Object Number 1959.1517 A

Object Name

Broadside

Title

Proclamation for a day of thanksgiving and praise

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

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.

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

December 7 1778 (1778-1778)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; WILMINGTON PRINTED BY JAMES ADAMS

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Letterpress

Dimensions (inches)

13.25 (H) , 8.2 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.65 (H) , 20.8 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publication Date

12/07/1778

Place of Publication

Wilmington, New Castle County, Delware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Rink, Evald. 1969 Printing in Delaware, 1761-1800.
• Imprint listed as no. 110, p. 87. Winterthur's copy not included.