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, Volume 2 |
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... stamp act closed the publication of two more in 1755 ; but they were afterwards replaced by others . 2 ' With all deference to Mr. Thomas's knowledge of what was done in his own time , it still seems hardly probable that the paper begun ...
... stamp act closed the publication of two more in 1755 ; but they were afterwards replaced by others . 2 ' With all deference to Mr. Thomas's knowledge of what was done in his own time , it still seems hardly probable that the paper begun ...
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... stamp act in 1765 , some of the more opulent and cautious printers , when the act was to take place , put their papers in mourn- ing , and , for a few weeks , omitted to publish them ; others not so timid , but doubtful of the ...
... stamp act in 1765 , some of the more opulent and cautious printers , when the act was to take place , put their papers in mourn- ing , and , for a few weeks , omitted to publish them ; others not so timid , but doubtful of the ...
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... stamp act took place , in 1755 . Nothing extraordinary attended this publication . Its features were much like those of the News - Letter and the Gazette . Towards its close it was reduced to half a sheet foolscap , folio . It was not ...
... stamp act took place , in 1755 . Nothing extraordinary attended this publication . Its features were much like those of the News - Letter and the Gazette . Towards its close it was reduced to half a sheet foolscap , folio . It was not ...
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... stamp act , and 1 Several of the cuts for Esop's Fables were engraved by a remarkably good workman , whose name was Turner , of Boston . He was the best engraver which appeared in the colonies before the revolution , especially on type ...
... stamp act , and 1 Several of the cuts for Esop's Fables were engraved by a remarkably good workman , whose name was Turner , of Boston . He was the best engraver which appeared in the colonies before the revolution , especially on type ...
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... stamp act , or , as it was called , " An act for granting to his Majesty several Duties on Vellum , Parch- ment and Paper , for two years , towards the defraying`the Charge of this Government , " was passed by the legislature of the ...
... stamp act , or , as it was called , " An act for granting to his Majesty several Duties on Vellum , Parch- ment and Paper , for two years , towards the defraying`the Charge of this Government , " was passed by the legislature of the ...
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