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beginning about December 28, 1795,¹⁰⁶ appears Sower's
card, announcing, "Printing and binding done with
neatness and dispatch."¹⁰⁷ It is reasonable to sup-
pose that the binding was done soon after the com-
pletion of the printing of the works of Josephus,
which must have been early in 1797. Furthermore,
the address "Fayette-street" is given, and this ad-
dress according to the Baltimore Directory was no
longer used by Sower after 1799, when he moved to
190 Baltimore Street.

More information about the books published by
Sower as well as about the German trend of political
thought in the turbulent era of the Adams administra-
tion, would probably bo found in a substantial file
of the Baltimore Bote, if such a file still exists
and is ever examined by a student of the German press
in Maryland; but at present information is meagre.

On October 30, 1799, this unsigned advertisement
appeared in the Baltimore Telegraphe:

To printers. A person wishing to decline
the printing business, offers for sale a
German and English Printing office. Consist-
ing of two complete mahogany presses, one
standing press, about 30 fonts of letter, 62
pair of letter cases, and three pair of fount
ditto, twelve stands, thirty-two chases, 2 im-
posing stones, 7 composing sticks, eight
double and single copperbottomed galleys, and

106 Federal intelligencer. December 28, 1795.

107 Appendix A. Imprint bibliography, item 395,