Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-04-15
Printing in America.

in 1858, at Cambridge. The press
was under the control of the rulers
and so continued for sixty years
The works emanating from the Cam
bridge Press were principally elemen
tary works in the Indian language
to be used in the conversation
Of the Indians. In 1868 a Bible iI
the native tongue was completed-a
work on which Gl200 we're expended
and in point of execution would be
creditable at the present day.
The first application for copyright
in the United States, was made by
Noah Webster in 1882. In fact il
was not till the present century, that
the printing of books became a regu-
lar trade in the United States. Pre-
yious to that time almost all books
were imported from. England.
The history of printing in Amer.
CT is the history OF newspapers. The
Boston Newsletter, bfgun in l7O4,
has the reputation Of being the pio.
neer. 1t survived till 1776-seven.
ty-two years. 1t advocated the poll.
cy of the British Government in the
war of the Revolution.
Before the time of the News-Let.
ter, however, placards were printed in
1859, differing from newspapers in
not being serial, and avowedly inten.
eed to prevent the mischief Of false re.
ports, at time when an agent ol
the Colony was in London trying to
get up a new charter. The Boston
News. Letter was printed by the post
master. 1t was printed on a ball
sheet of writing paper, and issued
weekly. The news was usually about
four months old in this paper, some
times running behind until it was q
whole year IN arrears.
A new postmaster was appointed
in IT'S who issued another paper
called the Boston Gazette. 1t was
printed on half sheet of ioolscap, and
remained of that size for several
years.
The New England Courant was
begun in 1921, by James franklin,
the brother of DR.. Franklin. Il gain
ed much potoriety by its attacks on
the dignitaries Of the Church and
State.
The New England Weekly Jour-
nal appeared in 1877.
The Rhode Island Gazette appear
ed in Newport in 1882.
William Bradford published at Phil
adelphia the American Weekly Mer.
curry, in 1719. He also publishe d
the first paper in New York, in H2o'
called the New York Gazette.
In Virginia, printing was excluded
for a long time by the watchfulness
Of the rulers. Governor Berkely, ol
Virginia, in It'll, said: 81 thank
God we have not free schools mol
printing, and hope we shall have none
these hundred years.
II God deliver us from
BOTH"
The first idea Of a daily press
seems to have been conceived during
the time the British troops occupied
New York during the Revolution
The plan was to arrange the days o.
publication Of the several weekly pa,
pers, that some one of them shouit
fall on each day Of the week.
After the Revolution, the newspa
per press multiplied in almost an IN
definite ratio. The newspaper pub
Usher penetrated into almost every
settlement. He took with, him his
old wooden press, he carried his paper
on horseback hundreds OF miles, he
delivered the numbers to bis subscrl
bers. beftre post-routes we're :, estao
l;sbed. and all this he did usually iol
a subscription rate Of Sl5 super year
At the close of the war OF the
Revolution in 1882, the number o
newspapers did not much exceed 'or
tv: in 179S there were two hundred
In 1919 the State Of New York alone
had nearly one hundred; now It ha'
about five hundred.
Tn 1854 there were eleven aai'y
nauers in Philadelphia, and five hun
dred and ninety-eight OF all kinds y
the United States. Four years "a
ter it was computed that there wefe
more daily papers in the enlie'