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The Costs of Mathew Carey's Printing Equipment
by
Rollo G. Silver

Fortunately, Mathew Carey preserved many of the bills he paid. These state the costs of his equipment as well as the expenses of maintenance. Furthermore, they reveal the sources of supply available to a printer in Philadelphia at the end of the eighteenth century and in the beginning of the nineteenth. At that time, the present-day printers' wholesale supply house with its large stock did not exist. Therefore, Carey and the other American printers had to depend upon a variety of craftsmen. By identifying these men and noting the prices they charged, one can obtain an insight into printing house management of the period.

The history of printing is filled with proof that the production of printed matter has always required a sizeable investment. Some printers, like Gutenberg, borrowed money to get started; a few acquired their shops by marrying the widows of printers; other printers depended on patrons for subsidies. And then, of course, there were the courageous men with slender resources who managed to set up on their own. Mathew Carey was one of these.

Having determined to emigrate because of possible new prosecution for attacking the Irish government in his Volunteer's Journal, Carey, then twenty-four years old, landed in Philadelphia on November 1, 1784. In his Autobiography, he described his financial situation:

Behold me now landed in Philadelphia, with about a dozen guineas in my pocket, without relation, or friend, and even without an acquaintance, except my compagnons de voyage, of whom very few were eligible associates.

While I was contemplating a removal into the country, where I could have boarded at about a dollar, or a dollar and a quarter a week, intending to wait the arrival of my funds, a most extraordinary and unlooked-for circumstance occurred, which changed my purpose, gave a new direction to my views, and, in some degree, colored the course of my future life.


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It reflects great credit on the Marquess de La Fayette, who was then at Mount Vernon, to take leave of General Washington. A young gentleman of the name of Wallace, a fellow-passenger of mine, had brought letters of recommendation to the General; and having gone to his seat to deliver them, fell into the Marquess's company, and in the course of conversation, the affairs of Ireland came on the tapis. The Marquess, who had, in the Philadelphia papers, seen an account of my adventures with the Parliament, and the persecution I had undergone, inquired of Wallace, what had become of the poor persecuted Dublin printer? He replied, "He came passenger with me, and is now in Philadelphia," stating the boarding-house where I had pitched my tent. On the arrival of the Marquess in this city, he sent me a billet, requesting to see me at his lodgings, whither I went. He received me with great kindness; condoled with me on the persecution I had undergone; inquired into my prospects; — and having told him that I proposed, on the receipt of my funds, to set up a newspaper, he approved the idea, and promised to recommend me to his friends, Robert Morris, Thomas, Fitzsimons, &c. &c. After half an hour's conversation, we parted. Next morning, while I was at breakfast, a letter from him was handed me, which, to my very great surprise, contained four one hundred dollar notes of the Bank of North-America.[1]

Lafayette's generosity thus supplied the capital needed to establish a printing office for Carey's projected newspaper. Funds from home did arrive, but the amount was a great disappointment — fifty pounds.[2]

In an advertisement dated December 9, Carey "respectfully informs the inhabitants of Philadelphia, that early in January next, he will publish a Newspaper in this city; the terms of which shall be advertised in a few days."[3] Having announced the paper, he found himself required to obtain a press in as short a time as possible. But presses were scarce and Carey's situation increasingly serious, when he learned that the shop of the late Robert Bell was to be sold at auction. The announcement of this sale, scheduled for December 28, included, among the items to be sold, a complete mahogany printing press, "little the worse for wear."[4] Carey saw his opportunity, but, at the sale, he had an unexpectedly difficult time:

As the press was very old, and very much impaired in usefulness, I expected to have it a bargain. But Colonel Oswald, who printed the Independent Gazetteer, and who viewed my operations with a jealous eye, commenced

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that hostility, which, ultimately, as will appear in the sequel, nearly cost me my life. He bid against me; and as I had absurdly fixed on a day for publication which was so near that I had not time to procure a new press, he continued bidding till he raised the price to about fifty pounds currency, or, one hundred and thirty-three dollars, being one third of my whole fortune, and about the price of a new press.[5]
One wishes that this vignette of the sale contained more detail, for it certainly was one of the most interesting auctions in the history of American printing. On the block was the shop of the well-known, if not notorious, Robert Bell; the opposing bidders were an established newspaper publisher and an upstart Irishman who later became one of the greatest of American book publishers. The hostility which began on that day eventually resulted in a duel in which Carey received a serious wound in the thigh although Oswald was uninjured. Despite Oswald's attempt to thwart him, Carey managed to bid in the components needed for his shop. They are listed in the bill which he preserved:                                                          
Philada. Decr. 31st 1784 
Mr Mathew Carey. 
Bought at Robt. Bell's Auction. 
1 Chase demi  £ 1  --  -- 
2 pair of Cases  &c.mmat; 15/6 p  11  -- 
2 pair of ditto  &c.mmat; 3/- p  --  -- 
1 Rack  --  10  -- 
2 Double frames for Cases  &c.mmat; 11/-  -- 
2 Single frames for Ditto  9/-  --  18  -- 
1 Imposing Stone  10  -- 
1 Small ditto  -- 
A printing Press Complete  60  --  -- 
1 Lie Trough, Brush Lea   --  15  -- 
1 Single Chase  --  15  -- 
2 Composing Sticks  &c.mmat; 12/6  -- 
2 Ditto 1 lost  &c.mmat; 15/-  10  -- 
2 Chases for Advertisements  7/6 p  --  15  -- 
2 Ditto  -- 
5 Boards for wetting paper  -- 
6 Empty letter Boxes  --  -- 
31 Wooden Types 10 line pica  --  -- 
1 Sawing press with Keys  --  10  -- 
2 pair of Shears  -- 
Roman & Italic Types wt 219lb   &c.mmat; 6d. p 
Ditto Pie D°  152lb   &c.mmat; 5d
3 pair of Cases  &c.mmat; 3/- p  --  -- 
Double pica  48lb &c.mmat; 12d -- 
------- 
£86. 16. 8[6]  

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For this purchase, Carey paid sixty pounds cash and gave the administrators a thirty-day note for the balance. A receipt proves that he paid off the note on March 4, 1785.

Within four weeks of the auction, his shop was in production; on January 25, 1785, Carey's Pennsylvania Evening Herald, a semi-weekly, appeared and Carey's distinguished American career had begun. By January 1, 1817, when he made his son a partner, he had published more than six hundred and fifty editions of books, exclusive of the Bibles and Testaments which made him "the foremost printer and publisher of the Bible in America during the first quarter of the nineteenth century."[7] Not all of his imprints came from his own press, but many did. The process of producing them required constant renewal and repair of equipment.

For the purpose of this paper, it is neither possible nor sensible to print every bill Carey preserved. Many are repetitious; others are unclear. A sampling will be adequate to indicate sources of supply and costs. It should be noted that the period covered by this investigation ends at the time Carey admitted his son to partnership.

A few of Carey's printing presses were acquired from men who were not press manufacturers. About the time that John Watts closed his "Literary Publication Office" in Philadelphia and moved to New York where he became one of the first, if not the first, of American stereotypers, he sold some of his equipment to Carey. The bill, October 28, 1806, includes an English press at $41.50, an American press at $20.00, 9 pairs of cases for $7.87½ as well as an imposing stone and frame for $5.50. John Vallance, the engraver, sold Carey a press on July 10, 1813, for $100.00 and on the same bill he gave twenty per cent discount for a standing press at $30.00 and a cutting press at $13.00. These "special situations" provided bargains, but Carey also bought presses from the manufacturers. On May 25, 1792, he obtained one for $60.00 from John Hamilton who, four years later, advertised that "he had supplied many New Jersey and New York printers with presses of a very good quality that he could make for others on three weeks' notice at a cost of seventy-five dollars each."[8] In 1804, a few years after Henry Ouram, a former blacksmith, opened his "Printing Press manufactory" in Philadelphia, Carey paid him $115.00 for a


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press.[9] Ouram, as will be seen later, also had other transactions with Carey, but the greatest single share of Carey's press equipment and repair orders went to Adam Ramage.

By the 1830's, Ramage had become, as Hamilton says in his fine study, "the Ford of the printing press industry."[10] However, his ability as a craftsman was recognized by Carey soon after Ramage commenced to work with presses. In 1801, among other jobs, he charged Carey 3s 3d for repairing a "Lying Press" and sold him a "Plough with Iorn [sic] & Knife" for 1/2/6. During the next few years, he sold him various supplies such as twelve feet of brass rule for 15s, one hundred quoins for .67, "Mallat planner & Shooting Stick" for 5s 6d. And, in 1805, he sold Carey a mahogany printing press "compleat" for $130.00 as well as a standing press for $61.00. As Carey's shop increased in size, Ramage was frequently called upon. By 1807, when it was a five-press shop, a Ramage statement read:

                                     
1807 
March  10  To 2 pair of Points  .80 
18  To a Mallat & planner  .67 
To Work at Press  .37½ 
April  12  To a pair of points  .40 
14 & 16  To planing 2 plattings  .50 
May  To 8 feet Brass rule &c.mmat; 15cts   1.20 
18  To oil cup & Die steeling point of screw  1.25 
June  To 100 quoins  .67 
16  To 6 feet Rule &c.mmat; 15  .90 
July  14  To a pair of ball stocks  .75 
Septr 15  To work at Timpans hooks & Eys [?] planing a platting &c  .80 
To a pair of Points  .40 
October  5 & 9  To 2 pair ball stocks  1.50 
10 & 20  To planing 2 plattings cutting one at 3 times 84 yds. Reglet  5.75 
Decr To planing a platting  .25 
13  To a new frisket  2.25 
18  To planing a platting  .25 
To 2 planners  .67 
The points, being thin pieces of metal which were adjusted to the tympan to make register, could be easily mislaid and would be purchased from time to time. More interesting is the attention given to the platen. In a statement of the following year, one finds a different variety of jobs:    
May  To a pair of Points  .40 
To Staying 3 Presses  .75 

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To a new Set of Cramps put on  2.50 
10  To Smith work at bolts &c  .40 
14  To 2 pair ball Stocks  1.50 
To Work at Press  .30 
18  To a pair of Steel points  .60 
28  To blocks for Press & mending Gally  .37½ 
June  17  To a pair ball Stocks  .75 
August  To planing a platting & 4 blocks  .30 
12  To a Sleeve pin  .30 
To a new wood for rounce handle  .25 
Sept  27  To 3 Bodkins  .33 
October  13 & 19  To 23 yds. Reglet & Side Sticks 1 yd Gutter  1.50 
31  To Staying Press & work at Ditto  .80 
Novr   To laying a Stone in plaster of Paris and plaster  .75 
To a Sleeve pin  .30 
To planing a platting  .25 
at several times  12  Side 9 yds. Gutter Stick 12 Reglet  2.20 
To Press for paper Iron Screw & leaver  32.00 
Hardly a month went by without some sort of work being needed. If Ramage was not called in to stay a press or supply a new rounce handle, there was the platen or a new set of cramps or something else that required his skill. This continued year in and year out, as seen in the work for the first six months of 1816:                                                
Feby 14  To planing a platting  .25 
26  To planing & cutting one Ditto  .50 
To mending a frisket  .25 
March  To 3 planners  1.00 
To a Set of Cramps  3.00 
To planing a platting  .25 
16  To a pair of points  .50 
23  To a pair of Ditto  .50 
To spurring of Ditto  .25 
29  To planing a platting  .25 
April  To Laying Stone in plaster  1.50 
12  To bolting & planing a platting  .75 
To Laying Stone in plaster & a new Set of Cramps  4.25 
To a new brass bottom Galley  5.00 
25  To a pair of Large ball stocks  .87½ 
27  To planing a platting  .25 
30  To 4 Ledge Galleys Mohogany [sic] &c.mmat; .37½  1.50 
May  13  To planing a large platting  .50 
To a pair of Large ball stocks  .87½ 
19  To new wood on Rounce  .50 
June  3d   To a pair of Large ball stocks  .87½ 
16  To 100 Quions [sic] & a pair of points  1.25 
17  To 2 pair of points  1.00 
24  To a pair of ball stocks  .75 

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28  To a new slice a balance & a new frisket  3.87½ 
To 2 pair of point screws & button  .75 
To mending rounce  .50 
To a pair of spring points  1.00 
Ramage occasionally sold Carey items not mentioned in the above statements. Sample entries for some of them are listed:                
Feb.  24  1808  To 6 Bearers  .25 
April  1809  To a Sheeps foot  .45 
Sept.  12  1809  To a Ink block  .50 
To a Slice Galley  1.00 
March  1811  To a footstep  .25 
March  26  1811  To a Composing Stick  2.50 
August  14  1813  To 2 pair of Chases lbs. 76 &c.mmat; 33  25.08 
Dec.  18  1816  To a Ball rack  .37½ 
All of this business was conducted while Ramage was involved in the manufacture of presses. Besides those already noted, he sold to Carey:            
July  23  1811  To a Printing Press compleat  130.00 
To one Ditto Screw up platting &c  137.00 
Dec.  1811  To a Standing Press compleat  75.00 
June  1812  To a Printing Press compleat  130.00 
Sept.  27  1813  To a Printing Press compleat screw up platting No 371  137.00 
Aug.  27  1814  To a Bookbinders Cutting Press & plough  13.00 
As Hamilton points out, the "screw up platting" may have "referred to a method of fastening the platen by four bolts at the upper corners, instead of by the cord lashings of the common press."[11]

Because Ramage's statements often covered work for about a year or more, they clearly show the recurring problems of maintenance. In bills of other artisans, one finds information about some specialized suppliers as well as about those who performed work similar to that of Ramage. Before Ramage started in business as a printers' joiner, Carey depended upon cabinetmakers and metal workers. During his first month in operation, January, 1785, he purchased three galleys for 1/2/6, a dozen side sticks for 6s, and seventeen yards of reglet for 17s from William Rigby, a cabinetmaker.[12] Trade with Rigby continued and the following excerpt from a Rigby statement resembles those later submitted by Ramage:

     
1790 
Jan.  15  1 mallet & shuting stick  -- 
8 side sticks 3d 1 planer 1s/-  --  -- 

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Feb.  1st   3 yards Riglet & Job  -- 
plaining the pladden  -- 
April  4 yards Gutter Sticks 5d 4 do. Riglet 4d   -- 
8 side sticks 3d   -- 
16  To Job  -- 
May  Staying & Repairing the Press  -- 
21  Mending Tympan  --  -- 
June  22  To work done to the pladden  --  -- 
24  2 Shuting sticks & wooding Cut  -- 
To new Tympan and Sundrys  -- 
Rigby worked for Carey until at least 1793. In the meantime, Daniel Dawson, a whitesmith, also supplied help and equipment.[13] In December, 1787, he mended a frisket for 1s 6d and made one for 10s. Four years later, his statement contained such items as:                
4th Mo 12th   To Mending 1 Frisket  --  -- 
4th Mo 17th   To 1 Large Rod for Press 2 f 8  -- 
28  To Mending 1 Timken  -- 
5th Mo 4th   To Press Handle Mended  -- 
13th   To 1 Chace  10  -- 
17  To 1 Timken Iron Mended  --  -- 
7th Mo 10th   To 1 Chace  10  -- 
To 3 Half Joints for a Frisket  -- 
Surprisingly enough, neither William Bryden whom the American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking refers to as "an early maker of presses in Philadelphia," nor John Goodman, mentioned as a press-maker by McCulloch, appear to have received much business from Carey.[14] Bryden's bills of 1792 and 1794 include charges for a mallet at 2s, setting up a printing press for 7 s 6d, putting on a set of cramps for 3s 9d; Goodman, in 1794, presented two bills for, among other things, a new frisket at 13s 6d, a set of brass cramps for 17s 6d, and a set of brass linings for the hose at 7s 6d. Press repairs were also made, during the early years by John Aitken, the printer, bookseller, and silversmith, by James Hendricks, a cutler who, in 1793, supplied a pair of points and mended a frisket for 5sd, and by Milne & Price whose bill reads:[15]      
1789 
3 mo  To Box & Screw for Printing Press 
To mending frisket & altering thumb Piece  -- 

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18  To mending frisket  -- 
5 mo  To Repairing Rounce of Press  -- 

While these mechanics kept the presses in running order, Carey increased the equipment of the shop. From John Sidleman, a stonecutter, he bought, in March, 1787, an imposing stone for 2/6/10 and a stone for a press for 1/6/10.[16] In the same month, Hall & Adgate sold him a pair of "Letter cases" for 17s 6d, a sink and water trough for 1/13/9, and "1 paper & 1 Letter Board" for 6s. Later in the year, John Cushing sold him, among other things, ten pairs of cases at 16s 8d a pair and three composing sticks for 3s 9d. The price of cases varied but slightly at that time; in 1790, John Fimeton, a house carpenter, supplied four pairs at 15s per pair.[17] Similarly, the price of reglet remained constant for a while — 4d per yard from Jacob Wayne, a cabinetmaker, in 1787 and 1788 and, as already noted, from William Rigby in 1790.[18] On the other hand, in the same bills, Wayne charged 9d per yard for gutter sticks and Rigby charged 5d, a difference which may have been based on the quality of the wood.

The inking apparatus, of course, required constant renewal. Between 1787 and 1794, pelts and wool came from Joseph Rogers, "parchment-maker, glue boiler."[19] One or two pelts were usually purchased every month at 2s per pelt until May, 1790, at 2s 6d thereafter until March, 1792, when the price became 3s. Six to twelve pounds of wool sufficed for a year, the price varying from 1s 3d to 2 s 6d per pound. Rogers also provided Carey with parchment skins for the tympans; these cost 3s 9d each in 1787, 4s 2d in 1790, 5s in 1791, but they were not replaced very often. Neither were ballstocks. When Carey needed them, he could always obtain them from a turner. In 1814, Edwin Barry charged $3.75 for three pairs of gumwood ballstocks.

In an archive such as this one comes across bills with a bit of mystery about them. What, for instance, were the six "Printer's Candlesticks" bought from James Truman, a coppersmith, in 1794 for 1s each?[20] Perhaps a spike at the base, enabling the printer to place it over the case, distinguished the printer's candlestick. Another bill


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implies that Carey attempted casting:            
March 7th 1803 
Mr Mathew Carey 
To Henry Voight Dr
Ct  
To Brass Moulds for Casting Spaces with coares at 9 Doll per piece  18  -- 
To dito dito [sic] for dito without coares at 6 Doll per piece  12  -- 
It may be noted that since Voight, at that time, worked at the Mint as Chief Coiner, he either used government property or did some moonlighting. He must have been a rather independent employee; in 1796, when called upon to answer charges for leaving the Mint without permission, he declared that "I did not go altogether on my own account in the country."[21] That Carey ever used these molds cannot be ascertained, yet it is difficult to believe that he would have paid for them and turned them over to Binny & Ronaldson for casting.

When the Bible projects started, more chases were needed most of which came from the whitesmith, David Scott.[22] The first recorded large shipment, billed on January 30, 1802, comprised 250 chases for 356/12/3 (4509 lbs. &c.mmat; 1s 7d). In a second large purchase, shipped between August 19 and October 21, 1803, Carey obtained 78 chases for 109/4/8. In addition to these, there were smaller orders, some delivered by Scott to printers working for Carey rather than to his own shop.

Though Ramage received many of Carey's press and press repair orders after the turn of the century, Henry Ouram managed to get some, too. It will be recalled that he sold Carey a press in 1804. In the same year and during four years thereafter, his sales included 50 quoins (2s 6d in 1804), a few composing sticks (18s 9d each in 1805), a few chases (2s 9d per lb. in 1807). His repair jobs included facing two platens (3s 9d in 1804), a pair of points (3s in 1805), and repairing a rounce handle (1s in 1805).

Ramage and Ouram could work with wood and metal, but stone was evidently beyond their capacities. Occasionally Ramage would lay a stone in plaster; Ouram's bills make no mention of stone. If such work was required, a stonecutter executed the job. Because the stonecutter needed no specialized skill to meet the requirements of the printer, Carey had no difficulty in acquiring press stones or composing


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stones. Press stones, of course, required maintenance, as may be seen in the following:                                          
1805 
March  22  John Miller[23]   To a Composing stone by agreement  7.00 
Porterage  .25 
1806 
Nov.  Richard North[24]   To facing a press stone  1.50 
1807 
Oct.  Moore & Herkness[25]   To rubbing 1 press stone  1.00 
1809 
Jan.  John Sanson[26]   for one Press Stone and Laying in plaster  5.75 
1810 
Oct.  John Sanson  Facing two Press Stones  2.00 
Laying one in Plaster  .75 
1811 
March  11  John Sanson  for one Press Stone Lade in Plaster  5.75 
Dec.  John Sanson  for facing a Press-Stone and Laying  1.75 
1812 
April  23  John Sanson  for one Press Stone  5.00 
Laying in Plaster  .75 
1816 
Oct.  12  Alexander Napier[27]   for a marble Press Stone  6.50 
Oct.  18  Isaac B. Garrigues[28]   To Sanding and fixing a Press Stone with Plaster Paris  2.50 

Additional equipment came to the shop from the estates of deceased printers. For example, in 1806, Carey purchased fifty-two yards of furniture at three cents per yard and three pairs of cases for two dollars per pair from the estate of William Spotswood. One year later, Hannah Spotswood sold Carey two frames for five dollars as well as some more cases at a dollar and a half and two dollars per pair.

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throughout the history of the firm. In one of his first transactions, on the day before the Bell auction, Moore & Rhea, importers, sold Carey 508½ lbs. for 63/11/3 — a sum greater than that paid for a press.[29] With the type in the Bell lot plus an additional supply costing nine pounds delivered by Jacob Bay in February of the following year, Carey possessed a stock adequate for the first few years. In 1787, he picked up more from two of his colleagues. Some, including one batch of "a small fount Brevier," quadrats, and "Sundry sorts" totaling 165 lbs. for 34/7/6 came from Joseph James, a Philadelphia printer. Another Philadelphian, Benjamin Franklin, sold Carey about 500 lbs. of the small pica Franklin brought from France and which had been returned to him by Francis Childs — a story which will be recorded by Professor Labaree in forthcoming volumes of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. But the expanded business necessitated a further increase. The following two bills from Richard Vaux, merchant, show sizeable amounts of type, probably imported by Vaux:[30]

I.

                 
336 Long Primer  1/6  25  --  -- 
8 Brevier flowers  2/6  --  -- 
2 Boxes  2/. 
------------------- 
26  -- 
Advance 120 pCent  31  13  -- 
----------------- 
£58  --  -- 
Philada. 16th June 1787 

II.

                                               
3 Boxes Printing Types C Contg
445.8 Long Primer on Burgeois  2/  44  --  11  -- 
4.0 Two line Letters  1/  --  -- 
3 Boxes  --  -- 
------------------- 
45  --  -- 
1 Box Do. N. 8 Contg
172.4 English N. 1 
2 Nic  1/  --  12  -- 
Box 
------------------- 
--  14 
1 Box Do. N: 26 Contg
116.8 Two lines 
English  1/  --  16  -- 
Box  -- 
------------------- 
--  18 
------------------- 
59  --  13  -- 
Advance 120 pCent.  71  --  11  --  11 
------------------- 
131  --  -- 
Philada. 28th March 1788 

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A more convenient source appeared when John Baine and his grandson, having removed from Edinburgh to Philadelphia in 1787, opened their foundry which continued for a short and at times successful period. This meant that Carey could obtain type frequently and without the delay of importation. The Baine statements disclose that deliveries were sometimes very frequent; in the month of November, 1789, the Baines submitted thirteen bills. Though the foundry did its best to accommodate Carey, the minimal orders caused an occasional comment. In 1790, the younger Baine delivered 51½ lbs. of English at 1s 9d per pound with a note on the statement: "It was impossible for me to cast a less quantity of the English than what I have done without charging an additional price." Two years later, he wrote that he had to charge 3s per pound for some two-line English sorts "on acct. of the small quantity which occasion'd so much more trouble." The Baine prices varied only slightly, as seen in these examples of costs:                    
Per Pound 
s   d  
Nov.  1789  Small pica 
May  11  1792  Small pica 
Aug.  10  1791  Long primer  10 
June  23  1792  Pica  -- 
July  1792  Bourgeois 
Aug.  26  1792  Brevier 
Aug.  26  1792  English  10½ 
Dec.  1793  Long primer  -- 

Despite its advantages, the local foundry could not meet all of Carey's requirements. He continued to buy other type, domestic and imported. Of domestic type, sorts were acquired from Justus Fox as late as 1794, though it is apparent from the absence of bills that only a small amount of type came from him. Imported type arrived by way of other members of the Philadelphia book trade as well as by direct shipment. The box of imported type purchased from Zachariah Poulson, Jr., the Philadelphia printer, in 1792 was probably part of a joint venture. One year later, Carey began to receive type from the Glasgow foundry of Dr. Alexander Wilson & Sons, the financing being negotiated through Carey's London agent, George Barclay & Co. From Wilson, he received over seven hundred pounds of pica, over five hundred pounds of long primer, over two hundred pounds of brevier, and some two-line letters. The bill for small pica purchased bears a


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note about the duty charged:
illustration
Aside from a few transactions with fellow-printers, Carey seems to have kept his stock fairly constant for a few years. Then, about the beginning of the nineteenth century, his trade with the recently established foundry of Binny & Ronaldson began to grow. From that time on, the firm of Binny & Ronaldson was Carey's chief source of supply. At one period, Carey's account reached surprisingly large proportions: according to a statement of type delivered between March 12, 1803, and March 3, 1804, Carey owed $6,806.20 on the total of $9,874.59. Ten thousand dollars worth of type in one year remains an impressive amount today. Not all of this type went to Carey's own shop; most of it was delivered directly to printers who worked for him. An excerpt from a bill containing such items is this:                    
1803  lb  oz  Deliver'd to  &c.mmat; 
March  30  12  Pica Small Pica  Palmers  .42  2.83½ 
ditto  Aitken  2.96½ 
April  21  --  Small Pica  Way  8.82 
13  P Small Pica  Aitken  1.60 
Superior P S P  Way  .88  1.37½ 
19  13  Small Pica  do .42  8.32 
11  Superior -- P Sm Pica  Adams  .88  2.80½ 
15  20  --  Small Pica  Way  .42  8.40 
10  P Sm P  Palmers  4.22½ 

For the bibliographer, the most useful information in this series of Binny & Ronaldson bills lies in the prices rather than in the amount of type purchased. Here one can observe variations from year to year in much greater detail than that provided by the published price lists.


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Some of the most significant prices are:                                          
Per lb. 
Jan.  11,  1802  Pica  .38 
Jan.  27,  1802  Pica small pica  .42 
April  1,  1802  Nonpareil  1.34 
August  30,  1802  Brevier  .70 
Great primer  .36 
Oct.  7,  1802  Long primer  .50 
April  22,  1803  Two-line pica small pica  .36 
June  6,  1803  Bourgeois  .60 
Sept.  30,  1803  English  .38 
March  19,  1804  Great primer  .38 
Sept.  3,  1804  Bourgeois  .63 
Oct.  8,  1804  Pica small pica  .45 
Dec.  1,  1804  Nonpareil  1.37 
March  2,  1805  Brevier  .73 
Dec.  5,  1805  Pica  .41 
Oct.  15,  1807  Pica small pica  .48 
Jan.  19,  1808  Long primer  .56 
April  29,  1808  Minion  1.03 
May  17,  1811  Great primer  .52 
June  13,  1811  Nonpareil  1.75 
In addition to printing type, Binny & Ronaldson sold Carey metal blocks (1s each in 1800 and .50 per lb. in 1811), presumably for cuts, and bookbinder's sorts (in 1815, $1.90 for a set in one size with 40 figures). Old type was sold back to Binny & Ronaldson — $11.00 per cwt. in 1807.

Despite the large bills from Binny & Ronaldson, Carey did not restrict himself to that firm. Sometimes he paid for the type of a particular job, as in these two bills from Thomas Kirk, the New York printer:

I.

     
1803 
Jan.  To 853lb Types &c.mmat; 30 Cents pr. lb for Columbian Spelling Book  $255.90 
To 121000 ms Composition for Do &c.mmat; 46 Cents pr. 1000  55.81 

II.

     
August 1, 1807 
To Types for Child's Instructor  $200 -- 
To Press work of one thousand Do at 50 Cents  18 
Carey also acquired type from Robert Carr, the Philadelphia printer, at bargain prices, probably because the type had been used. Two examples may be cited: in 1802, Carr sold him pica small pica (800 lbs. &c.mmat; .30) when Binny & Ronaldson's price was much higher; six years later, Carr charged .37½ for long primer as compared with the Binny & Ronaldson price of .56 per pound. But these and others were small deals; for more extensive purchases, Carey remained faithful to Binny & Ronaldson although he did not have to do so. About 1804,

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Samuel Sower had established a foundry in Baltimore and, by 1808, enjoyed a prosperous trade. Yet, with the exception of one relating to old type which William McCulloch sold to Sower for Carey, no Sower-Carey bills have been preserved. This certainly implies that Carey was well satisfied with the Philadelphia founders.

Ink, being of relatively simple manufacture, seems to have been readily available from printers as well as inkmakers. According to a bill of October 22, 1785, John Albright, a printer, sold some ink (11½ lbs. &c.mmat; 2s 9d) to Carey. During Carey's first ten years in Philadelphia, other printers and Justus Fox, the typefounder and inkmaker of Germantown, supplied ink, too, but Francis Wrigley, a printer and inkmaker, received most of the orders. For example, between January 7 and June 14, 1791, he sold Carey 49 pounds at 2s 6d per pound. This price, a net price with an extra charge for the keg if supplied, prevailed until 1796 when charges of 3s, 3s 3d, and 3s 6d begin to appear. At this period, the ink was occasionally designated as summer ink or winter ink though there was no difference in price. In 1802, Thomas Condie provided two grades: printing ink at 3s per pound and best book ink at 3s 3d. Three years later, Francis Wrigley also billed ink at different prices (.40 and .50 per lb.), but he did not specify the difference. This did not last long, at least as far as Carey is concerned, for Wrigley's bills soon contained only one price, forty cents, which, in March, 1807, was increased by five cents. By this time, the volume of purchases had increased so that, between February 7 and December 24, 1806, Wrigley sold over seven hundred pounds to Carey. The successor firm, Wrigley & Johnson, maintained this high volume with Carey. In 1813, the price dropped back to forty cents per pound with random sales at forty-five and fifty cents. After the dissolution of Wrigley & Johnson, Carey gave most of his business to Charles Johnson from whom he purchased over a thousand pounds in 1815. Johnson, in 1817, still charged forty cents per pound but his best book ink commanded ten cents more. Carey's purchases from other firms were negligible.

The vendors thus far mentioned comprise a group one would expect to find supplying equipment for a nineteenth century American printer. But for woodworking Carey also employed men seldom, if ever, mentioned as making printing house items, namely, the inmates of the local prison. Perhaps because, having been in jail himself, Carey sympathized with them and wanted to help in some way. Perhaps it was simply because the prices were lower. For whatever reason, the Philadelphia Prison, between 1802 and 1816, made hundreds of boxes


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for shipping books in addition to various printing house supplies. Some examples are taken from the bills:                                
Nov.  11, 1808  To making 15 Press Boards &c.mmat;  10 Cts.  1.50 
Dec.  14, 1810  To making a Slanting Box for Printing office  .37½ 
Oct.  24, 1811  To 7 Small press boards  .14 
Feb.  19, 1812  To 12 press boards 18 cts.  2.16 
Oct.  1, 1813  To making 10 Press boards  &c.mmat; 18  1.80 
To making 5 Type Boxes  37½  1.87½ 
To 10 feet Cherry for ditto  .30 
Nov.  1, 1813  To Making Case for Type drawers  1.00 
Nov.  2, 1813  To Making a Case for Type drawers  1.10 
July  6, 1816  Making 2 Troughs  25c   .50 
July  12, 1816  80 pieces Furniture  3c   2.40 
July  20, 1816  74 pieces Furniture &c.mmat;  3c   2.22 
July  22, 1816  50 " do  2c   1.00 
Aug.  23, 1816  54 Furniture strips &c.mmat;  2c   1.08 
Oct.  26, 1816  2 Mahogany Gally's  1.50 
Dec.  31, 1816  350 Quoins  ½c   1.75 
The presence of other bills in the Carey Papers for wood delivered to the prison makes it evident that the prison charged for labor only.

One cannot resist the temptation to call attention to two minor but rather fascinating items in Carey's overhead expenses. The first concerns the cost of educating apprentices, as seen in these two bills:

I.
Philadelphia September 25th 1792 to John Risdel Dr

     
Mr Carey 
To 3 Months tuition his apprentice Chrystopher Oneil 
£ 12/6 

II.
Philadelphia October 5th 1792 To John Risdel Dr

   
Mr Carey 
To 3 Months tuition his Apprentice Nicholas Fink  £ 12/6 
The second relates to the professional organization in which Carey participated. It is interesting that the Company of Printers fined members who did not come to meetings:                      
Mr Mathew Carey To the Company of Printers. Dr. 
1791 
July  To admission  £  -- .  7. 6 
1793 
July  To 2 fines for non-attendance  -- .  3. 9 
1794 
Jan.  To 1 do   1.10½ 
1795 
July  To 4 annual payments  1.  10. -- 
------------ 
£2.  3. 1½ 

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Cr 
1793 
July  By cash pd treasurer, 2 fines  --  3. 9 
------------ 
£1.19. 4½ 
Received payment for the Comp. D. Humphreys 
When Carey joined his Philadelphia colleagues in attending the Literary Fair in New York, they paid their share of the cost:
New York, June 8, 1802 Recd of M Carey Ten Dollars on a/c of Messrs. Birch, Small, S. F. Bradford, W. Bradford & W. Duane, being their proportion of Hotel Room, office and other incidental expences of the Fair — James Swords

Finally, there is a long series of statements which the foreman of the shop submitted to Carey weekly, usually on Saturdays. These charge the week's work, the foreman's wages, and out-of-pocket disbursements. Once, when Carey was projecting new editions of his quarto and school Bibles, he asked his foreman to estimate production time. Luckily, the reply which has been preserved also reveals the size of the shop:

Printing-Office, March 14, 1807.

               
Memorandum. 
4to Bible, 135 sheets 1000 copies, 8 tok each  1080 tok. 
4 presses, 10 tok each per day  40  | 1080 
------ 
27 days 
School Bible, 20 sheets  10 | 400 tok 
------ 
one press  40 days 
[_]
Note — It is hardly probable the whole number of five presses will average 10 tok. each, per day — on this there ought to be an allowance of a few days. Lewis Blackwell
Most of the time of the presses was devoted to Bible work, with the remainder used for smaller jobs. Each of these reports of the foremen is not very important in itself, but the series affords an excellent picture of the week-by-week production entailing frequent purchases of skins, wool, oil, and, in the winter, candles. Therefore, bills of one year, 1807, are printed in the appendix although a selection from 1805 to 1815 might have been made.

Students of the history of printing, especially those without experience in a shop, are apt to think that the early nineteenth century printer, equipped with press, ink, type, and paper, could be quite self-sufficient for a while. This manifestly is not true. Even in a one-press shop, oil or wool or something else would have to be obtained or repairs would be required on the press more often than is usually realized. Carey's bills demonstrate these facts of maintenance and must


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certainly increase our respect for those men who persisted in overcoming one deficiency after another.

APPENDIX

Statements Submitted to Carey by Printing Office — 1807

1.
Printing-Office, Jan. 10, 1807
Bill of work &c.

                                 
School Bible, Sigs. H, I, K, L, M N, O, P, Q, R -- 10 sheets, 12 tok each  120  $36.00 
Col. Spelling Book, Sigs. A, B, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, 9 sheets, 4 each  36  10.80 
------ 
$46.80 
Deduct H Ebener  9.00 
------ 
37.80 
To weeks work  10.00 
Skins  0.75 
Oil for Lamps  0.47 
1 lb. of Candles  0.19 
Sweet oil  0.37½ 
Flour for paste  0.12½ 
11.91 
----- 
49.71 
Lewis Blackwell 

2.
Printing-Office, Jan. 17, 1807
Bill of work &c.

                                   
School Bible, Sigs. S, T, U, X, Y, Z, Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff. 12 sheets, 12 each  144  $43.20 
4to Bible, Imperfections, composition 6 pages 4,500 each  6.75 
Presswork 3 tok ......  .90  7.65 
H. Snyder weeks board of H. Ebener  2.50 
------ 
53.35 
Deduct H. Ebener, Task  7.50 
------ 
$45.85 
To weeks work  10.00 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
1 lb. of wool  0.20 
1 lb. of candles  0.19 
3 pints of oil  0.47 
11.23½ 
------ 
$56.08½ [sic
Lewis Blackwell 

3.
Printing-Office, Jan. 31, 1807
Bill of work &c.

 
4to Bible, Sigs. Nn2, Qq, Qq2, Rr, Rr2 Ss, Ss2, Tt, Tt2, Uu, 3Y, 3Z 3S, 3T, 3U, Title Test. 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F, 4G, 4H, 4I, 4K, 4L, 4M, 4N, 4O, 4P. 

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30 sheets & an half 183 tok  $54.90 
Job  .30 
------ 
55.20 
Deduct Ebener  7.50 
------ 
$47.70 
To weeks work  $10.00 
To Snyder for Board  2.50 
3 pints of oil  0.46 
Lamp wick  0.06 
Flour for paste  0.12½ 
1 lb. of candles  0.19 
1 lb. of wool  0.20 
Flask of sweet oil  0.37½  13.91 
------ 
$61.61 
Lewis Blackwell 

4.
Printing-office, Feby. 7, 1807
Bill of work, &c.

                                 
4to Bible, Sigs. 4U, 4Y, 6 each, & 4X, 2, & 3X, 6  20  $ 6.00 
3D, 3E, 3F, 3H, 3I, 3K, 3L, 3M, 3N, 3O, 3P, 3Q, 3R, 2Y, 2X, 2Z, 17 sheets 4 tok each  68  20.40 
School Bible, Sigs. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, 8 sheets, 8 tok each  64  19.20 
------ 
$45.60 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
$38.10 
To weeks work  10.00 
Ebeners Board  2.50 
1 lb of candles  0.19 
1 qt of oil  0.31 
Skins  0.75 
Flask of sweet oil  0.37½  14.12½ 
------ 
$52.22½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

5.
Printing-office, Feby. 14, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                       
School Bible, Sigs I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, X, Y, Z, Aa, Bb, Cc, Ii, 19 sheets, 8 tok each  152  $45.80 
Deduct H. Ebener's task  7.50 
------ 
$38.30 
To weeks work  10.00 
H. Ebener's board  2.50 
Oil  0.31 
1 lb of candles  0.19 
2 lb of Pot ash  0.37  13.37 
------ 
$51.67 
Lewis Blackwell 

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6.
Printing-office, Feby. 21.1807 —
Bill of work, &c.

                             
School Bible, Sigs. Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Kk, Ll, 7 sheets 8 tok each  56  $16.80 
Columbian Spelling Book, Sigs. B, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L 9 sheets 2 tok each  18  5.40 
Catalogue  1.20 
------ 
$23.40 
Deduct H Ebener  6.90 
------ 
$16.50 
To weeks work  10.00 
H. Ebeners Board  2.50 
1 lb of candles  0.19 
1 pint of Oil  0.15  12.84 
------ 
$29.34 
Lewis Blackwell 

7.
Printing-office, Feb. 28, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                                   
Columbian Spelling Book, Sigs. M & N  1.20 
Proposals  1.20 
School Bibles, Sigs, A, B.  40  12.00 
------ 
14.40 
To weeks work  10.00 
To H. Ebener's Board  2.50 
¼ cord of wood  2.00 
Cartins [sic 0.25 
Sawing (twice)  0.25 
1 lb of candles  0.19 
Flask of sweet oil  0.37½  15.56 
------ 
29.96 
Deduct H. Ebener  4.65 
------ 
25.31 
Lewis Blackwell 

8.
Printing-office, March 7, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                                   
School Bible, Sigs. C, D, E, F, G, H, six sheets 20 tok each  120  $36.00 
4to Bible, Sig. 4T. six token  1.80 
Proposals (4to. Bible)  .60 
------ 
$38.40 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
$30.90 
To weeks work  10.00 
H. Ebener's Board  2.50 
1 parchment  0.75 
Skins  0.75 
Oil  0.37½ 
1 lb of candles  0.19 
Flour for paste  0.12½  14.69 
------ 
$45.59 
Lewis Blackwell 

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9.
Printing-office, March 14, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                                       
School Bible, Sigs. I, K, L, M, N, O six sheets 20 tok. each  120  $36.00 
Spelling Book, Sig C.  .60 
Catalogue of Plays  1.20 
------ 
37.80 
Deduct Ebener  7.50 
------ 
30.30 
To weeks work  10.00 
Ebener's Board  2.50 
3 skins  2.25 
3 lb of wool  0.75 
1 Parchment  0.75 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
1 lb of candles  0.19 
2 pair of Ball stocks  1.50 
18.31½  18.31 
------ 
$48.61 
Lewis Blackwell 

10.
Printing-office, March 21, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                                     
School Bible, Sigs P, Q, & R, 20 each  60  $18.00 
4to Bible, Sigs. E, H, E2, H, H2, Y2, Z, Z2, Ee, Ee2, Ll, Ll2, Mm, Mm2, Nn, -- 3Z, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F, 4G, 4H, 4P, 4R, 25 sheets 8 tok each,  200  60.00 
Family Record  2.40 
------ 
$80.40 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
72.90 
To weeks work  10. -- 
H. Ebener's Board  2.50 
Skins  0.75 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
Ball nails  0.12½ 
1 lb of Alum  0.12½ 
1 qt common oil  0.18½ 
1 lb of wool  0.25  14.31 
------ 
$87.21 
Lewis Blackwell 

11.
Printing-office, March 28, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

             
4to Bible, Sigs. A, A2, B, B2, C, C2, D, D2, F, F2, G, G2, Aa, Aa2, Bb, Bb2, Rr, Rr2, Ss, Tt, Tt2 (26½ sheets) 3S, 3T, 3U, 3X, 3Y, 4T, 4Y, 5A, & Nn, 30 sheets & an half  244  $73.20 
School Bible, Sigs. S, T, ½ of U. --  50  15.00 
------ 
88.20 
Deduct H. Ebener's Task  7.50 
------ 
80.70 

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To weeks work  10.00 
H. Ebeners board  2.50 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
Skins  0.75 
Flour for paste  0.12½ 
qt. common oil  0.19  14.94 
------ 
95.64 
Lewis Blackwell 

12.
Printing-office, April 4, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                                       
School Bible, Sigs U, 10, X 20, Y, 20 tok.  50  $15.00 
Proposals for 10 dollar Bible  1.20 
Titles 4to Bible  0.30 
Notices for Resolution Fin comy.  0.90 
4to. Bible, Sigs, I, I2, K, K2, L, L2, M, M2, N, N2, O, O2, P, P2, S, S2, T, T2, U, U2, X, X2, Cc, Cc2, Dd, Dd2, Ff, Ff2, Gg, Gg2, Hh, 31 sheets eight token each  248  74.40 
------ 
91.80 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
84.30 
To weeks work  $10.00 
To Ebener's board  2.50 
To 1 lb of Pot-ash  0.19 
To flask of sweet oil  0.37 
qt of common oil  0.19 
To skins  0.75 
To Broom  0.25  14.25 
------ 
$98.55 
Lewis Blackwell 

13.
Printing-office, April 14, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                                     
School Bible, Sigs. Z20, Aa20, Hh20, Bb10. 3½ sheets  70  $21.00 
4to Bible, Sigs. Hh2, Ii, Ii2, Kk, Kk2, Q, Q2, R, R2, Y, Oo, Oo2, Pp, Pp2, Qq, Qq2, Ss2, 4I, 4K, 4L, 4M, 4N, 4N [sic], 4Q, 4S, 4U, 4X, 4Z. -- 27 sheets 8 tok each  216  64.80 
Proposals for 4to Bible 
Catalogue of Plays 
Subscribers' names 
6 Packs of cards (Brays right)  2½  9½  2.85 
------ 
88.65 
Deduct H. Ebener's task  7.50 
------ 
81.15 
To weeks work  10.00 
H. Ebener's Board  2.50 
Flask of sweet oil  0.37½ 
1 lb of Pot-ash  0.19 
Skins  0.75  13.81½ 
------ 
$94.96½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

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14.
Printing-office, April 18, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                   
4to. Bible. Sigs. Title Testament, 40, 3D, 3E, 3K, 3L, 3N, 7 sheets, eight tokens each -- 
56  $16.80 
Sig. 3P, 6 & Titles 4  10  3.00 
School Bible, Sigs. Bb 10 -- Cc 20 -- Ee 20 -- Dd 6, -- Ff 20 -- Gg 6 -- Ii 6, Kk 6, Ll 6 token  100  30.00 
Proposals 4to. Bible  00.60 
------ 
$50.40 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
$42.90 
                 
To weeks work  $10.00 
H. Ebener's board  2.50 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
Common ditto  0.19 
Carting away ashes  0.19 
Flour for Paste  0.12½  13.38 
------ 
$56.28 
Lewis Blackwell 

15.
Printing-office, April 25, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

               
4to Bble, Sigs. 2Z, 3C, 3M, 3I, 3O, 3Q 6 sheets, 6 token each  36  $10.80 
School Bible, Sigs Gg, Ii, Ll, 3 sheets 14 token each  42  12.60 
Catalogue of Books  0.60 
------ 
24.00 
Deduct H. Ebener  5.40 
------ 
$18.60 
                 
To weeks work  10.00 
H. Ebeners Board  2.50 
Skins  1.50 
Wool,  0.25 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
Flour for paste  0.12½  14.75 
------ 
$33.35 
Lewis Blackwell 

16.
Printing-office, May 2, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                     
4to Bible, Sigs. 3A, 3B, 3D, 2X, 2Y, 3F, 3G, 3R. 8 sheets 6 tokens each, ---  48  $14.40 
Sigs Aa, & Aa2, 2 tok. each  1.20 
School Bible, Sigs. Kk, & Dd, 14 each  28  8.40 
Columbian Spelling Book, Sigs C, F, H, K, B, G, I, E, L ---  36  10.80 
Subscribers' Names, & Primer covers,  0.90 
Literary Intelligencer, composition, &c &c. (Scott)  10.00 
------ 
$45.70 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
$38.20 

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To weeks work  10.00 
Ebener's Board  2.50 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
Paid William  0.50  13.37½ 
------ 
$51.57½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

17.
Printing-office, May 9, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                   
4to Bible, Sigs. A, A2, B, B2, C, C2 D, D2, E, E2, F, F2, G, G2, H, H2, I, I2, K, K2, L, M, M2, N, N2, O, 26 sheets, 8 tok each ---  208  $62.40 
3 tokens extra on sig. C.  0.90 
Proposals  2.40 
Literary Intelligencer  1.20 
Titles 4to Bible  1.80 
------ 
$68.70 
Deduct H. Ebener's  7.50 
------ 
61.20 
                 
To weeks work  10.00 
Ebeners Board  2.50 
Paid William  .50 
Skins  0.75 
Wool  0.25 
Flask of oil  0.37½  14.37½ 
------ 
$75.57½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

18.
Printing-office, May 16, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

               
4to Bible, Sigs. L2, O2, P, Q, Q2, R, R2, S, S2, T, T2 U, U2, X, X2, Y, Y2, Z, Z2, Aa, Aa2, Bb, 3U, 4A, 4C, 26 sheets, 8 tok. each  208  $62.40 
Col. Spelling Book, Sigs D, M, N & A.  4 each  12  3.60 
Proposals for 4to. Bible  16  4.80 
------ 
$70.80 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
63.30 
                 
To Ebeners board  2.50 
Weeks work  10.00 
William (last week)  0.25 
William, this week, 4 days  0.84 
Skins & wool  1.75 
Oil  0.37½  15.71½ 
------ 
$79.01½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

19.
Printing-office, May 23, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

 
4to. Bible, Sigs. Bb2, Cc, Cc2, Dd, Dd2, Ee, Ee2, Ff, Ff2, Gg, Gg2, Hh, Hh2, Ii, Ii2, Kk, Kk2, Ll, Ll2, Mm, Mm2, Nn, Nn2, Oo, Oo2, Pp, Pp2, Qq, Rr, Ss, 30 sheets 8 token each, ---  240  $72.00 

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Circular letter  0.30 
4 Packs of cards  0.50 
Bonnet Bills  0.30 
Catalogue  1.50 
------ 
$74.60 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
67.10 
                 
To weeks work  10. 
Ebener's board  2.50 
William M'Keon  0.62½ 
Skins  0.75 
Wool  0.25 
Flask of sweet oil  0.37½  14.50 
------ 
$81.60 
Lewis Blackwell 

20.
Printing-office, May 30, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

       
18th Edn. 4to Bible, Sigs. Tt, Tt2, 3X, 3C, 4G, 4H, 4O, 4R, Qq2, 2Y, 3Z, 4D, 4K, 4M, 4Q, 4S, Ss2, 2X, 3Y, 4E, 4I, 4N, 4P, 4U, Rr2, bbu [?] (½ sheet) 3T, 4B, 4F, 4L, 4T, & title Testt. 31 & ½ sheets, 8 tok each, --  252  $75.60 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
$68.10 
               
To weeks work  10.00 
Ebener's board  2.50 
William McKeon  0.62½ 
Skins,  0.75 
Oil  0.37½  14.25 
------ 
$82.35 
Lewis Blackwell 

21.
Printing-office, June 6, 1807.
Bill of work &c.

               
4to Bible, Sigs. 4Z, 2Z, 3F, 3L, 3O, 4X, 3A, 3D, 3G, 3H, 3N, 3R, 5A, 3B, 3I, 3P, 3S, 4Z, 3C, 3H, 3M, 3L, 22 sheets, 8 tok. each,  176  $52.80 
Col. Spelling Book, Sigs. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M,  48  14.40 
Circular Letter, Title catalogue, & Title 4to Bible  11  3.30 
------ 
70.50 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------ 
63.00 
               
To weeks work  10.00 
William M'Keon (2 days)  .40 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
Skins  0.75 
H. Ebeners Board  2.50  14.02½ 
------ 
77.02½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

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22.
Printing-office, June 13, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

         
Columbian Spelling Book, Sigs. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K, L, M, 11 half sheets, 6 tok. each  66  19.80 
Child's Instructor, Sigs. A, B, C, & E (½ sheet)  63  18.90 
Job (Marsh for sale)  0.30 
Titles 4to Bible,  0.60 
Composing Literary Intelligencer, 
                               
ms 
14000 ms  14,000  4.20 
------- 
43.80 
To weeks work  10.00 
To Ebener's Board  2.50 
To William (last week)  0.62½ 
To William (the past week)  1.25 
To flask of oil  0.37½ 
Ball nails  0.06  14.81 
------- 
58.61 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------- 
51.11 
Lewis Blackwell 

23.
Printing-office, June 20, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

               
Childs Instructor, Sig. D  18 tok.  $ 5.40 
Literary Intelligencer  0.60 
4to Bible, Sigs. A, A2, B, B2, C, C2, D, D2, E, E2, F, F2, G, G2, H, H2, I, I2, L, 4D, 20 sheets, 8 tok each,  160  48.00 
------- 
54.00 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------- 
46.50 
                   
To weeks work  $10.00 
H. Ebener's board  2.50 
To William (Boy)  1.25 
Skins  0.75 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
Ball nails  0.06 
Wool  0.25  15.18½ 
-------- 
$61.68½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

24.
Printing-office, June 27, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

             
4to Bible, Sigs. K, K2, L2, M, M2, N, N2, O, O2, P, P2, Q, Q2, R, R2, S, S2, T, T2, U, U2, X, X2, Y, & Z, 25 sheets 8 tok each. ---  200  $60.00 
Plan & Terms of the 4to & School Bibles & Exchange List  00.60 
-------- 
60.60 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
-------- 
53.10 

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To weeks work  $10.00 
H. Ebener's board  2.50 
To William  1.25 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
Skins  0.75  14.87½ 
-------- 
67.97½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

25.
Printing-office, July 18, 1807
Bill of work, &c.

                           
4to. Bible, Sigs. Kk, Oo2, Zz, 3G, 3T, 3P, 4T, 4A, 4C, 3U, 3M. 6 tok each  66  $19.80 
School Bible, Sigs. Bb 
Cc 
18 
Ii 
18 
18  89  26.70 
Family Record  1.20 
-------- 
47.70 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.05 
------- 
40.65 
                 
To weeks work  $10.00 
Andw. Hagan  3.50 
H. Ebener  2.50 
William  1.25 
Skins & wool  1.50 
Flask of oil  0.37½  19.12½ 
------- 
59.77½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

26.
Printing-office, July 25, 1807
Bill of work, &c.

                         
31st. Edn. School Bible, Sigs. C9, A10, L9, M8, D17, S9, F8, E, Ee, G, X, N. 53 tok -- total  124  $37.20 
Exchange Lists  00.30 
------- 
37.50 
To weeks work  10.00 
H. Ebeners Board  2.50 
A. Hagan's board &c.  3.50 
William  1.25 
Skins, &c  1.00 
Oil  0.37½  18.62½ 
------- 
$56.12½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

27.
Printing Office, Aug. 8th 1807.
Bill of Work, &c.

     
19th Edition 4to Bible, Sigs KK2, LL2, MM2, NN, NN2, PP, PP2, QQ, QQ2, SS2, -- 10 sheets 8 tokens each -- 80 tokens  $24.00 
UU, half sheet, 4 tokens  1.20 
3I, 3N, 3X, 3Z, 4H, & 4Q Six sheets 8 tokens each  14.40 

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3O -- 10 tokens  3.00 
4to Titles 2 tokens  .60 
31st Edition, 12mo Bible, Sigs A, B, F, G, I, Ee, -- 6 sheets 8 tok. each  14.40 
Sig. H half sheet -- 4 tokens --  1.20 
------- 
$58.80 
Four and an half days work of H. Ebener  5.62½ 
------- 
3.17½ 
Weeks work  $10.00 
Wages to A. Hagan  3.50 
Skin & Wool  1.00 
Board of H. Ebener  2.50  16.00 
------- 
$69.17½ 
Jno Scott for 
L. Blackwell 

28.
Printing Office, Aug. 8, 1807.
Bill of Work, &c.

                             
School Bible Sigs. A, B, I, Y and Cc -- 5 sheets making 36 tokens  $10.80 
Quarto Bible Sigs. OO, RR, RR2, TT, TT2, 3H, 3I, 3S, 3Y, 4B, 4E, 4G, 4Y, and 4Z -- 14 sheets -- 8 tokens each 112 tokens  33.60 
------- 
44.40 
To weeks' work  $10.00 
H. Ebener's board  2.50 
A. Hagan's wages  3.50 
Wm Garden (boy) do  1.25 
Flask of oil  .37½ 
Ball nails 
½ lb of wool  12½  17.81 
------- 
$62.21 
Jno Scott for 
Lewis Blackwell 

29.
Printing-office, Aug. 15, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                 
4to. Bible Sigs 4I, Ee2, Ff2, Hh2, 5A, Ee, Gg2, Hh, Ii, 4U, 4R, 4X, Gg, Ll, Aa2, 15 sheets  120  $36.00 
Ff, Mm, 10 tok. each  20  6.00 
Rr, 4B, 4Z, 3Y, 4Y, Tt, 3S, 4E, 4G, Oo, Rr2, Tt2 12 sheets 2½ token each  30  9.00 
Sig. S, (fine)  0.60 
School Bible, Sigs L, M, 8 each, H 4  20  6.00 
Col. S. Book, Sigs. E, & G, 4 each  2.40 
Jobs, Exchange List, & Titles of catalogue  0.90 
------- 
60.90 
                   
To weeks work  10.00 
Andrew Hagan  3.50 
H. Ebener's Board  2.50 
To James  1.25 -- Qu? 
2 lb of Pot ash  0.37½ 
Flask of oil  0.37½ 
Skins, &c.  1.12½  19.12½ 
------- 
80.02½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

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30
Printing-office, Aug. 22, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

                 
School Bible, Sigs. S, Y, I, M, N Cc, X 7 sheets  56  $16.80 
Col. Spelling Book, Sigs. D, C, H, F, L, K, 6 sheets  24  7.20 
4to. Bible Sigs. Cc2, Dd, Dd2, 8 each  24  7.20 
" " " Xx, Yy, Zz, 3B, 10 each  40  12.00 
3A  1.50 
------- 
44.70 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
37.20 
                   
To weeks work  10.00 
H. Ebener's Board  2.50 
A. Hagan's  3.50 
James  1.25 
Oil  0.37½ 
3 lb of Pot-ash  0.56 
Skins  0.75  18.93½ 
------- 
$56.13½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

31.
Printing-office, Aug. 29, 1807
Bill of work, &c.

                     
4to Bible, Sigs. 3D, 3K, 4L, 4N, 3L, 3F, 4R, 4U -- 8 sheets  64  19.20 
Sigs. 4C, 4T, Oo2, 3P, 4A, Zz, 3G, 3M, 3U 2½  22½  6.75 
Sigs. 3Q, 3R, 3C 10 each  30  9.00 
32nd Edn. School Bible, Sigs. A, E, I, D, K, C, G.  56  16.80 
Col. Spelling Book, Sigs I, & M 4 tok. each  2.40 
4to Bible, Sigs 3E, 4F, 40, 8 each  32  7.20 
Title of Testament  10  3.00 
3A 5, 3T, 2½ -- 7½  7½  2.25 
School Bible Sigs B, F.  16  4.80 
------- 
$71.40 
                           
H. Ebener's Board  2.50 
A. Hagan's  3.50 
Weeks work  10.00 
To James  1.25 
Skins  0.75 
Wool  0.25 
Pottash  0.37½ 
Oil  0.37½  19.00 
------- 
80.40[sic
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------- 
72.90 
Lewis Blackwell 

32.
Printing-office, Sept. 5, 1807.
Bill of work, &c.

 
School Bible, Sigs. O, R, U, Aa, Dd, Gg, N, Q, S, X, Z, Bb, Ee, Hh, M, P, T, Y, Cc, Ff, 20 sheets 8 token each  160  $48.00 

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4to Bible, on Imperfections, 1 press one week  16.00 
Col. Spelling Book, Sig. B  1.20 
------- 
65.20 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------- 
$57.70 
                         
To weeks work  $10.00 
H. Ebener's Board  2.50 
A. Hagans  3.50 
James  1.25 
Skins  0.80 
Potash  0.56 
Oil  0.37½  18.98½ 
------- 
76.68½ 
To error in last weeks bill (see bill)  10.00 
------- 
86.68½ 
Lewis Blackwell 

33.
Printing-office, Sept. 12, 1807
Bill of work, &c.

                 
4to Bible, Sigs. A2 13, C 13, C2 14, F 6, --  46  $13.80 
B, 8 tok. B2 & E 13 each  34  10.20 
A 13, D2 12, B 5  30  9.00 
5 days work  6.66⅔ 
------- 
39.66 
Deduct Ebener  7.50 
------- 
32.16 
                   
To weeks work  10.00 
Ebener's Board  2.50 
James  1.25 
Skins  0.75 
Parchment  0.75 
Oil  0.37½ 
Pot-ash  0.18  15.80 
------- 
$47.96 
Lewis Blackwell 

34.
Printing-Office, Sept. 19, 1807.
Bill of Work, &c.

                 
20th Edition 4to Bible Sigs G2, II2, & 3P -- 3 sheets 8 tokens each 24  $ 7.20 
Imperfections 4to Bible Sigs G2 -- 6 tokens II2 -- 4  10  3.00 
Family Records  1.20 
Columbian Spelling Book, Sigs A, C, D, E, G, H, K & M, 8 sheets 20 tokens each & Sig. F -- 10 tokens  170  51.00 
------- 
In all 208 tokens &c.mmat; 30  $62.40 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------- 
54.90 
       
Week's services  $10.00 
Ebeners Board  2.50 
Wm. Garden (boy)  1.25 
Sweet Oil, flask  .31 

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1½ lbs. of Wool  .37½ 
2 lbs Pot ash  .37½ 
Ball nails  .6 
------- 
14.87  14.87 
------- 
69.77 
John Scott 

35.
Printing Office, 27th Sept. 1807
Bill of Work, &c.

                                                 
20th Edition 4to Bible, Sigs D, E2, F, F2, G, H, I, I2, K, K2, and 4T = 11 sheets of 8 tokens each -- making 88 tok.  $26.40 
10th Edition 4to Sigs E, E2, Z, & Z2 -- 4 sheets, 2 tokens each 8  2.40 
Imperfections for 20th Edition of 4to Bible Sigs E2 6 tokens, G, 6 -- H, 6 -- I, 2 -- I2, 2 -- K, 5 -- K2, 5 -- & 4T 3 tokens making 35 tokens in all  10.50 
32d Edition School Bible Sigs H, L, Ii, Kk, & Ll -- 5 sheets -- 8 tokens each -- 40  12.00 
Columbian Spelling Book, Sigs. B, F, I, & L 3 sheets of 20 tokens each & Sig. F. 10, making  70 tok  21.00 
Job (for Honeyman)  .30 
Do. Blanks (notice for Fire company, Frankford)  .30 
------- 
72.90 
Deduct Ebener  7.50 
------- 
65.40 
To week's work  $10.00 
To H. Ebener (board)  2.50 
To James Garden (boy)  1.25 
To skins  1.00 
To oil  .31 
To alum (one lb)  .12½ 
To pot ash  .19 
To a broom  .25 
------- 
15.62½  15.62½ 
------- 
81.02½ 
John Scott. 

36.
Printing Office 3d. Oct. 1807.
Bill of Work &c.

                   
20th Edition 4to Bible, Sigs H2 -- K -- KK2 -- Ll2 -- MM2 -- NN -- SS -- SS2 -- UU half sheet -- 3X -- 3U, 4A 4C 4H -- 13½ sheets of 8 tokens on sheet -- making 108  $32.40 
Imperfections on H2, -- 6 tokens -- MM2 6 do -- NN 6 -- SS 6 -- UU 3 -- 3X 6 -- 4A 6 -- 4C 6 & 5 quires & 4D 6 and 5 quires -- making 58 tokens  17.40 
Titles of 4to Bible  4 tokens  1.20 
Jobs -- Nos. for 4to Bible, and circular of Family Bibles  2 tok  .60 
4to Bible Sigs 3F, 3G, 3H, 3I, 3P, 3M, & 4P. 2 token each -- 7 sheets making 14 tokens  4.20 
------- 
55.80 
Deduct H. Ebener  7.50 
------- 
48.30 

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Weeks services  $10.00 
Ebener's board  2.50 
Hagans do.  3.50 
Jas. Garden's wages  1.25 
To skins  1.00 
1 lb wool  .25 
Flask of oil  .31 
Ball nails 
2 lb of Potash  .37½ 
------- 
19.24½  19.24½ 
------- 
$67.54½ 
Jno. Scott 

37.
Printing Office, 10th Oct. 1807.
Bill of Work, &c.

             
20th Edition 4to Bible, Sigs L, R, R2, S, S2, T, T2, U, U2, X2, Y, BB, EE, EE2, LL, MM, NN2, OO, OO2, QQ, QQ2, Title of Test. 3T, 3Z, 4B, 4P, 4Q, 4R, 4S, & 4X. -- 30 sheets, making 240 tokens -- 8 each  $72.00 
11th Ed. American Primer -- 10 tokens  3.00 
------- 
75.00 
Ebener & Hagan  14.50 
------- 
60.50 
                         
Weeks salary  $10.00 
A. Hagan's Board  3.50 
H. Ebener's do.  2.50 
Jas. Garden (boy)  1.25 
Skins  .87½ 
Wool (1 lb)  .25 
Potash  .19 
Sweet Oil (flask)  .31 
Lamp oil (quart)  .31 
Candles (2 lb)  .37½  19.56 
------- 
$80.06 
John Scott 

38.
Printing Office 17th Oct. 1807.
Bill of of Work, &c.

             
20th Edition 4to Bible, Sigs L2 -- M -- M2 -- P -- U2 -- I -- T2 -- AA -- AA2 -- BB2 -- CC -- DD2 -- FF -- FF2 -- GG -- GG2 -- HH -- HH2 -- PP -- PP2 -- RR -- RR2 -- TT -- TT2 -- 3S -- 3Y -- 4G -- 4H -- 4U -- 4Y -- 4Z -- & 5A in all 32 sheets making 256 tokens  $76.80 
Job notices for St. Josephs society 1 --  .30 
------- 
77.10 
Ebener & Hagan's work  14.50 
------- 
62.60 
         
Week's services  $10.00 
H. Ebener's board  2.50 
A. Hagan's do.  3.50 
Jas. Garden (boy)  1.25 
Skin & Wool  1.25 

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Sweet Oil (flask)  .31 
Lamp oil (quart)  .31 
Candles (2 lb)  .37½ 
Ball nails  .12½ 
------- 
$19.62  19.62 
------- 
$82.22 
John Scott 

39.
Printing Office, 31st Oct. 1807
Bill of Work &c

                             
33d. Edition School Bible, Sigs. Q, R, S, U, X, Y, Z, Bb -- Dd -- Gg -- Ii -- Kk -- & Ll -- 13 -- sheets of 8 tokens each -- 104 tokens  $31.20 
4to Bible, Sigs. X -- Y -- XX -- YY -- ZZ -- 3A -- 3B -- 3C -- 3D -- 3E -- 3K -- 3N -- 3O -- 3Q -- 3R -- 3U -- 4D -- 4E -- 4F -- -- 19 sheets making 120 tok.  $36.00 
American Primer  14 "  4.20 
Titles for 4to Bible  4 "  1.20 
Records  4 "  1.20 
Jobs, Circular, Card & Handbills  4 "  1.20 
Compn. Six half sheets Spelling Book  69500  17.37⅓ 
Circular  2000  .50 
2 jobs (Tennison & Edmonds)  2000  .50 
One days work &c.mmat; 1/33⅓  1.33⅓ 
------- 
94.71 
Ebener & Hagan  14.50 
------- 
$80.21 
                         
Weeks work  $10.00 
Hagans board  3.50 
Ebeners do  2.50 
Jas Garden  1.25 
Flask Sweet Oil  .31 
3 lb Candles  .56 
qrt Lamp oil  .31 
Tin pot for L. oil  .37½ 
------- 
18.80½  18.80½ 
------- 
$99.01½ 
John Scott 

40.
Printing Office, Nov. 7, 1807.
Bill of Work, &c

                   
4to Bible Sigs O -- O2 -- S -- S2 -- T2 -- EE2 -- II -- II2 -- KK2 LL -- LL2 -- NN2 -- OO2 -- QQ -- QQ2 -- 3F -- 3G -- 3H -- 3I -- 3L -- 3M -- 3T -- 3Z -- 4A -- 4D -- 4S -- 4X -- Title of test. making 170 tokens  $51.00 
34th Edition School Bible, Sigs A -- B -- C -- D -- E & F -- 6 sheets 8 tokens each 48 tokens  14.40 
Titles for 4to Bible  1.20 
Job -- Millinery -- 2 tok  .60 
Composition of 3 half sheets Spelling Book Sigs. H -- I & K -- 36000 ms  9.00 
------- 
76.00 
Ebener & Hagan  14.50 
------- 
$61.70 

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Weeks wages  $10.00 
Hagans board  3.50 
Ebener's do  2.50 
Jas. Garden  1.25 
Skin & Wool  1.12½ 
pint of sweet oil  .31 
Pair of Bellows  .62½ 
Candlestick  .25 
3 lb candles  .56 
3 pints lamp oil  .47  20.59 
------- 
$82.29 
John Scott 

41.
Printing Office, Nov 14, 1807.
Bill of Work &c.

                 
34 Edn. School Bible Sigs. G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q R -- S -- T -- U -- X -- Y -- 16 sheets -- 14 of 8 tokens each & 2 of 16 -- making 144 tokens  $43.20 
4to Bible, Sigs E2 -- L -- X2 -- Y2 -- KK -- and SS2 -- making 15 tokens  4.50 
4to Titles No 27 -- 1 token  .30 
Job. Cullen's Materia Medica -- 1 token --  .30 
------- 
48.30 
Hagan & Ebener's work --  14.50 
------- 
33.80 
                         
Weeks work  $10.00 
Hagan & Ebeners board  6.00 
James Garden  1.25 
Skin for balls  .87½ 
Parchments 2  1.50 
Sweet oil  .31 
3 lb of candles  .56 
1 qt of oil (lamp)  .31 
------- 
20.80½  20.80½ 
------- 
$54.60½ 
John Scott 

42.
Printing Office, 21st Nov. 1807.
Bill of Work, &c

               
34th Edition School Bible, Sigs T -- Z -- Aa -- Bb -- Cc -- Dd -- Ee -- Ff -- Gg -- Hh -- Ii -- Kk -- and Ll -- 1 sheet of 8 tokens and 12 of 16 each -- making 200 tokens  $60.00 
Imperfections of 4to Bible, Sigs I -- Y2 -- Ff -- Ff2 -- Hh and 4Q -- 6 sheets making 30 token  9.00 
Jobs -- cards for S. Stockton -- Rules of Society -- and Medical Catalogues -- 3 tokens  .90 
------- 
69.90 
Deduct for Hagan & Ebener  14.50 
------- 
55.40 
               
Week's wages  $10.00 
Ebener & Hagan  6.00 
James Garden  1.25 
Stove pipe  .75 
Skin & wool  1.25 
4 lb Candles  .75 
3 pints Lamp oil  .46½ 
1 pint Sweet oil  .31 

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Cotton wick  .12½ 
Cord of wood  7.75 
Porterage, sawing & wharfage  1.41 
------- 
30.06  30.06 
------- 
$85.46 
John Scott 

43.
Printing Office, Nov. 28, 1807
Bill of Work, &c.

                       
Imperfections of 4to Bible Sigs I2 -- L2 -- M -- M2 -- P2 -- Q2 R -- R2 -- U -- U2 -- X -- X2 -- Y -- Z -- Z2 -- Aa -- Aa2 -- BB -- BB2 -- CC -- CC2 -- DD -- DD2 -- EE -- GG -- GG2 -- HH2 -- KK -- KK2 -- MM -- OO -- PP -- PP2 -- RR -- RR2 -- TT -- TT2 -- UU -- 3S -- 3U -- 3Y -- 4B -- 4E -- 4F -- 4G -- 4K -- 4M -- 40 -- 4P -- 4R -- 4T -- 4U -- 4Y -- 4Z -- & 5A Total 55 sheets making per bills 207 tokens  $62.10 
34 Ed. School Bible, one signature --  12 tokens  3.60 
Jobs. Taylor's Constitution  .60 
Proposals for Materia Medica  .30 
By-laws of St. Joseph's Society  .30 
Circular for Bibles  .30 
Allowance for working the small numbers of imperfections this day  2.50 
------- 
69.70 
Ebener & Hagan  14.50 
------- 
55.20 
                             
Weeks wages  $10.00 
Hagan & Ebener  6.00 
James Garden  1.25 
Skin & wool  1.12½ 
Parchment  .75 
4 lb Candles  .75 
3 pints Lamp oil  .47 
1 do. sweet oil  .31 
Pd. for repairing lamp  .12½ 
Press blankets  2.81 
------- 
23.59  23.59 
------- 
78.79 
John Scott 

44.
Printing-Office, Dec. 5, 1807.
Bill of Work, &c

                     
34th Edition School Bible, Sigs B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- making 16½ sheets of 12 tokens each -- 198 tokens  $59.40 
Imperfections of 4to Bible Sig. L -- 4 tokens  1.20 
Jacob's Chemical Pocket Companion Sigs A & B 3 tokens each -- 6 tokens  1.80 
Vine Company Lottery Tickets --  8 tokens  2.40 
Cards for S. Stockton  1 "  .30 
Circular for Bibles  1 "  .30 
------- 
65.40 
Deduct Ebener & Hagan  14.50 
------- 
50.90 

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Weeks wages  $10.00 
Hagan & Ebener  6.50 
Wm. Garden  1.25 
3 lb candles  .56 
3 pints Lamp oil  .47 
1 -- Sweet oil  .31 
2 parchments  1.62½ 
Ball nails  .6 
balance for cassimere at 10s. p yd. -- for blankets  2 yd. 1½ qurs   2.67 
------- 
23.44½  23.44½ 
74.34½ 
-------- 
John Scott 

45.
Printing Office, Dec. 12, 1807.
Bill of Work, &c

                     
34th Edition School Bible, Sigs. S -- T -- U -- X -- Y -- Z -- Aa -- Bb -- Cc -- Dd -- Ee -- Ff -- Gg -- Hh -- Ii -- Kk -- and Ll -- 16½ sheets, making 78 tokens  $23.40 
Jacob's Chemical Pocket Companion Sigs C -- D -- E -- & F -- 4 half sheets of 3 tokens each  3.60 
Columbian Spelling Book, Sigs I & M -- 12 tok. each  7.20 
American Primer -- 24 tokens  7.20 
Scotch Psalms, Sigs A -- 8 tokens  2.40 
Composition of 3 half sheets of Jacob's Chemical Pocket Companion  6.37½ 
------- 
50.17½ 
Hagan & Ebener  14.50 
------- 
35.67½ 
                         
Weeks wages  $10.00 
Hagan & Ebener  6.50 
Wm Garden  1.25 
Balance from last bill  10.00 
3 lb of candles  .56 
1 qt lamp oil  .31 
1 flask sweet oil  .31 
Broom  .25 
------- 
29.18  29.18 
------- 
$64.85½ 
John Scott 

46.
Printing-Office, Decr. 19, 1807.
Bill of Work, &c.

                       
Columbian Spelling Book, Sigs -- F -- I -- M and N -- 2 sheets of 20 tokens each and 2 of 8 tokens -- making 56 tokens  $16.80 
American Primer -- 48 tokens  14.40 
Scotch Psalms Sigs B and F -- 8 tokens each  4.80 
Jacob's Chemical Pocket Companion Sigs -- G -- H -- I -- K -- and contents of 3 tokens each -- making 15 tokens in all  4.50 
4to Bible Sig. 4I -- 2 tokens  .60 
Family Records -- 8 tokens  2.40 
Circular List of Prices  .30 
------- 
43.80 
Hagan & Ebener  14.50 
------- 
29.30 

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Weeks wages  $10.00 
Hagan and Ebener  6.50 
Wm. Garden  1.25 
Lamp oil 1 qt .31 
3 lb Candles  .56 
1 lb Alum  .12½ 
------- 
18.75  18.75 
------- 
$48.05 
John Scott 

47.
Printing Office, 26th Decr. 1807
Bill of Work, &c.

                     
Columbian S Book, Sigs C -- D -- G -- H -- K and L -- making 95 tokens  $28.50 
American Primer -- 8 token --  2.40 
35th Edition School Bible, Sigs A & B -- A22 -- and B -- 10 tokens -- 32 in all  9.60 
Jobs. Proposal for Bell's Anatomy  .30 
Cards  do  .30 
Receipts  do  .30 
------- 
41.40 
Hagan & Ebener  12.08 
------- 
29.32 
                     
Weeks wages  $10.00 
Hagan & Ebener  6.50 
Wm. Garden  1.25 
1 qt Lamp oil  .31 
1 pt sweet oil  .31 
3 lb Candles  .56 
------- 
18.93  18.93 
------- 
$48.25 
John Scott 

Notes

 
[1]

"Autobiography of Mathew Carey," The New-England Magazine, V (1833), 489-490.

[2]

Ibid., p. 491.

[3]

Pennsylvania Packet, Dec. 10, 1784, p. 3.

[4]

Freeman's Journal, Dec. 22, 1784, p. 2.

[5]

"Autobiography of Mathew Carey," p. 491.

[6]

The bills printed in this paper are in the Mathew Carey Papers in the American Antiquarian Society and appear by kind permission of Dr. Clifford K. Shipton, Director. Because the bills are indexed at the Society, citation footnotes will be omitted. In the abstracts, the texts have been edited for purposes of clarity.

[7]

Margaret T. Hills, The English Bible in America (1961), p. 15.

[8]

Lawrence C. Wroth, The Colonial Printer (1938), p. 85.

[9]

Ouram's occupations are noted in the Philadelphia directories of the period.

[10]

Milton W. Hamilton, Adam Ramage and His Presses (1942), pp. 4-5.

[11]

Hamilton, p. 13.

[12]

Rigby's occupation is noted in Francis White, The Philadelphia Directory (1785), p. 63.

[13]

Dawson's occupation is noted in White, p. 18.

[14]

(New York, 1894), p. 73; "William McCulloch's Additions to Thomas's History of Printing," Proc. Am. Ant. Soc., XXXI (1921), 210-211.

[15]

The occupations of Aitken are listed in H. Glenn Brown and Maude O. Brown, A Directory of the Book-Arts and Book Trade in Philadelphia to 1820 (1950), p. 11; the occupation of Hendricks is noted in James Hardie, The Philadelphia Directory and Register (1793), p. 63.

[16]

Sidleman's occupation is noted in Hardie, p. 131.

[17]

Fimeton's occupation is noted in Hardie, p. 45.

[18]

Wayne's occupation is noted in White, p. 80.

[19]

Brown and Brown, p. 103.

[20]

Truman's occupation is noted in James Hardie, The Philadelphia Directory and Register, 2nd ed. (1794), p. 156.

[21]

James L. Whitehead, "The Survey of Federal Archives in Philadelphia," Pa. Mag. Hist. Biog., 62 (1938), 167-168.

[22]

Scott's occupation is noted in James Robinson, The Philadelphia Directory . . . for 1802 (n.d.), p. 214.

[23]

Miller's occupation is noted in James Robinson, The Philadelphia Directory for 1804 (n. d.), p. 161.

[24]

North's occupation is noted in James Robinson, The Philadelphia Directory for 1806 (n. d.), p. [174].

[25]

Occupation noted in James Robinson, The Philadelphia Directory for 1807 (n. d.), p. [219].

[26]

Sanson's occupation is noted in James Robinson, The Philadelphia Directory for 1810 (n. d.), p. 244.

[27]

Napier's occupation is noted in Robinson's Original Annual Directory for 1817 (n. d.), p. 325.

[28]

Occupation noted in Robinson's, p. 183.

[29]

An advertisement of Moore & Rhea offering cloth, clothing accessories, notions, and two boxes of printing type is in Pennsylvania Journal, Dec. 29, 1784, p. 4.

[30]

Vaux's occupation is noted in White, p. 76.