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Bible.
The first Bible printed in America was Eliot's Indian translation, issued at Cambridge.
Mass, in 1663.
A German edition of the Bible, in quarto, was printed at Germantown, near Philadelphia, in 1743, by Christopher Saner.
In 1782 Robert Aitkin, printer and bookseller in Philadelphia, published the first American edition of the Bible in English, also in quarto form; and in 1791 Isaiah Thomas printed the Bible in English, in folio form, at Woreester.
Mass. This was the first in that form issued from the press in the United States.
The same year Isaac Collins printed the English version, in quarto form, at Trenton, N. J.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clarke , John 1609 -1676 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Lancey , ÉTienne 1663 -1741 (search)
De Lancey, ÉTienne 1663-1741
Merchant; born in Caen, France, Oct. 24, 1663; fled to Holland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes; and went thence to England and became a British subject.
He landed in New York, June 7, 1686; became a merchant and amassed a large fortune; and was at all times a publicspirited citizen.
In 1700 he built the De Lancey house, which subsequently became known as the Queen's head and Fraunce's Tavern.
In the large room, originally Mrs. De Lancey's drawing-room, Washington bade farewell to the officers of the Army of the Revolution.
He died in New York City, Nov. 18, 1741
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Esopus War, the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gardiner , lion 1599 -1829 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Green , Samuel 1615 -1792 (search)
Green, Samuel 1615-1792
Second printer in the United States; born in England in 1615; succeeded Day (see day, or dayE, Stephen) in 1648. Mr. Green had nineteen children, and his descendants were a race of printers in New England and in Maryland.
He printed the Cambridge Platform in 1649, the entire Bible and Psalter, translated into the Indian language by John Eliot the Apostle, in 1663, and many other books.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 1, 1792.
Josselyn, John 1638-
Author; born in England early in the seventeenth century; travelled in America in 1638-39 and 1663-71.
He is the author of New England's rarities discovered; An account of two voyages to New England, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Manufactures, colonial (search)
Manufactures, colonial
As soon as the American colonies began to manufacture for themselves, they encountered the jealousy of the English manufacturers.
The act of 1663 extended to the vent of English woollens, and other manufactures and commodities.
In 1699 Parliament declared that no wool, yarn, or woollen manufactures of the American plantations should be shipped there, or even laden, in order to be transported thence to any place whatever.
This was the beginning of restrictions on our colonial manufactures.
In 1719 the House of Commons said that the erecting of manufactories in the colonies tended to lessen their dependence upon Great Britain.
The colonies continually increased in population, and in the products of their industry and economy, and complaints from interested persons were constantly made to the British government that they were not only carrying on trade, but setting up manufactories detrimental to Great Britain.
In 1731 the House of Commons direacted the b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mather , cotton 1663 -1728 (search)
Mather, cotton 1663-1728
Clergyman; born in Boston, Feb. 12, 1663; was one of the most notable of the early New England divines.
He graduated at Harvard in 1678, was employed several years in teaching, and was ordained a minister in May, 1684, as colleague of his father, Dr. Increase Mather.
The doctrine of special providence he carried to excess.
He was credulous and superstitious, and believed he was doing God service by witch-hunting.
His Wonders of the invisible world (1692) gives an account of the trials of witchcraft.
In 1700 he published More wonders, and seems never to have relinquished his belief in witches and witchcraft.
Aside from this peculiarity, he was a most sincere, earnest, indefatigable Christian worker, engaging in every good work; and he was the first to employ the press extensively in this country in the dissemination of tracts treating of temperance, religion, and social morals.
He preached and wrote for sailors, Indians,
Cotton Mather. and negroe