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Found 19 total hits in 12 results.
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.
Robert Aitken (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.
January, 1775 AD (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.
1777 AD (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.
June, 1776 AD (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.
1769 AD (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.
1802 AD (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.
1734 AD (search for this): entry aitken-robert
Aitken, Robert, 1734-1802
Publisher; born in Scotland in 1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost cons1734; arrived in Philadelphia in 1769; was a practical printer, and published the Pennsylvania magazine, or American monthly Museum, from January, 1775, to June, 1776.
He was a warm Whig, and was thrown into prison after the British took possession of Philadelphia, late in 1777.
He very narrowly escaped the horrors of a British prison-ship in New York.
He issued the first American edition of the Bible in 1782, by which he lost considerable money.
He is supposed to have been the author of a paper entitled An inquiry concerning the principles of a commercial system for the United States.
He died in Philadelphia in July, 1802.