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Those who have any demands against the...
firm... to produce them for settlement and
those who are indebted thereto, to call at
the office of the Washington Spy and make
payment.⁴¹

Immediately after the dissolution of partnership,
phebe Herbert advertised:

A Printer Wanted

A single person, well recommended, and capable
of conducting a printing office, in all its
branches, will meet with employment by apply-
ing to the subscriber.

If the person lives at a distance, it would be
advisable for him to make his application by
letter, to which an answer will be given by the
first opportunity.⁴²

At the same time, the printing office was removed "to
the house in which Mr. Peter Miller, merchant in Hagers
town formerly resided."⁴³

Early in 1796, a gentleman from Scotland,⁴⁴ then
about thirty years of age, arrived in Hagerstown. His
name first appeared in the newspaper columns, in an
advertisement headed "Evening School," which announced
that

Thomas Greeves, Professor of Mathematics, in-
tends opening an evening school at the Academy,
[the academy for the education of young men
opened by a Mr. McDonald in September, 1795]⁴⁵
for the instruction of such young gentlemen as
cannot attend day lectures, in writing, arith-

methic, merchants' accounts, and the various
branches of mathematics.46

41 Ibid. June 1, 1796.

42 Ibid. April 7, 1796.

43 Ibid. April 7, 1796.

44 Herald of freedom. July 16, 1840.

45 Scharf. op. cit. v. 2, p. 1154.

46 Washington spy. January 28, 1796.