THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA. WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF PRINTERS, AND AN ACCOUNT OF NEWSPAPERS. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A CONCISE VIEW OF THE DISCOVERY AND PROGRESS OF THE ART IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY ISAIAH THOMAS, PRINTER, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. VOLUME II. PRINTING dispels the gloom of mental night- And o'er the earth sends forth th' enlight'ning ray! WORCESTER: FROM THE PRESS OF ISAIAH THOMAS, JUN. ISAAC STURTEVANT, PRINTER. 1810. CONTENTS. Page. History of Newspapers, from the period when they were first published in the English colonies to the time of the Revolution, Other periodical publications issued in the colonies pre- 18 ritories, |