ hi s m st r s u ht r li th and in a e da g e , E zabe , 1 mi r hil l hi r 685 e g ated to P ade p a . He e a series of troubles with ecclesiastical ’ and civil authorities culminated in his im ri nm nt in 1 692 ll w his p so e , fo o ed by r l s l t h r in 1 692— 93 and e ea e by F e c e , hi s migration to New York to become r h Kin Printe to t e g. His first publication wa s probably ‘ “ ’ a pamphlet entitled New England s Spirit of Persecution Transmitted To ” Penn silvania issu ith ut rint , ed w o a p ’ er s n m or l The r i a e p ace. b oads de “ r cl mti n un 8 1 693 ho P o a a o of J e , , w r rs hi s im rint a nd ha s usu ll eve , bea p , a y n m he fir i u hi r bee dee ed t st ss e of s p ess. 2 During theyear heprinted several other ” r i s t l u s the b oads de , a Ca a og e of Fee , first printed protest against keeping ” sl an l it ti n l tch r aves, exp o a o of F e e called A Journal of the Late Actions ” ’ the r nch and s s Almn c of F e , Leed a a 4 All h for 1 69 . t ese were merely pam hl Th fir in p ets. e st book printed New ’ “ ” rk wa s ith s ruth A nc Yo Ke T dva ed, i u rl in 1 94 ll ss ed ea y 6 . This wa s fo owed during the year by that volume now “ so r ci us The s Act the p e o , Law s of General Assembly for Their Maj esties r in Ne - rk As th r P ov ce of w Yo , ey we e n in i rs s i ns the fir t . E acted d ve Se s o , s of hi h an A ril the 9th Anno w c beg p , , q ; mini 1 691 At Ne - rk rint Do , . w Yo , P ed a nd l illi m r r rint r So d by W a B adfo d, P e to th ir sti s in illi m e Maje e , K g W a n ar In 1 695 and 1 696 Quee M y, hi s known publications were mainly of an ffici l ch r ct r r s r des o a a a e , Le T e o ” n l ti ns ivin s e umin s Co so a o D e t H a e , a li l k in r nch rinte in fulfil tt e boo F e , p d mans ivinescc umaines D H , O u Traite dansle quel 1c Chretien peuc apprendge a vaincre cc a furmo ntcr les Affliftnons ct les Miferes decette vie. ’ ’ Si qucl qu vn vent venir mov qu il eno o 1 r nce a f v meme, charge (8 ’ croix ct u ll me fnive ( I 6 . , q , I - or he G uilla ume Bra d ord 3 ANew Y k, C : f , 1 nfei ne d la Bible 6 6 . E g e , 1 9 Exa ct size of original . Mr Pintard in ment of a vow of a . , be g the principal exception; and in 1 697 he issued a tract called New-England Pesecutors [ sic] Mauled With their ” o n e ns which c us stir in w W apo , a ed a s chu tts and new lmn c Ma sa se , a a a a by n k r n m l a Manhatta inn eepe a ed C ap, an imperfect copy of which sold for $420 at the sale of the third part of h nl i r r t e Bri ey L b a y. Among hi s publications in 1 698 were A Letter FromA Gentleman of the ” it Ne - r one the h l C y of w Yo k, of a f dozen known copies of which brought $320 at the Barlow sale ; Proposi ” i ns m the i ti ns the t o ade by F ve Na o , Brinley copy of whi ch sold for $41 0 ; “ and A New Primmer or Methodical ir c i n to t in he ru llin D e t o at a t T e Spe g, ” din and ritin n lish Rea g W g of E g , by r ncis ani l st rius rmn F a D e Pa o , of Ge a t wn whi ch nch st r n l n o , of Ma e e , E g a d, boasts the possessionof the onlyknown c and which ma h su st opy, y ave gge ed 6 to Bra dford the compila tion of his own ” ui the first diti n which a G de, e o of p u his ri pea red abo t t pe od.
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