Aitken, Robert to John Nicholson containing Aitken’s proposal to sell the printing house property purchased from LudwigLetter from Robert Aitken to John Nicholson, August 14, 1797, containing Aitken’s proposal to sell the printing house property purchased…
Aitken, Robert to John Nicholson regarding money due on property purchased by Aitken from LudwigLetter from Robert Aitken to John Nicholson, July 7, 1797, regarding money due on property purchased by Aitken from Ludwig…
Cadwallader Colden, "Interest of the Country in Laying Duties"Cadwallader Colden, Het voordeel van het land in de oplegginge van tollen: of Een redeneering, aanwysende, hoe tollen op eenige…
First issue of Christoph Sauer’s Hoch-Deutsch Pensylvanische Geschicht-SchreiberThe first issue of Christoph Sauer’s Hoch-Deutsch Pensylvanische Geschicht-Schreiber, published on August 20, 1739. Sauer later changed the name to…
Front page of Christoph Sauer Jr.'s 1755 The Pennsylvania Town and Country-man's Almanack [sic.]Front page of Christoph Sauer Jr.'s 1755 The Pennsylvania Town and Country-man's Almanack [sic.]
Henrich Miller's Philadelphische StaatsboteHenrich Miller's Philadelphische Staatsbote from January 18, 1762. This was the first issue of the weekly Staatsbote published by Miller.…
Henrich Miller’s almanac, Der Neueste, Verbessert- und Zuverläßige Americanische Calender Auf das 1763ste Jahr ChristiTitle page of the first issue of Miller’s almanac, Der Neueste, Verbessert- und Zuverläßige Americanische Calender Auf das 1763ste Jahr…
Inside page from Christoph Sauer’s 1739 Hochdeutsch Amerikanischen Calender showing phases of the moonInside page from Christoph Sauer’s 1739 Hochdeutsch Amerikanischen Calender showing phases of the moon.
Inside page from Sauer's 1739 Hochdeutsch Amerikanischen CalenderInside page from Sauer's 1739 Hochdeutsch Amerikanischen Calender listing publications for sale at his print shop but also announcing that…
Inside page of Christoph Sauer’s 1740 Hochdeutsch Americanische CalenderInside page of Christoph Sauer’s 1740 Hochdeutsch Americanische Calender. The 1740 edition contained Sauer’s announcement of his intention to publish…
Luther, Dr. Heinrich Ehrenfried's statement on the fate of Sauer's German-language bible printed with Gothic type produced by Luther’s foundryPrinted statement by Dr. Heinrich Ehrenfried Luther, the owner of a Frankfurt type foundry, regarding the fate of Sauer's 1843…
Mergenthaler, Ottmar, Machine for Producing Linotypes PatentOttmar Mergenthaler, Machine for Producing Linotypes, Type Matrices, & c. (also known as “Simplex”), U.S. Letters Patent No. 436,532, dated…
Mergenthaler, Ottmar, Machine for Producing Printing Bars PatentOttmar Mergenthaler, Machine for Producing Printing Bars (also known as his “Single-Matrix” machine; later known as the “Blower”), U.S. Letters…
Mergenthaler, Ottmar, Machine for Producing Type Bars PatentOttmar Mergenthaler, Machine for Producing Type Bars (also known as “Square Base” model Linotype), U.S. Letters Patent No. 378,798, dated…
Morgenthaler Linotype Company announcing a lawsuit against the International Typesetting Machine Company for infringing on a number of patents controlled by the Morgenthaler CompanyAdvertisement placed in the Wall Street Journal in 1913 by the Morgenthaler Linotype Company announcing a lawsuit against the International…
Sauer, Christoph’s first known publication, Eine ernstliche Ermahnung, an Junge und AlteChristoph Sauer’s first known publication from 1738. Eine ernstliche Ermahnung, an Junge und Alte… was a German translation of British…