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Blank checks, for the Bank of Maryland, and the
Office of Discount and Deposit, neatly printed
on fine post-paper,²⁵

were for sale at his office. According to the Phila-
delphia directories, David Patton carried on a book-
binding business in that city from 1795 through 1796;
William Patton according to the same source carried
on the printing trade in Philadelphia through 1797
and 1798. However, there seems to be no evidence, be-
sides similarity of name, occupation and Dlace of resi-
dence for linking William Patton's name with that of
David Patton.

The firm of Graham, Yundt and Patton ended in a
disagreement,²⁴ and the subscribers were informed that
It was "dissolved, by mutual consent."²⁵ The two re-
maining partners issued, on October 28 of the same
year, the first issue of the Repository's successor,
the Baltimore Daily Intelligencer.

To follow, however briefly, the career of David
Graham, the Philadelphia apprentice printer who came
to Baltimore to found the city's first successful
dally newspaper, would be interesting; but no trace
of David Graham after October 19, 1793, has been found.

23 Baltimore daily repository. March 1, 1793.

24 Ivans, Charles. American bibliography.

V. 9, p. 10.
25 Maryland journal. October 22, 1793.