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Interpreter of Dreams and Visions²⁷) by Bonsai and
Starr of Wilmington. With the coming of Christopher
Jaekson to Baltimore, probably late in 1795, Keatinge
Obtained a printer who could take care of the greater
part of his press work, and during 1796 a number of
books and pamphlets were printed by Christopher Jack-
son for George Keatinge¹s book store. Among these
was a rare Masonic tract, the first American edition
of James Mullalla's Essay on the Origin of Masonry.²⁸
Early in 1797, however, Jackson began publication of
the Sunday newspaper, the Weekly Museum, in partnership
with John Smith; and a few months thereafter, Jackson
appears to have left Ealtimore. Keatinge was left
without a regular printer, and while he apparently con-
tinued his bookselling business with all his accustomed
energy, his own publications declined,

If the wording on the imprint of a publication
is a reliable indication of the printer of a book,
Keatinge himself took up the trade in 1799 or earlier.
His Maryland Almanack for 1800,²⁹ Issued late in 1799,
and Wstms . Life and Memorab lo Actions of George Wassh-
ington,³⁰ published about February 22, 1800,³¹ bore the
imprint, "Printed by and for George Keatinge".

27 Appendix A. Imprint bibliography, item 229.

28 Appendix A. Imprint bibliography, item 307.

29 Appendix A. Imprint bibliography. item 501.

30 Appendix A. Imprint bibliography, item 634.

31 Wroth, L.C. Parson Weems. p. 64.