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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Day, or Daye, Stephen 1611-1668 (search)
Day, or Daye, Stephen 1611-1668 The first printer in the English-American colonies; born in London in 1611; went to Massachusetts in 1638, and was employed to manage the printing-press sent out by Rev. Mr. Glover. He began printing at Cambridge in March, 1639. He was not a skilful workman, and was succeeded in the management, about 1648, by Samuel Green, who employed Day as a journeyman. He died at Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 22, 1668.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Green, Bartholomew 1666-1732 (search)
Green, Bartholomew 1666-1732 Publisher: born in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 12, 1666; son of Samuel Green; succeeded his father as printer, in Boston, and on April 24, 1704, he issued the first number of the Boston news-letter, a publication issued by him during his life. He published the Weekly news-letter, which was combined with the other, and it was called the Boston weekly news-letter. He died in Boston, Dec. 28, 1732.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Green, Samuel 1615-1792 (search)
Green, Samuel 1615-1792 Second printer in the United States; born in England in 1615; succeeded Day (see day, or dayE, Stephen) in 1648. Mr. Green had nineteen children, and his descendants were a race of printers in New England and in Maryland. He printed the Cambridge Platform in 1649, the entire Bible and Psalter, translated into the Indian language by John Eliot the Apostle, in 1663, and many other books. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 1, 1792. Green, Samuel 1615-1792 Second printer in the United States; born in England in 1615; succeeded Day (see day, or dayE, Stephen) in 1648. Mr. Green had nineteen children, and his descendants were a race of printers in New England and in Maryland. He printed the Cambridge Platform in 1649, the entire Bible and Psalter, translated into the Indian language by John Eliot the Apostle, in 1663, and many other books. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 1, 1792.