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This information and the inventory of the Belcher & Armstrong shop appear in Armstrong's manuscript journal (Edes Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society). The writer wishes to thank the Massachusetts Historical Society for permission to print this material. The aid of Mr. Stephen T. Riley, the Librarian, is also gratefully acknowledged.

Joseph T. Buckingham, Personal Memiors and Recollections of Editorial Life (1852), I, 38.

Information about Belcher appears in J. T. B[uckingham], "The Faustus Association," Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 26, 1859, p. 1, col. 1.

According to the Boston Directory, 1803, Cotton & Marston were painters.

This amount was originally written 1,128.00 and "corrected" to 1,137.00.

Less than two years later, a Boston newspaper contained a reference to a Robert Lothian, letter founder, Pleasant Street (Columbian Centinel, July 11, 1807, p. 3, col. 1).

Russell & Cutler were printers in Boston.

Charles Spear was also a printer in Boston.

Oliver & Munroe were printers in Boston.

Gilbert & Dean were printers in Boston.

Phineas Harding became a Boston printer.

Independent Chronicle, Dec. 5, 1805, p. 3, col. 1; Columbian Centinel, Dec. 7, 1805, p. 2, col. 5.

Boston Magazine, Dec. 7, 1805, p. 4, col. 2.

J. T. B[uckingham], "The Faustus Association," Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 26, 1859, p. 1, col. 1.

Armstrong's journal and Columbian Centinel, April 23, 1808, p. 1, col. 1.

Independent Chronicle, Sept. 16, 1816, p. 3, col. 1.

Biographical information about Armstrong appears in DAB, I, 360-361.