THE

HISTORY OF PRINTING

IN

AMERICA.

WITH A

BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS,

AND AN

ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A CONCISE VIEW OF

THE DISCOVERY AND PROGRESS OF THE ART

IN

OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

BY ISAIAH THOMAS,

PRINTER, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

VOLUME II.

PRINTING dispels the gloom of mental night-
Hail! pleasing fountain of all cheering light!
How like the radiant orb which gives the day,

And o'er the earth sends forth th' enlight'ning ray!

WORCESTER:

FROM THE PRESS OF ISAIAH THOMAS, JUN.

ISAAC STURTEVANT, PRINTER.

1810.

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

Page.

REMARKS respecting the art in Massachusetts and

Pennsylvania,

Account of the introduction of Printing, and of the

Printers, before the year 1775,

In Pennsylvania,

Since 1775, in the New States and Territories,

Before 1775, in Novascotia,

Canada,

Origin of Newspapers,

History of Newspapers, from the period when they were

first published in the English colonies to the time

of the Revolution,

Other periodical publications issued in the colonies pre-

18

vious to the year 1775,

253, 317, 321, 343

Newspapers first introduced into the new states and ter-

ritories,

Account of Printers, and of Newspapers published in the

British Westindia islands, before 1775,

373