Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-12-29
History of Printing in Amer.ca

Printing on this continent was first used in
the city of MexIco in 1919. Within the bounds
of the United States Printing was first intro
duced in l63S at Cambridge. The press was
under the control of the rulers. and 50 contiua-
ed for sixty years The works emenatgng fron
tie Cambridge press were principally element
ary works in the Indian language to be used
in the conversation of the Indians. In 1858. a
Bible IN the native tongue was complcsed,--a
work on which about Gl200 were expende,l.-
and in point of execution would be creditabie
even ut the present day
The frs; application for copyright in the
United States was made by Noah Webster, in
1882 In fact, it was not TIL the present centu-
ry, that the printing of books became reyalag
trade in the United States Previous 10 that
time, almost all books were imported from Ea2,-
land.
The History Of Printing in America is the
History Of Newspapers. The Boston Ne,os lei
ter, begun in l7D4 has the reputation of beng
the pionee~. 1t survived till I7sG-seventy-
two years. Ii advocated the policy ofthc Brit
ish Government III the war Of the Revoluion.
Before the time of the N5,rs litter, however.
placards printed, I65l. differing from
/ Newspapers in not being sarial, aad ayovediy
intended to prevent the mischicfof false reports
at time when an agent Of the colony was in
/ London trying 20 get a new charter. The Bus-
ton Nsaos Letter was printed by the Postn,as. .er.
/ II was printed on a half sheet o. writing paper,
and Issued weekly. The news was usually
about four months old in this paper, sometimes
running behind until it was a whole year in
arrears.
a new Post Master appointed in 1913.
who issued another paper called the Boston
Gazette 1t printed a half-sheet of fool
soap, and remained of that size for several years
The New England Co,lrdnt was begun by
James Franklin, the brother of DR.. Frankiin.-
1t gained much notoriety by its attacks on The
diguitaries of church and state.
The NJ. E. H'eEy ,jo,hrs.r! appeared in 1921.
The Rhode Island Gazots appeared 4. New
port in 1882.
William Bradford Published at PhilaIc,Phis
the -4mer:can YeetIy Nerearyin 1919. He aiso
published the first paper IN New York in II2s
called the x Y. Gdzette.
In Virginia, Printing was excluded for 4 long
time, by the watchfulness of the rulers. Gov
Barkley OF Va. in 1871 said " thank God vt
have not free schools printing, and hope ~
shall have none these hundred years.
God keeps us from both"
The first idea of 4 daily Press seems to have
been conceived during the time the BntieA
troops occupied New York during the ievo'a
, ton. The plan was to arrange the days of pCb
lication of the several weekly papers so tha
some one Of them should fall on each day O
the week.
After tAe Revolution. the Newspaper pres
multiplied in an almost indefinite ratio I'll
Newspaper publisher penetrated into almos
every settlement. He took with him his Of,
wooden press, he carried his paper on horse
{ back hUndre Is Of miles he delivered the nun
bers to his subcrhsrs, before post routes wer
established and all this he did usually for
subscription rate of 81 80 a year.
A. the close of the war OF the Revolution il
1873 the number Of Newspapers did not niue
exceed 0; in 1913 there We're 2GJ; in Isl
nearly 300. In 1918 the STATE of New York Z
lone had nearly 100; It has now a5ou: 800.
In 1924 there were I / daily papers in Phila
delphia, and 5)3 Of all kinds in the Unite
States Four years later it WAS computed ths
there were more daily papers in the Unite
States than all the world beside
Since that period the progress OF the Ncwsr'
| per business has been immoderately rapid. \,
. only in cities, but in every village there mn.
be paper, and sometimes two OF three. IN OF
c well known instance press was set up and
newspaper actually issued before single hous
c was erected in the settlement.
a The size of Newspapers has varied equal
r with heir number. In 1775, but few pape
y were larger than cap deIni; in l705, mediur
in 1872 royal 1925, super royal little late
: double medium. Since the introduction OF Il
5 cylinder press, the diruensioRs Of papers are
n longer rec&oned hy aDy definite terms but =
n read vaguely Of mammoth and blanket sheets
'T Tue present imn.ase circulation of ccrta
Ia newspapers could only have been reached
c. the use Of steam presses. In 1881 the Christi
IS AdrocGte and Journal had circulation of - o.
t. which was an extraordinary edition in tho
C. days ofhand press work.
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