Object Number 1959.1518 A

Object Name

Broadside

Title

Proclamation permitting the export of flour and grain for Massachusetts

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

May 3 1779 (1779-1779)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Letterpress

Dimensions (inches)

13.62 (H) , 8.25 (W) , 11.5 (Image H) , 6.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.6 (H) , 20.95 (W) , 11.5 (Image H) , 6.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Image H taken 2 1/8" from left edge. Image W taken 9 3/8" up from bottom. Chain intervals: 2.2-2.4 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Publication Date

05/03/1779

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.
• Listed as no. 110, p. 87.