PIONEER
IMPRINTS
FROM FIFTY STATES
by Roger J. Trienens
Descriptive Cataloging Division, Processing Department
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON
1973
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Trienens, Roger J.
Pioneer imprints from fifty States.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Printing—History—United States. 2. United
States. Library of Congress. 3. Bibliography—Early
printed books. I. United States. Library
of Congress. II. Title.
Z208.T75 686.2'0973 72-10069
ISBN 0-84444-0038-6
Cover: A standard tray (case) of type. Frequency of a letter's use determinedthe size and position of the letter compartment.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402.—Price $4.25
Stock Number 3000-0059
Preface
Pioneer Imprints From Fifty States will enablereaders to view the Library of Congress collectionsfrom an unaccustomed angle. It takesfor its subject the Library's earliest examplesof printing from within present-day boundariesof each State in the Union, providing for eachin turn 1) a brief statement about the originof printing; 2) identification of the Library'searliest examples—among them broadsides,newspapers, individual laws, almanacs, primers,and longer works; and 3) information, if available,about the provenance of these rarities.
Each of the 50 sections may be consulted independently.To those who read it through,however, Pioneer Imprints will give some ideaof the movement of printers and presses acrossthe Nation, as well as insight into the natureand history of the Library's holdings.
The author wishes to express his indebtednessto Frederick R. Goff, Chief of the Libraryof Congress Rare Book Division from 1945 to1972, who has been constantly helpful andencouraging; to Thomas R. Adams, Librarianof the John Carter Brown Library, Providence,R.I., who read the first 13 sections before theirpublication under the title "The Library's EarliestColonial Imprints" in the Quarterly Journalof the Library of Congress for July 1967;and to Marcus A. McCorison, Director andLibrarian of the American Antiquarian Society,Worcester, Mass., who read the manuscript ofthe later sections. These scholars cannot, ofcourse, be held responsible for any errors orfaults in this bibliographical investigation. Theauthor's indebtedness to printed sources is revealedto some extent by notes appearing atthe end of each section. He is obliged formuch of his information to the staffs of theLibrary of Congress, the National Archives, andthe Smithsonian Institution, as well as to thefollowing correspondents: Alfred L. Bush,Curator, Princeton Collections of WesternAmericana, Princeton University Library; G.Glenn Clift, Assistant Director, Kentucky HistoricalSociety; James H. Dowdy, Archivist, St.Mary's Seminary, Baltimore; Caroline Dunn,Librarian, William Henry Smith MemorialLibrary, Indianapolis; Joyce Eakin, Librarian,U.S. Army Military History Research Collection,Carlisle Barracks, Pa.; Arthur Perrault,Librarian, Advocates' Librar