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The division of work between Yundt and Patton had
not been evident; the newspapers of the 1790's seldom
spoke of their business and technical affairs except
in the most general terms; but toth partners may have
participated in both the printing and the editorial
work. With the coming of Matthew Brown, a youth of
not quite twenty years,²⁸ a division of work becomes
apparent, for more and more the letters from the pub-
lic to the editor begin with "Mr. Brown," while during
the regime of Yundt and Patton, the letters had begun
"Messrs. Printers." Since Yundt was a practical
printer, and Brown obviously took over the editorial
work, it may be assumed that Yundt had charge of the
printing and possibly the business end of the estab-
llshment.

As has been seen above, Graham had solicited ship-
ping news for the Repository. The Intelligencer sought
first-hand information from captains of vessels about
their voyages, and for this purpose placed a book at
Stewart's Inn, Fell's Point:

As the principle object of the book is the col-
lecting of marine intelligence, they the- propri-
etors respectfully solicit captains of vessels,
to transcribe into it from their log books, im-
mediately on arriving in port, whatever may have
occurred during the voyage, that they may deem
sufficiently interesting for publication ...
Philadelphia, New-York, Charleston, and Boston,

28 Federal gazette. August 14, 1798.