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A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland: 1686-1776 by Lawrence C. Wroth
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The Jesuit Press Documents Relating to Parks and Green

twenty pounds of tobacco is almost equal to a moidore in money and quite
a little more than an English guinea.

In 1765 an act of Assembly allowed him forty-eight thousand pounds of
tobacco for session years, and thirty-six thousand one hundred and nine
pounds for years in which there were no sessions, and at this rate of pay-
ment Green worked until his death two years later. In the session of 1768
his widow, Anne Catharine Green, was appointed public printer and an act
passed for her encouragement at the above mentioned salary.

THE "PRINTING-HOUSE" EQUIPMENT OF JONAS AND
ANNE CATHARINE GREEN

At the time of Jonas Green's death, intestate, his widow appeared as
administratrix October 1, 1767 (Inventories, 94:161-165, ms. in Land Office,
Annapolis), and took oath as to the correctness of the subjoined inven-
tory, in which appeared this item:

"To 2 old printing presses and a quantity of printing Materials consisting of Types &
Calculated to be of the Value of £90. 14. 5."

When Anne Catharine Green died, in 1775, her inventory of goods and
chattels (Inventories, 119:344-349, ms. in Land Office, Annapolis) showed
the following itemization of the contents of the Green "printing house":

About 360 wt. English letter 3/4 worn at 3d 4-10-0

About 390 Small Pica do at 3d 4-17-6

About 400 Long Primer 1/2 worn at 6d 10- 0-0

About 200 Burgeois do at 7d 5-16-8

About 600 do—Good for Little 3- 0-0

About 300 different Sorts a great deal worn at jd 3-17-0

One Press and Furniture 10- 0-0

One very old do 2- 0-0

Five Friskets 1-0-0

Three pair Tympans one old 1- 0-0

Four paire Pints [?] some Broke -1-0

Four pair old Ball Stocks - 4-0

Nine paire Iron Chases 1-12-0

Twelve Composing Sticks 1- 0-0

Twenty Gallies and some flies [?] 1- 4-0

Fourteen Letter Boards 0- 8-0
Two paire old Shears, one paste Brush, Tin fender, Board Stand

pair belows and a parcel quoins and Reglet 0-12-0

Seven old Frames

Two Imposing Stones on Frames 1- 5-0
A pair Leather Buckets and Bag 1- 0-0

[Total 53- 7-2]

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