DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The National Intelligencer, after printing the report of the
Philadelphia meeting,[32]
carried the following notice:
A
meeting of the
Printers and
Booksellers of the City of
Washington and of George Town is requested at Mr. Barney's Tavern on Saturday at 1
o'clock P. M. in order to consult with a committee of the Printers and Booksellers of
Alexandria on measures proper to be pursued in relation to anv contemplated imposition
of additional duties on imported Types.
[33]
Curiously enough, no record of a petition from the
District of Columbia can be located. One suspects that Duane attended the meeting and
persuaded the group to desist.
