The Printer in Eighteenth-century Williamsburg: An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft
- ISBN-10
- 0910412200
- ISBN-13
- 9780910412209
- Category
- Crafts & Hobbies
- Pages
- 34
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1958-06
- Publisher
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Authors
- Thomas K. Ford, Park Rouse
Description
Though the Virginia colony was founded in 1607, printing was not conducted until 1699 when William Parks was designated public printer. Of special interest is a section on "a free press," and another on the establishment in 1736 of the Virginia Gazette, the first in the colony.
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