103

nung zu hoch im preiss zu stehen kommt, so
hat er sich entschlossen (im fall sich eine
ansehnliche zahl subscribenten zeitlich ein-
finden sollten) bis den ersten Februar 1800
eine wochentliche zeitung bogen gross heraus-
gegeben, fur ein und einen halben thaler den
jahrgang.⁹⁶

There is no evidence that Sower¹s projected week-
ly newspaper was ever published, and, for lack of
evidence, it may be assumed that the Baltimore Bote
died with the century.

Sower's first printing venture in Baltimore, be-
sides the newspaper, is also a matter of doubt. In
the same, advertisement where he announced the opening
of his printing establishment in Baltimore, he also
advertised for sale, wholesale, or retail, the Federal
or New Ready Reckoner and Traders' Useful Assistant.⁹⁷
While it is quite likely that Sower printed the book,
there is no proof of it in the advertisement, nor any
indication that it was printed in Baltimore. No copy
has been found, and it is a matter for conjecture,
only, whether it was Sower's first Baltimore imprint.
During 1795, Sower is known to have printed a German
translation of John Bunyan's Holy War.⁹⁸ Count Rod-

96 Der neue hoch-deutsche americanische calendar,
auf das jahr Christi 1800 (Appendix A, Imprint
bibliograph item 526), Quoted in Keidel,
G. C. The earliest German newspapers of Balti-
more, p. 7-8.

97 Federal intelligencer. March 27, 1795.

98 Appendix A. Imprint bibliography, item 222.