THE

HISTORY OF PRINTING

IN AMERICA,

WITH A

BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS,

AND AN

ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

BY ISAIAH THOMAS, LL.D.

PRINTER, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, MEMBER OF
THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, AND OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
AND NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.

SECOND EDITION.

With the Author's Corrections and Additions,

AND A CATALOGUE OF

AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS

PREVIOUS TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1776.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE
OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.