tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post2088100341727404100..comments2022-11-05T08:07:16.101-04:00Comments on New England Travels: The Pilgrims and the Printing PressJacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-50936112133540974882010-03-24T07:33:38.536-04:002010-03-24T07:33:38.536-04:00Thank you, Gary, for that clarification on the old...Thank you, Gary, for that clarification on the old myth, and a bit of fascinating history.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-21304593830127447972010-03-24T00:00:47.215-04:002010-03-24T00:00:47.215-04:00Dear Jacqueline,
Indeed it was the Puritans of th...Dear Jacqueline,<br /><br />Indeed it was the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Cambridge that brought the first wooden English Common printing press to the American Colonies in 1639. The Reverend Jose Glover sailed along with the press from England and died on the voyage. so the press was set up an by a man named Stephen Daye and was kept at the college at Cambridge (Harvard) The Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony never had a large enough settlement to require or bare the expense of a press and a printer.Gary Gregoryhttp://www.thebostongazette.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-65117847983797173412009-12-01T12:38:36.750-05:002009-12-01T12:38:36.750-05:00Thanks, John. I love old printing presses, they r...Thanks, John. I love old printing presses, they represent to me a symbol of the creation and expansion of this country as much as a blacksmith's forge, a gunsmith shop, or a 19th century cotton mill. Printers have taken as much a risky stance on matters as writers or rebels have. Silencing dissent through the ages usually began with demolishing the local printing press.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-72088543482384324062009-12-01T10:27:14.988-05:002009-12-01T10:27:14.988-05:00A great reminder of the necessity of a free press ...A great reminder of the necessity of a free press in a democracy--& interesting history about the Pilgrims & the printing press.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.com