Prints and Maps
James Adams (Printer)
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1776
Ink; Paper (laid)
Letterpress, Hand lettered
1961.1586.002
Object Number1961.1586.002 |
Currency (Six shilling note)
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
James Adams (Printer)
c. 1725-12/11/1792
References: Rink, Evald. Printing in Delaware, 1761-1800 (Wilmington, DE: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1969); Hawkins, Dorothy L. "James Adams, the First Printer of Delaware," Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, XXVIII (1934), pp. 28-63.
Credited as Delaware's first printer. Did both job printing and book printing.
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1776
Ink; Paper (laid)
Letterpress, Hand lettered
3.625 (H) , 3 (W)
9.207 (H) , 7.62 (W)
H at left. W at bottom.
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[Book] Rink, Evald. 1969 Printing in Delaware, 1761-1800.
• Listed as no. 99, p. 84.