Peter Edes, Pioneer Printer in Maine; A Biography His Diary While a Prisoner by the British at Boston in 1775, with the Journal of John Leach, Who Was a Prisoner at the Same Time (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... early days of its history and the editorial chair of Benjamin and Peter Edes has been many times occupied by Warren, Otis, Adams and Hancock, and is now even in its silence eloquent with the spirit of the days of the Revolution. This press is called a Ramage press in the sketch copied above, but instead it is an English press of a much earlier date. Adam Ramage of Philadelphia, the maker of the press which bore his name, did not begin to make presses until 1800, and as this is undoubtedly the press which Mr. Edes used in Boston several years before coming to Augusta in 1795, it could not have been a Ramage press. It is a screw press, the brass casting of the screw bear V &// ., ing the mark: "Winch & Oq Heesom Shoe Lane Lon r-tn & t A

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... early days of its history and the editorial chair of Benjamin and Peter Edes has been many times occupied by Warren, Otis, Adams and Hancock, and is now even in its silence eloquent with the spirit of the days of the Revolution. This press is called a Ramage press in the sketch copied above, but instead it is an English press of a much earlier date. Adam Ramage of Philadelphia, the maker of the press which bore his name, did not begin to make presses until 1800, and as this is undoubtedly the press which Mr. Edes used in Boston several years before coming to Augusta in 1795, it could not have been a Ramage press. It is a screw press, the brass casting of the screw bear V &// ., ing the mark: "Winch & Oq Heesom Shoe Lane Lon r-tn & t A

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Imprint

General Books LLC

Country of origin

United States

Release date

2012

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First published

2012

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

34

ISBN-13

978-1-151-58754-1

Barcode

9781151587541

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LSN

1-151-58754-0



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