CONTENTS

Chapter

Page

INTRODUCTION ...........

V

I

THE NUTHEAD PRESS OF JAMESTOWN, ST. MARY'S

AND ANNAPOLIS ..........

1

II

WILLIAM BLADEN, PUBLISHER, AND HIS PRINTER,

THOMAS READING .........

17

III

THOMAS READING, PUBLIC PRINTER .....

27

IV

EVAN JONES, BOOKSELLER, AND EDITIONS OF LAWS

PRINTED IN PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON .

39

V

JOHN PETER ZENGER, PUBLIC PRINTER OF MARY-

LAND .............

49

VI

WILLIAM PARKS, PRINTER, OF MARYLAND AND VIR-

GINIA

59

VII

JONAS AND ANNE CATHARINE GREEN, PRINTERS TO

THE PROVINCE ..........

75

VIII

BACON'S "LAWS OF MARYLAND" ......

95

IX

THE BEGINNING OF PRINTING IN BALTIMORE

111

X

WILLIAM AND MARY KATHERINE GODDARD .

119

APPENDIX: THE FABLED JESUIT PRESS— DOCUMENTS

RELATING TO PARKS AND GREEN .....

147

MARYLAND IMPRINTS OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD,

1689-1776 ............

155

INDEX .............

257