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Thomas, Isaiah (1749-1831)
  
ARCHÆOLOGIA AMERICANA.
  
TRANSACTIONS AND COLLECTIONS OF THE American Antiquarian Society.
  
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CONTENTS.
  
PREFACE.
  
MEMOIR OF ISAIAH THOMAS, BY HIS GRANDSON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THOMAS.

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SPANISH AMERICA.
  
Mexico and Peru.
  
Saint Domingo.
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FRENCH AMERICA.
  
Saint Domingo.
  
Martinico.
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DUTCH AMERICA.
  
Surinam.
  
PORTUGUESE AMERICA.
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ENGLISH AMERICA: NOW THE UNITED STATES.
  
Introduction of the Art.
  
Paper-making.
  
Paper Mills.
  
Type Founderies.
  
Stereotype Printing.
  
Engraving.
  
Printing Presses.
  
Rolling Presses.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
  
Cambridge.
  
Catalogue of Books printed by Dayc.
  
Catalogue of Books printed by Green.
  
Catalogue of Books printed by Johnson.
  
BOSTON.
  
Newburyport.
  
Worcester.
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CONNECTICUT.
  
New London.
  
New Haven.
  
Hartford.
  
Norwich.
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RHODE ISLAND.
  
Newport.
  
Providence.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.
  
Portsmouth.
  
Exeter.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
  
Philadelphia.
  
Germantown.
  
Lancaster.
  
Ephrata.
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NEW YORK.
  
New York.
  
Albany.
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NEW JERSEY.
  
Woodbridge.
  
Burlington.
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DELAWARE.
  
Wilmington.
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MARYLAND.
  
Annapolis.
  
Baltimore.
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VIRGINIA.
  
Williamsburg.
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NORTH CAROLINA.
  
Newbern.
  
Wilmington.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
  
Charleston.
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GEORGIA.
  
Savannah.
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NEW STATES,
  
VERMONT.
  
KENTUCKY.
  
TENNESSEE.
  
OHIO.
  
MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY.
  
MICHIGAN TERRITORY.
  
LOUISIANA.
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BRITISH COLONIES.
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NOVA SCOTIA.
  
Halifax.
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CANADA.
  
Quebec.
  
ADDENDA.

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APPENDIX A.
 B. 
APPENDIX B.
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APPENDIX C.
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APPENDIX D.
 E. 
APPENDIX E.
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APPENDIX F.
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[No. I—By Eliot and others.]
  
THE PSALMES In Metre.
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[No. II—Corrected by Dunster and Lyon.]
  
THE BOOK of PSALMS.
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APPENDIX G.
 H. 
APPENDIX H.
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APPENDIX H2.
  
Recantation of Benjamin Towne.
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APPENDIX I.
  
"The Printers Advertisement."
  
Remarks.
  
"The depositions of Thomas Brattle, Gent. and Zechariah Tuthill, Merchant.
  
"The Depositions of John Mico & Zechariah Tuthill, Merchants.
  
The Deposition of Bartholomew Green Printer.
  
The Deposition of John Allen and Timothy Green, Printers.
  
To the Candid READER.
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PORTUGUESE AMERICA.

Printing has been long practiced in the Portuguese
settlements; but, I believe, the press has been kept almost
solely for the use of the government. If any literary productions

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were ever issued from it, I am unacquainted with
them.

From the intercourse between the United States and
Brazil, we may hope to obtain, at no distant period, the
history of printing in this part of South America.[1]

 
[1]

In 1792, according to Sir George Staunton's account, there were but
two booksellers in Rio Janeiro, and they sold books on the subjects of
divinity and medicine only.

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