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A History of the Maryland Press, 1777-1790
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for seven successive years past". An errata compiled by Andrew Ellicott was printed in the Maryland Gazette for December
5,1786. See pages 53-54 for the controversy between Ellicott and Goddard.
Evans, 19687.
HdHS.LC.AAS. MBS.
425. [Young, JAMES. The Baltimore Directory. Baltimore: Printed by James Hayes?, 1786.]
Collation unknown.
James Young advertised in the Maryland Gasette on October 31,1786 that he proposed to publish a directory on the first
day of January, 1787. Subscriptions at 3/9 were taken by James Hayes. The directory was probably not published since
no record of it has survived. The earliest Baltimore directory known was published in 1796.
Not in Evans.
No copy located.
1787
426. AMELUNG, JOHN FREDERICK,. Remarks | On | Manufactures, | Principally | On The | New
Established | Glass-House, | Near | Frederick-Town, | In The State of | Maryland. | [rule] | By John
F. Amelung. | [rule] I [ornament] | [rule] | Printed for the Author, | M, DCC, LXXXVII.
8vo. Eight unsigned leaves.
Pages: [I]-13.
He arrived in Baltimore from Germany on August 31,1784, and bought land on the Potomac not far from the Monacasy
where he established a glass factory which employed 135 workers. He wanted a government subsidy for his industry.
Evans, 20189.
BA. Charleston Lib Soc.
427. ASBURY, FRANCIS. To The | Friends and Benefactors | Of | Cokesbury College. [ ... [signed]
Francis Asbury. | Baltimore, September 15, 1787. | [ornamental rule] | Baltimore: Printed by Wil-
liam Goddard, in Market-Street. | [1787.]
4to broadside.
Leaf measures: 11 x 8 3/4 inches.
The college was to be formally opened December 8 to 10,1787 with a president and three teachers on the faculty. It was
expected to be at least £1100 in debt when it opened. For an excellent account of the founding and early history of this
institution see the article by Dr. George W. Archer of the Harford Historical Society which was printed in the Bel Air Tinus
on February 24,1893 and reprinted in 1934 in pamphlet form by the Bel Air Times Company.
Evans, 20206.
HSP.
428. [BALTIMORE THEATRE. Play-bill of Hamlet, September 28, 1787. Baltimore: Printed by William
Goddard, 1787.]
Description unknown.
Described but not located by Evans, who probably saw the notice of the performance in a newspaper.
Evans, 20217.
No copy located.
429. CHATTERTON, AUGUSTUS. The | Buds Of Beauty; | Or, | Parnassian Sprig, | Being A Collection
Of i Original Poems, | Upon | Various Subjects. | [rule] | By Augustus Chatterton, Esq. | [double
rule] | [four lines from Horace] | ... [rule] | Baltimore: t Printed for the Author, by John Hayes. |
M,DCC,LXXXVII.
Sm. 8vo. No signatures. 54 leaves, last leaf blank. Title page enclosed in ornamental border. Frontispiece engraved by
Godwin. Bastard title page.
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